
Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF)
Reason #34...Meeting
the needs in every neighborhood--Come celebrate what makes each community
unique, and the work of BCYF centers in every neighborhood across the City.
BCYF's 35th Anniversary Celebration is tonight! Check out www.bcyf-events for more information.
Source: www.bcyf-events

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #21...Celebrate programs at our 21 pools. BCYF’s Flaherty Dolphins, founded in 1988, compete in the Bay State Games, US Open Swimming Championships, and other competitions as far away as Florida.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #19...Celebrate Coffee Tables—Did you know that the Boston Community Schools initiative was developed by a group of committed community members, sometimes meeting in Angela Menino’s living room!

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #13...Celebrate Civic Engagement. BCYF’s Urban Youth Leadership Corps members serve 1,700 hours each year, teaching peaceful approaches to conflict resolution to 1,300 youth ages 7 to 12.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #26...Celebrate Community Engagement. BCYF’s Peace-a-Palooza is a free, vacation week camp held each February and April, teaching peaceful activities to over 100 kids.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #24...Celebrate teen engagement. BCYF’s Boston At Night served over 1,000 teens in positive activities in our centers each Friday night during the summer.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #32...Celebrate Summer. BCYF hosted 52 programs across the city, including 8 free ROCK Out programs, and 4 free ROCK the Park sports programs for older youth.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #9...Celebrate the Community Learning Initiative—a one of a kind partnership between BCYF, BPS, and BPL to create a seamless string of supports from the school day into the night—whole child, whole day, whole year.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #28...Celebrate history. BCYF’s Paris Street Pool has been a gathering place for the East Boston community for 100 years.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #3...Celebrate after school choices. BCYF offers over 400 program opportunities across the City.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #12... BCYF hosted 8 ROCK & Splash Birthday Bash events serving 1,800 youth and families this summer.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #22...Celebrate volunteers. Each year hundreds of volunteers share their time, energy, and talents to support BCYF programs across the city.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Reason #30...Celebrate Arts. BCYF dance programs include BCYF’s Mattahunt Steppers, and Status Quo, BCYF’s English High dance hip hop team that made it to America’s Next Dance Crew.













