For Immediate Release: 6/23/2017 1:08 pm
Worcester, MA (June 23, 2017) - The City of Worcester and its partners will host a press conference Monday to kick off the summer session of Recreation Worcester and a new job training program for young people.
WHAT: Recreation Worcester/Youth Jobs Program Kickoff
WHERE: Fanning Building, 24 Chatham Street
WHEN: 9 a.m., Monday, June 26th
Recreation Worcester is a free city-wide program run by the City of Worcester, operating at 10 parks across the City, Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Recreation Worcester youth participate in a number of positive, healthy, educational activities. Recreation Worcester strives to coordinate and supervise free city-wide, community-oriented recreational and educational opportunities for young people. In 2016, Recreation Worcester served more than 1,700 youths.
More information and online registration is available at www.worcesterma.gov/recreationworcester.
Recreation Worcester is sponsored by UMass Memorial Health Care, Bank of America, Worcester Community Action Council, The Hanover Insurance Group, College of the Holy Cross, Fontaine Bros., Inc., Lamoureux Pagano & Associates, Inc., the office of District Attorney Joseph Early and the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation.
The City is the largest employer of youth in Worcester, and Recreation Worcester will employ more than 100 young people from our community this summer.
