2023 YouthConnect Worcester Summer Program Overview
Mission:
Provide neighborhood-based summer, recreational, educational, and cultural activities to isolated and underserved Worcester middle school age youth.
Registration Link:
On Site Programming Options and What They Offer:
YMCA
766 Main Street
508-755-6101 x1230; acox@ymcaofcm.org
M – F (Coed) 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Social Recreation, Basketball, Fitness Center, Painting/Arts& Crafts, Summer Reading, Computer Lab, Swimming. Special Events.
Friendly House
36 Wall Street
774-317-0426; khampton@friendlyhousema.org
M, T, & Th (Coed) 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Basketball Skills and Drills, Cooking and Baking, Visual Arts.
YWCA
1 Salem Square
508-767-2505 x3020 ; jdiaz@ywcacm.org
M – TH (Coed) 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Gym Activities, Sports, Workout Room, Basketball Clinics with the Worcester Majors, Fitness Classes, Arts and Crafts, and Gender Specific Programs.
Worcester Youth Center
326 Chandler St
(508) 791-4702; Kmarshall@worcesteryouthcenter.org
W/F (Coed) 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Activities will include: , Board games, Skills competitions, Free Play, Recording Studio, Video Game Tournament. Fridays Only: Cookout and Music (Pre-registration required)
Boys and Girls Club
65 Boys & Girls Club Way (Formerly Tainter Street)
508-753-3377; SAllotey@bgcworcester.org
M-F (Coed); 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m
Basketball, Indoor and Outdoor Sports, Social Recreation, Visual Arts & Dance, College & Career Prep, Swimming, Prevention and Gender Specific Programs.
Gender Specific Programing- Girls Night at Camp:
Fridays from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
YWCA Central Massachusetts will provide girls in Central MA an enriched camp experience. Outdoor activities, such as swimming, nature walks, cookouts, and campfires will be included along with leadership development curriculum at YWCA’s Camp-Wind- In-the-Pines located in Leicester.
