Thanks to the DCR Summer Nights program, teens Holyoke can participate in a number of fun, free things this summer during evening hours, including:
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke, 70 Nick Cosmos Way. Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6-8:30 p.m. through August 23. Sports and games including basketball drills, volleyball, lawn games, dance, and gardening in the park. Visit www.hbgc.org or call (413) 534-7366 for more information.
- Enlace de Familias de Holyoke Summer Nights Program, Springdale Park, 844 Main Street Holyoke. Tuesdays (Sports Day) and Thursdays (Cultural Engagement Night) from 6-9 p.m. for Holyoke area youth ages 10-21, through August 17. Includes outdoor sports, cultural art activities, music, dance, and financial literacy. To learn more, call (413) 532-9300 or visit our www.facebook.com/Enlace-de-Familias.
- Girls Inc. of the Valley, 480 Hampden Street. Thursdays from 5:30-10 p.m. through August 17. Comm“unity” Family Fun Nights include free dinner, hands-on activities, and outdoor movies. Visit www.girlsincvalley.org or call (413) 532-6247 for more information.
- Holyoke Rows, 25 Jones Ferry Road, Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 pm-8 p.m., through August 24. Monday activities include kayaking and dragon boating. Wednesday activities include fishing and accessible rowing and kayaking. Holyoke Rows is a Universal Access Adaptive rowing provider integrating people with disabilities into the larger group. All activities run out of the City of Holyoke’s Sue Ellen Panitch Boathouse at Jones Ferry River Access Center. Visit www.holyokerows.org for more information
Additional free programs are offered in Springfield and Chicopee, and other locations throughout the state. Learn more here.
The DCR Summer Nights program was launched in 2015 to provide targeted urban young people aged 13-21 in urban areas with the opportunity to join in on recreational and educational activities during evening hours. Recognizing the tremendous success of this program, and the safe, inclusive, and fun events it provides for young people, it has been significantly expanded over the past nine years as has its reach.
This summer, DCR is partnering with 84 organizations to provide recreational programming to urban youth at approximately 120 locations statewide including Boston (Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Roslindale, Hyde Park, East Boston, South Boston), Beverly, Brockton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Fitchburg, Haverhill, Holyoke, Methuen, New Bedford, Lowell, Lawrence, Lynn, Quincy, Stoughton, Springfield, Taunton and Worcester.