We are excited to continue Yoga for Kids, sponsored by the Milford Regional Medical Center! This is a continuing collaboration between Milford Hospital and the Youth Center, that started with our CrossFit program a couple months ago! The class will be led by Cindi Scrimgeour from Ahimsa Yoga Studio in Milford. Classes started in May and will continue on Mondays in June. The schedule will be as follows: 

• Mondays: June 5th, June 12th and June 19th. 

The classes will take place at the Milford Youth Center and will meet at 3:30pm. If you would like more information, contact the Milford Youth Center @508-473-1756 or visit our website: milfordyouthcenter.net. To participate in this free program, you must be a registered member of the Milford Youth Center. Click here for flier. 

MYC Summer Camp is filling up fast for the summer of 2017! We have a lot of fun field trips (Canobie Lake Park, Water Wizz, Paw Sox, SkyZone, etc.) and exciting activities planned! Make sure to sign up in advance (limited space available).

 

Camp will be $140/week for Milford Residents, $150/week for non-Milford Residents, or $50 per day to attend.

For registration form, click here. For MYC Summer Camp schedule of activities, click here.

We would like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to the anonymous local donor who walked into the Center one morning last month and donated $1,000 to go towards our summer camp program! These funds will help provide financial scholarships towards families in need this summer!

Every year we receive donations that help make camp available for local youth in need! It is possible to sponsor an individual camper or a family! !If there are any local businesses, organizations or individuals that would like to sponsor a camper or family this summer, please contact the Center at 508-473-1756! For more information on camp, please visit our website. 

Join the Milford Area Humanitarian Coalition and the Hockomock Area YMCA as we provide summer lunches to youth and families in Milford through an eleven week summer lunch program, running from late June through the end of August. For flier, click here. 

They are looking for volunteers to assist with
setup, cleanup, meal service, activities, and special guest visits. Volunteers of all ages are welcome and needed weekdays during the summer between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at three Milford locations:

• Memorial Elementary School, 12 Walnut St. 
• The Milford Youth Center, 24 Pearl St. 
• The Forum at BCC Downtown, 202 Main St.

Volunteers will be required to undergo a CORI/SORI check and attend a volunteer training. To volunteer: please contact Sarah Randall at

[email protected] or 774-278-1087.

Click here for flier if you would like to volunteer for BLITZ Day on June 10th, to help spread the word about the program!

The Milford Youth Center is very excited to announce that we received funding from CHNA 6 to support a consulting position for one year of grant writing. With the assistance of a grant writer, the Milford Youth Center is looking to target grants that will directly increase the nutritional and physical fitness programming at the Center. Our proposal will address CHNA's "Priority Area 1: Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion," with the goal of creating healthier communities and prevent chronic disease by improving nutrition and increasing physical activity! We would like to thank CHNA 6 for this award and for allowing Youth Center staff to present at their May meeting to discuss the successes of our nutrition program, also a result of a CHNA6 Grant! Click here for a PowerPoint of the presentation! 

We would like to thank the Milford Bar Association for their generous donation that they presented last month to the Center! As part of their last quarterly meeting, The Milford Bar Association had Attorney Dan Doyle as their guest speaker. Dan spoke about his book, "The Jesus Trial," and he donated a number autographed copies of the book for purchase, with all proceeds to be donated to charity. Dan also founded the Blackstone Valley Boys & Girls Club in Blackstone Valley and has been its Chairman of the Board since its beginning; the 12 acre facility provides services to over 1000 children in Blackstone Valley throughout the year. In recognition of Attorney Doyle's commitment to youth services, the Greater Milford Area Bar Association decided to donate these funds to the Milford Youth Center.    "Considering Dan's devotion to providing a positive environment for our area's youth, we felt that the funds raised through Dan's generosity should be donated to an organization with similar goals." - Stephen J. Patton

(Picture includes (L-R: Attorney Teresa Persico, Stephen J. Patton, Jen Ward, Director of Milford Youth Center and Michael M. Kaplan)

Our MYC Kid's Play Group will continue in June! This is a children's play group for parents and/or guardians to bring their kids to play, craft, and socialize! The groups will run every Thursday morning from 9:30 am to 11:30 (with the exception of June  8th). 

Each session will include activities such as circle time, free play, crafts, snack, story time, and clean up! There is a requested donation of $5 per family per session, so the MYC can continue and expand groups like these. Come on down and bring your child to run and play while adults socialize and meet other families in the community! We would like to thank the Milford Fire Department for joining us for our "Safety" themed group! The families we are able to see a fire truck and fireman! For flier, click here. 

The Milford Youth Center would like to thank the Celebrate Milford Committee for inviting and allowing us to be a part of the Kids Zone for this amazing event! 

MYC staff, volunteers, board members and youth ran our jumpy all morning and afternoon for the community! It was a great day for the entire  community and we were happy to be a part of it!  Thank you to Milford Baseball team for helping us set up the jumpy!

Registration for the Milford Rotary Club's annual RED CROSS swim program will be held at Plains Park from 9 AM-3 PM on Saturday June 24th during Rotary's First Outdoor Day program. Sign-ups will be held again on Saturday, July 1st and July 8th from 9-noon at the Fino Field Pool. Classes will be offered at 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM.

The fee for the lessons will be $25.00 per child and/or maximum of $60.00 per family. All students must be registered for Kindergarten, as of September 2017, or older.

Swim classes will begin on Monday, July 10th, and run through Friday, July 21st, at the Fino Field Pool. More details and registration form are available at www.milfordmarotary.org. and on FB at Milford Ma Rotary Club.

The swim program is one of longest running programs of the Milford Rotary Club. Since its inception at White's Beach in Mendon, back in 1953 over 13,084 kids have participated in the program.