Roosevelt Island Youth Program Game Night Returns Tonight, Fall Program To Begin In September - Summer Camp Over But Produces A Living Library Garden With Tasty Fruit and Vegetables

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According to the Roosevelt Island Youth Program (RIYP):

Youth Center Game Nights Will Reopen
Monday August 22nd, 2011
The Roosevelt Island Youth Program's very successful Game Nights will resume on Monday August 22nd, at 506 Main Street from 6PM to 9PM, new games, more screens, movies and much more as we prepare to launch our Fall schedule. Come join Charlie, Luz, Diego and a whole lot of new characters for some fun and food. The fun never ends at Roosevelt Island's best place to be!!!!

RIYP's Game Night will be available Monday to Thursday August 22nd, to September 1st, then resume again in late October.

RIYP's Summer Youth Camp ended last Friday and their Fall Program begins soon. RIYP reports:

Roosevelt Island Youth Program Camp Over for this Season.

The Roosevelt Island Youth Program Inc. Summer Camp finished on Friday with a pleasant day eating pizza supplied by their counselors and participating in a scavenger hunt and other various activities. This summer we averaged over 200 youth per day for a program that was open from 8AM to 9PM. Participants received breakfast, lunch a snack and if they were in the evening program they got dinner, not bad for free.

The after-school program and evening activities will begin at the Beacon and Youth Center September 12th, 2011 with a full range of activities for youth and adults.  We are in process of adding new programs for the fall and hope you will join us. Remember Soccer starts in September and we are almost filled to capacity so if you want to play sign-up now.

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During the summer the RIYP kids also worked with the folks at the Roosevelt Island Living Library planting a garden behind the Youth Center at 506 Main Street and were able to enjoy the fruits and vegetables of their labor.

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More Images of the Roosevelt Island Living Library Garden and RIYP Kids available here.

Hey Kids - Weekend Game Night At The Roosevelt Island Youth Center - Wii Dancing, Karaoke, Twister, Games, Hot Dogs, Drinks & More Fun

Charlie DeFino, the Executive Director of the Roosevelt Island Youth Program Inc., reports on last weekend's Winter Game Night at the Youth Center:

Winter Game Night at Youth Center

Big Success

After a cold week and lots of snow over 40 Roosevelt Island kids showed-up for Friday Game Night from 6pm to 10pm, They played Twister,

 

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Wii dance games,

 

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chess and scrabble. While many of our local youth have most of these games at home, I don’t think Mom is going to take kindly to your 39 friends running around the house.

In addition to the games, our kids had all the franks and drinks they could stand and then played some more.

 

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Tomorrow we will be playing games and singing karaoke. So come on over and see what treats we have for you and your friends, everyone is invited!!!!! This program will be available on Friday and Saturday until the middle of March. Also our winter basketball leagues have begun and the schedules will be posted on this blog.

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Here's some more pictures from the Roosevelt Island Youth Center's Game night. Why not try it out kids? Looks like fun.