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Milford Recreation Commission reviews events, sponsorships and volunteer needs as summer programming readies
Summary
The Milford Recreation Commission heard a director's report on sponsorships, upcoming events, trips and program enrollment and reminded residents about volunteer opportunities and the March 31 summer registration launch.
The Milford Recreation Commission opened its March 19 meeting with the director’s report, which detailed sponsorships, a calendar of upcoming events for 2025, program enrollment figures and volunteer needs ahead of the summer season.
Commission staff said 2025 sponsorships have been launched and thanked early contributors including Arthur Keyes Memorial Trust, Determined Martial Arts, London Family Orthopedics, Dovtop Dental, Live Hearts Playroom, Fearless Youth Ministries, Royal Rangers, Creative Ventures LLC, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, Mickey Guru Travel, and Mayflower Rebekah Lodge; staff also thanked two early sponsors by name, Arthur Keyes Memorial Trust and Tokyo Joe’s. The director’s report listed the commission’s 2025 events calendar: an Easter egg hunt on April 12; Keyes Summer Bash (July 19–20); the Rotary swim meet (July, date to be finalized); the state swim meet (August, date to be finalized); a 5K/poker run (September 13); a Scarecrows & Pumpkin Festival (October 11–12); and Breakfast with Santa (December 13). Puzzapalooza was scheduled for May 9 and had three teams registered at the time of the meeting.
Staff reviewed upcoming trips and noted several full or nearly full trips (for example a Wright Museum of World War II trip was full; a Fleetwood Mac concert trip had 13 of 14 slots filled). The Foxwoods casino trip was canceled because of low registration; a Doobie Brothers trip was also canceled after a venue relocation made travel impractical. Staff said other day trips (Ben Sugar Shack, Connelly Brothers) were proceeding with moderate registrations. The commission also discussed a possible New York trip and asked staff to report back at the next meeting.
Programs and class enrollments were summarized: toddler soccer had 9 of 10 spots in the 2–3 age group and 1 of 10 for ages 4–5; Skyhawk Sports enrollments varied by age (age 2: 6 of 16; age 3: 11 of 16; age 4: 5 of 16; ages 5–7: 2 of 20; ages 8–12: 0 of 20 in the report); seated yoga was averaging 12–15 participants per session; pickleball had low numbers but staff expected increases as the season progressed. Staff said summer recreation programming (“Summer Rec”) went live to the public March 31 and that registration would open the same day.
Commission staff asked for volunteer support for events including the Easter egg hunt and the summer concert series; a sign-up sheet was circulated at the meeting and the commission directed interested residents to milfordrec.com and the recreation email (recreation@milford.nh.gov) to volunteer or apply for an alternate board seat.
The report included a brief mention that the town’s budget and specific projects — pool resurfacing, tennis court resurfacing and summer concerts — had been approved in the municipal process; staff said those approvals enable planning for the 2025 season.
Less critical items discussed included outreach to a newly opened horse facility on Osgood Road (Serendipity) as a possible partner for future programming and trips, and several program-level cancellations and reschedulings due to low registration or venue issues.
Staff closed the report by confirming the commission’s next meeting would be April 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the BOS Room.
