The Nazzaro Center Knights were recently all given brand new shirts to be worn whenever they compete and they couldn’t look any sharper. The Knight logo is prominently displayed on the front and is framed by a Nazzaro Center arch over the top and the team name below. “I love these new shirts”, team captain Ryan Read More…
T’was the week before Christmas, the week after Christmas and all points in between that the Nazzaro Center celebrated the holidays with activities, field trips and special events of the season for its members and their families. As a warm-up activity, the Nazzaro members, staff and families once again played a prominent role in the Read More…
The Nazzaro Center-NEAA basketball program is almost in full swing now that the 3rd component, the Varsity League, has tipped off on its opening day to join both the Junior Varsity and the Instructional League, which had previously begun their seasons. The Instructional League (ages 4-7ish) and the JV (grades 3 through 6) both play Read More…
Basketball season is upon us so the North End Athletic Association, in partnership with BCYF-Nazzaro Center, is taking registrations for the upcoming 2016-17 program. If you are between 4 and 19 years old, there is at least one level of participation for you. Beginning with an instructional league all the way up to traveling select Read More…
The Nazzaro Center day camp was sent down to the minors but, unlike with most other moves to the Red Sox Triple A affiliate, it wasn’t a demotion. For years now the North End Athletic Association (NEAA), led by President Teddy Tomasone, has been optioning the popular Little Tykes Day Camp to McCoy Stadium for Read More…
The Nazzaro Center, with help from Public Action for the Arts and Education (PAAE), recently completed its 10th annual art contest, a program that involved over 40 boys and girls ages 6-14 working on art projects over the course of six months, culminating with an awards ceremony at the Center in May. Three prizes were Read More…
The Nazzaro Center, in conjunction with the United Way and the Boston Centers for Youth and Families, recently hosted the launch of its 2nd Youth Venture Project, the only community center in the city to have initiated more than one! Following the lead of the 1st venture called “You Never Stand Alone”, a walking service Read More…
Egg coloring, candy, crafts, a photo with the Easter bunny and a puppet show highlighted North End Against Drug’s annual Easter Party at the Nazzaro Center this past Saturday morning, March 26. Once again sponsored by Mikey ‘Fud” Giannasoli in memory of his mother Florence, the party began at 9:30 am with egg coloring, crafts and a special Read More…
Over the past six months the Nazzaro Community Center has teamed up with the United Way to take part in the “Youth Venture Project”. The Boston Youth Venture project empowers Boston teenagers to create and implement business ideas to help improve their community. The project then works to help turn those ideas into reality. “We Read More…
The Nazzaro Center-NEAA basketball league, a program servicing about 125 boys and girls ranging in age from 4-18, held its annual awards banquet at Filippos restaurant on Sunday March 13 and it looked like an old Boston Garden sellout of 13,909. Actually there were only about 200 children and their families but it did fill the hall to Read More…
The Nazzaro Center Knights, a set of 6 traveling basketball teams grouped by age and gender, recently ended their highly successful seasons with two big exclamation points. On Friday night March 4, the 3rd + 4th Grade Boys team won their tournament by defeating St. Agatha of Milton 29-23! And just two days later, the 18-Under Read More…
The Nazzaro Center, for the 13th consecutive winter, made its annual trip to the New England Sports Park in Amesbury for a night of tubing. Easily the most popular and well attended of the field trips that the center runs, the 56 tubers and 16 adults who chose to watch made the total of 82 a little short of the Read More…