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Help the Milford Youth Center and JAG collect new pairs of Pajamas up until February 9th!

BJ’s Wholesale Club, the Boston Bruins and Cradles to Crayons are sponsoring the Third Annual PJ Drive for Massachusetts children in need. Last year's drive collected over 12,000 pairs of pajamas and this year our goal is 14,000 pairs.

The Milford Youth Center and JAG are participating in this challenge to help them achieve their goal.

All pajamas will be donated to Cradles to Crayons, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide, free of charge, low-income and homeless children from birth to pre-teen the basic essentials they need to be safe, warm, ready to learn and valued.

All pajamas can be dropped off at the Milford Youth Center located at 24 Pearl St.

Check out the PJ Drive on the Milford Youth Center Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Milford-Youth-Center/327762350342

On February 6, 2010 JAG and the Milford Youth Center will be hosting the second annual "Dressed Up Not Messed Up" Fashion Show! Last years show was such a successful and fun event that we wanted to do it again! Youth from the Milford community, including members of the Radar Minions, the JAG Youth Council, the MYC Youth Council and the Family Worship Center Youth Council will all be participating in this great community event. Youth will be walking the runway with an outfit picked out from TJMaxx, helping out backstage, working the food, raffle, and information tables, and assisting with set up and clean up. The purpose of the Fashion Show is to:

• Raise youth awareness of the dangers of underage drinking in the Town of Milford so they can make healthy decisions throughout life.
• Increase self-esteem in Milford Youth who are part of the event
• Have fun!!

Mark your calendars now!

The Fashion Show is on February 6, 2010 from 6-8 pm at the Milford Youth Center located at 24 Pearl St.

Check out the event on the Milford Youth Center Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Milford-Youth-Center/327762350342

As we watch the news coverage and see pictures of the devastation in Haiti we may ask ourselves what we can do to help. Click on this link for ways to do so:
www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/13/haiti.earthquake.how.to.help/index.html

As the leaves start to turn in the Boston area, SCI is training 220 young leaders to collaborate effectively, make connections, bridge differences, and nurture social networks to make change long after this autumns’ leaves have fallen.
 
SCI youth leaders in the JAG Youth Council and the new MYC Youth Council will tackle issues they are passionate about such as hunger, teen violence, and the environment.  Guided by the new Social Capitalist curriculum, they will develop leadership skills for a lifetime of service and success.
 
But we need your help to nurture the next generation of civic leaders.  As grant budgets tighten, we seek to expand our base of individual donors to make sure the teens that want to make a difference have the tools they need to do so.
 
Any donation you make to this campaign makes a big difference, for instance:
 
$10 - Provides 2 youth leadership curriculum binders to 2 emerging leaders
$25- Cover the cost of 1 youth leadership training session
$50 – Fund the supplies for one youth-led community service project
 
SCI has teamed up with Causes on Facebook  Please make a donation!
America’s Giving Challenge runs between October 7th and November 6th.  There are daily prizes that SCI could win for receiving the highest number of single donations (not dollars) on any single day.  We, of course, will accept donations on any day, but if you could try and make your donation on October 14th after 3pm (and until 3pm Oct. 15th), we might have a chance at winning a prize for the most single donations generated on that particular day.  Remember, any amount will help!