We cannot believe that we are already in month nine of our After School Program, with over 600 registered members! We will be closed this month on May 5th,due to a Golf Tournament Fundraiser off site. On May 26th we will be open from 10:30 am -3:00 pm for Open Gym for registered after school members only. On May 29th we will be closed for in observance of Memorial Day. For a look at the entire May calendar, click here.

This month the MYC is offering: 

• Open Gym, Game Room, Dinner & Snack daily
• New Human Fitness with Coach Aaron
• Fishing
• Quiet Zone
• Nutrition
• Bingo
• Arts and Crafts
• Social Emotional
• Boxing and Kickboxing
• Book Club 
• Milford TV 
• STEAM
• Nail Salon
• Gardening
• Dance with Iliana
• Life Skills Program: Money Management 
• MYC Youth Council

This month’s life skills program and presentation is provided by Amanda Aleman of Milford Federal Bank. Amanda will be teaching children ages 14-18, about money management, tips for saving, and how to open a bank account. Amanda started in banking when she was in college at age 19 and has been with the company for 20 years! Amanda started as a Teller in the Rhode Island branch while she was a college student. She enjoyed being able to help people and the job so much, she decided to make it her career path. She worked her way to Customer Service, then to Supervisor and became a manager in 2011 at the Plaza location. She was then offered a new position of Retail Trainer/ HS Branch in 2019-2020 which is her current position. Amanda always volunteers for local events that include children, like after school programs, reading books to students in class, or giving a presentation on Banking. This made for an easy transition to finical literacy. Amanda truly enjoys being able to make a positive impact in youth adults’ lives, especially when it comes to their financial future! This very important program will be held on Wednesday, May 17th at 3:30. This program is for registered after school members only. An email with more details will be sent to parents and guardians. If you are interested and have not received the email, please call the center. Our Life Skills programming was created in honor of our former board member Ron Taylor.

In collaboration with the Milford Regional Medical Center and Nadine from Connected and Inspired, the MYC will resume the Nutrition program on May 9th at 3:30. We are very excited to bring the importance of nutrition and the knowledge of making no-bake snacks for the kids who choose to participate. We also want the children to learn that this is something they can make for themselves! We’ve had a huge interest in this class in the past and hope to maintain the popularity by keeping it fun yet educational, while enforcing healthy-eating habits.

We are also excited to bring back our fishing program, which is run by longtime volunteer Dr. Bob Gilmore. On May 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd at 4:00, students will have the opportunity to walk down to Fino field to learn bait and fishing techniques with no prior experience needed! It will be a catch and release class, weather permitting.

The Youth Center’s after school program is open for Milford youth ages 8-18, free of charge, from 2:15-6:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Only students registered by 1PM each day will be allowed to attend (10 am on vacation weeks). Any forms received after 1PM (or 10 am on vacation weeks), will be allowed to attend the following program day, if completed correctly. This is to ensure we have adequate time to process registrations. For more information about the program, click here. If you are interested in volunteering, please click here!