Well school is back and with it comes the BCYF Tynan fall/winter programs. Memberships/ renewals are going on in the months of September and October. Youth memberships are 20 dollars for the year for multiple programs, which include all our athletic leagues, drop-in activities and open gym. Teens (13-18) are always free! Adult standard membership is 20 dollars (covering open gyms and our golf program with the parts dept.) and other fees may include the adult volleyball and basketball leagues.
The Tynan council is in the process of rebuilding and attracting new and energetic volunteers to help with programming with fundraising being its biggest priority. Edward M. McGuire is our new president and wants to lead the board to financial independence, so we will be able to offer our membership especially our youth all that they deserve in today’s world. He wants to have all up to date equipment and supplies for all our programs. The council is going to purchase 4 apple laptop computers. Along with the grant from the community development (convention center) for a total of 8 computers, we will have enough computers to start a computer lab for our membership sometime in October.
Last year, we brought onboard a teen room, thanks in part to the BCYF leadership/ foundation, the community development grant, Boston Pal and our council, so our teens would have a place to go to get off the streets and into a safe and healthy environment. We offer homework help, trips to check out local colleges, video/board games, bubble hockey and shuffle board, trivia nights with prizes, pizza/movie nights along with many fieldtrips.
You may sign up with our youth worker Katie O’Connell. The Halloween/Canobie Lake Park trip is coming up in October! This room is on the school side opposite of the gymnasium. The Administrative Coordinator wants to offer new programming in the new computer lab on this side of the building, as we have heard many times over the years the Tynan has just a gym program.
Well it has in the past and still presently offers programming for kids ages 9-13 for drop in activities from 3pm-5:30pm. This is also on the school side and offering homework help, snack, Arts & Crafts and physical activities in the gym. Field trips and, thanks to the Boston Police athletic league, a bowling league. Speaking of the Boston PAL program, they were so kind to help us replace the chairs last year that house our youth/adult teams in the gym that were 40 years old (no joke) and falling apart as you can imagine.
The Tynan Council has also ordered signage (vinyl banners) over each office and program area to help the Membership/ public navigate through our building. The School was built in 1972 with little thought on housing a community center along with an elementary school. The old aged problem of trying to add new programs with very little space has been tough, but we have been able to prevail with a little ingenuity and creativity to help us reach some of our goals!
Drug and alcohol awareness courses will be offered to our teens. The coordinator and youth worker will facilitate these workshops along with added guest speakers. We will have small groups of 4-6 teens take part on a weekly basis until competition of teens hopefully pledging to avoid alcohol and drugs. We are not professionals but have been around long enough to help educate them on the dangers of using drugs and alcohol and the harmful effects they have on us! We will have permission slips to be signed by parents to participate. Equipment and supplies are being purchased by the council soon and the program will start in October.
Tots and junior’s gym will be expanded this year and run Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 3pm -5pm.See this week’s flyer!
Flag football for boys and girls ages 7-11 will start October 23rd with scrimmages leading up to game day. Please see Greg and Sherike in the gym for signups. Also, the Halloween party for the kids will be on Monday, October 29th and stay tuned for the tenth anniversary of the UFO wrestling show!
