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At MMCC, Recreational Adventures Await

THESE KIDS AT MMCC’s day camp revel at a chance for a cute photo, and perhaps making some lifelong friends. Photo courtesy MMCC
THESE KIDS AT MMCC’s day camp revel at a chance for a cute photo, and perhaps making some lifelong friends.
Photo courtesy MMCC

It may be cold outside, but things are warming up at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC). Staffers are keeping busy planning for its spring programming, registering neighborhood kids for its swell of programs available for all ages.

March is the beginning of baseball season for boys and girls ages 4 ½ to 16 years old. The MMCC Boys & Girls Baseball and Softball League is taking registration with games slated for April. Parents are encouraged to sign up their little sluggers before the first pitch next month.

At the group’s main headquarters in Norwood, Saturday classes are available for kids interested in basketball, ballet, hip-hop dance, karate, drama, cooking, weight training, tutoring in math and English, art, and gymnastics. MMCC offers SAT prep and computer classes as well as swimming lessons.

Mosholu Day Camp is gearing up for its camp season at Bear Mountain on Lake Cohasset. Boys and girls entering kindergarten to sixth grade can sign up for a camp experience that takes you to a more natural setting. Camp Sunshine serves 5- to 12-year-old campers with special needs. They are lined up with regular activities to give campers a true outdoor experience.

MMCC’s Teen Trailways (also known as the so-called “camp on wheels”) is available for campers from seventh to tenth grade. The campers travel daily to pools, beaches, state parks, museums and other recreational and educational facilities throughout the tri-state area. The program culminates in a fantastic three-night trip to Virginia Beach. Camp Elan, the camp for special needs teens, is integrated into the Teen Trailways’ itinerary. Camp fees have been reduced, with average rates going for $500 per camper with no extra charges, according to MMCC’s organizers.

The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) has begun taking applications in March. Additional services for teens include an evening teen center, GED classes, out of school youth program, culinary cooking program, security certificate training, Family Choice (assisting families in choosing a high school for middle school students), and college bound programs.

For more information, stop by MMCC at 3450 DeKalb Ave. at the corner of East Gun Hill Road from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The center is also open Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-4000 ext. 0, or check out their website at www.mmcc.org.

Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.

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