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MYC After School Program - January 2019!
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Happy New Year! We hope 2018 brought you programs that you loved! Coming up in 2019 we will hit the ground running with some great new programs as well as some returning loved ones! Adding to our calendar on Mondays from 3:30-4:30 for the month of January will be a new program called Fit Camp, which is sponsored by Milford Regional Hospital! Fit Camp will be an exercise program that explores circuit training, strength training, and yoga through body weight, stability balls, jump ropes and small dumbbells! It is a great opportunity for kids to get their bodies moving and learn how to properly exercise! We will also be adding a one-hour session for high school students to utilize our weight room! High school weight room will be from 4:00-5:00 on Wednesdays. Also, on Wednesdays we will be having a dodgeball game from 4:00-5:00, which is always a great "hit"! On Friday January 4th Indoor Plane Flying will return from 5:00-6:00, this is a great opportunity to learn how to fly model airplanes, it is brought to us by volunteers from Millis Model Aircrafts! We will have one special nail salon on Friday the 25th starting at 3:00!
 Due to the popularity of our boxing program (thank you Mark & Shalton), we needed to change the schedule to accommodate such high volume! Starting January 3rd, we will be splitting boxing into two age groups! On Tuesdays our after school members who are ages 12+ will be boxing at 3:30! On Thursdays our after-school members who are ages 8-11 will be boxing at 3:30. This change will allow for more one-on-one instruction and will allow for safer boxing. Our boxing coaches have also requested that if your child plans to participate in sparring, that they have their own properly fitted mouthguard! In January crafts will switch from Wednesdays at 3:30 to Thursdays at 3:30! For the month of January, we will continue Homework Help from 4:00-5:00 on Mondays, Quiet Zone from 3:30-4:30 on Tuesdays, Youth Council from 4:00-5:00 on Wednesdays, and Nutrition at 3:30 on Fridays! Check out the full calendar for program offerings
here
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 The Milford Youth Center has become the focal point for the children of Milford. It hosts many different activities and events throughout the year for the youth of Milford and/or the Milford Schools. The Milford Youth Center's after school program is open for youth ages 8-18, free of charge, from 2-6 pm, Monday through Friday (check monthly calendar, website and social media for any changes due to weather, holidays or vacation weeks).
All Youth members must be picked up by time of closing (unless they walk home).
Pick up is outside of the building on 24 Pearl St. Please visit our
website
for both our
weather policy
and
traffic control plan
.
All participants must fill out a
registration form annually to be a member. Once this form is completed and returned to the Center, the member will be provided with a key tag and ID number. (if they are new members to the program). This will be how the Youth Center staff will track attendance. Therefore, all members are required to bring in their key tag in order to enter the facility. If key tag is lost, the Center will charge $1.00 for replacement.
The game room, lounge and gymnasium will be offered daily. There will be structured programs that participants must sign up for to participate in. Members are also able to use our washer and dryer, free of charge during operation hours. The Center also offers a free snack and dinner program, due to the collaboration of CACFP, Hockomock Area YMCA and the Milford School Food & Nutrition Services department.
Volunteers are always welcome to assist with the after-school program or during the morning hours! We are always looking for help during the after school hours, 2-6 PM. You may also run a program/activity during the after-school program. We also need volunteers for our monthly evening events. Please
contact us
here if you would like to volunteer.
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Join our Team: MYC Part-Time Positions Available!
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Are you looking for a part-time position?! If so, come be a part of the Milford Youth Center team!
In these paid,
part-time positions, you will facilitate and monitor after-school programs for children and teens at the Milford Youth Center. This position will be utilized for the after school hours, predominantly between 2-6 PM.
Applicants must be at least 17 years of age with demonstrated interest/experience working with youth. The positions available are:
- Activities Supervisors - $12/hr
Please send application, found
here and resume to Milford Youth Center, located at 24 Pearl St., Milford., MA 01757.
All applications are due by
Friday, January 25, 2019 at 5 PM.
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120 Youth Provided Gifts this Holiday!
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The Milford Youth Center was able to provide a gift this Holiday season to over 120 After-School members due to such amazing generosity from the community! We are so excited to announce that this doubled the amount of gifts t
hat we were able to give out last year!!!
We would first like to thank
Pizza Chef of Milford for their generosity of donating 15 Pizzas for the event! Thank you to Rocky Lynch for purchasing a beautifu
l cake to feed 100 for the party as well! We would like to send a big thank you to the United Way of Tri-County, Barbara LaGrenade and Jessica Friswell, and their "Hope for the Holidays" program for sponsoring 38 kids this year!  Thank you to Lisa Kohne who helped facilitate collections from Inspire Dance Academy(17 gifts) and Anytime Fitness Medway (21 gifts)! Thank you to Ellen Alfieri and Kara Griffith for organizing the collection of 19 gifts from BST MMA & Fitness! We would also like to thank Waters Corporation, and especially Debbie Moreau, Senior Administrative Assistant, for organizing a collection for 13 After Schools members. Thank you to CYCLEBAR for having a collection box full of gifts for the Youth Center as well! Finally, thank you to the following individuals who sponsored a child and/or family: Karen Kelly, Elizabeth Covell, Susan Schiavi, Rocky Lynch, Joanne Urella, Courtney Walsh, Beth Fraunfelter and Kate Rose!
 Lastly, we would like to thank all of our staff and volunteers who attended and helped us out at the event! The Youth Council and arts & crafts program decorated ceramic ornaments to give to volunteers as a thank you for all your help this school year! Thank you to our amazing Youth Commission members,
State Representative Brian W. Murray and Selectman Mike Walsh for joining us at the party and your continued support to the Youth Center!
For more pictures, click
here
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MYC Participates in the Milford Santa Parade!
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Despite the inclement weather, the Milford Youth Center, participated in one of our favorite annual events, the Milford Santa Parade! We would like to extend a
HUGE thank you to the crew who worked all morning to get it ready (Board members Ron Taylor and John Dulude, Volunteers: David St. Laurent and Evan Copeland and our amazing MYC staff!)! Thank you Mark and Ron for dropping off donuts and coffee! Finally, thank you to
Art's Towing Inc
for dropping off the truck this morning and letting us use it for the parade!!! For video of pictures of the event, click here!
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MYC Selected for
WAITT Giving Calendar Donation!
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We are excited to announce that the
Milford Youth Center has been selected by Michael Shain, Mortgage Loan Originator with Village Mortgage, to receive a donation as part of the January WAITT Giving Calendar!
W.A.I.T.T. (We're All In This Together) - a one of a kind cause marketing company helps businesses grow through a process of mindful and systematic giving. Each Member Business commits to donating a small percentage of their daily, weekly or monthly gross revenue to a number of local charities, non-profits and other community-based organizations. After choosing organizations to support, each member business receives a customized "Giving Calendar" indicating which organizations will be receiving donations, and on which day. Thank you again to Michael Shain for selecting the Youth Center for the month of January!!!
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MYC Youth Council (MYCYC) Updates: January 2019
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This past month has been very busy for MYC Youth Council! Youth Council is a leadership and community service-based organization comprised of Afterschool members of all ages striving to make a difference in the community through facilitating several youth community events as well as taking part in volunteer opportunities!
The first weekend of this month, Youth Council voted on a theme for the MYC float for the Santa Parade and settled on Polar Express! Youth Council was also fortunate to have Muffin from the Milford Junior Women's Club reach out and ask us to decorate a tree for their annual Gala of Trees event! Our tree theme this year was Milford!
Youth Council also decided to give back to the MYC's wonderful volunteers, who have become like family to us at the MYC by decorating ornaments to hand out at our holiday party, which was hosted thanks to the many generous
organizations and
individual donors who offered to sponsor children at the Youth Center for their holiday gifts!
For our final meeting of the month, Youth Council was joined by Ana Paulino, the founder of Michael's Mission '97 and U Matter! We all would like to give Ana a huge thank you for sharing her story with us and for asking us to be involved with her wonderful projects!
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MYC Kid's Play Group (0-5)!
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Come join our MYC Kid's Play Group! 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 Tuesday afternoon from 12:30 pm to 2:00 PM. 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 and programming. Come on down and bring your child to run and play while adults socialize and meet other families in the community!
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MYC Indoor Walking
Continues into
January
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The Milford Youth Center will continue the indoor walking program from 9:00 to 10:30 AM on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for Milford residents to use the gym for walking.
For January, the Center will be open during those hours for the following dates:
- Jan. 3rd
- Jan. 8th & Jan. 10th
- Jan. 15th & Jan. 17th
- Jan. 22nd & Jan. 24th
- Jan. 29th & Jan. 31st
We also have coffee and tea for the walkers available in our kitchen!
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MYC Thanks Community for Donations:
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The Youth Center would like to extend a very appreciative thank you to the following list who donated items and/or their time this month to the Center:
*Area Glass-Inc. for putting a large mirror up in our new boxing room;
*Braza & Mancini Inc. for deducting $500 from our bill for us to utilize our hot food cart for Thanksgiving dinner;
*Sandra Caproni
for donating frames and a snowman blow up;
*Tracey Andreotti
for donating clothes and toys;
*Amanda Copeland
for donating gift bags;
*Rocky Lynch
for donating puffy paint, arts and crafts and a laminating machine;
*Carol Nau
for donating 30 bottles of nail polish;
*The Anderson Family
for donating holiday crafts;
*Brian Bell for donating money towards our boxing program;
*The Fauth Family for their monetary donation;
*David St. Laurent for building shelf storage for us;
*Kathy Fisher for donating clothes and boots to give to families;
*Karen Howley for donating a clothing rack;
*Joe Arcudi Jr for donating a 55' flat screen tv for our new boxing room;
*Claire Arminio for donating a flat screen tv;
*Kimberly Beauulieu f
or donating 5,8 and 10lb weights;
*Mark M
inichiello
for donating a computer monitor;
*Karen Kelly
for volunteering her time to run the "Light's, Camera, Action" program;
*Dave Sebastian
for donating a cheese platter for our PhotoVoice reception and running the PhotoVoice program.
The Youth Center relies on donations to help sustain our programs! Please contact the Center if you would like to donate!
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Adult Open Gym will
Continue
into
January
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Adult Open Gym will continue Wednesday nights through January 30, 2019! Adult Open Gym will be every Wednesday night from 9:00 -10:30 pm!
This is only open to adults (18+). You will have to fill out a waiver your first time participating, along with providing a license and/or ID. Milford residents will be charged $3 each and out-of-town participants will be charged $5 each week. For any questions, please call Center at 508-473-1756.
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NEW Teachers Driving Academy (TDA)
Registration Info:
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 The TDA is accepting registrations for the 2018-2019 school year! The Milford Youth Center is pleased to partner with Teachers Driving Academy to offer students a great program, at a reasonable price, with added convenience of taking classes right at school!
We are very grateful for this collaboration and support!
- This classroom registration price INCLUDES the fee that must be paid to the RMV for the teen's driver's education certificate. THIS IS A FEE THAT THE RMV MAKES ALL DRIVING SCHOOLS COLLECT ON BEHALF OF THE TEENS who complete driver's education.
- You are now able to pay the $119.00 fee here! We not longer collect payments at the Youth Center.
- For more information, please visit the TDA website here.
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Rentals Available at MYC!
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The Milford Youth Center is available for rental purposes. The spaces available to rent are the gymnasium and/or stage area, conference room and batting cages. We do require an application to be filled out 3 weeks prior to your event and must comply with our rules and regulations. All information required must be submitted prior to the approval of your request. Please contact Assistant Director, Katie Covell,
here or at 508-473-1756 for more information. All booking for rentals are by appointment only!
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