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…
The first Family Dinner/Family Talk of 2016 put the Nazzaro Center to capacity as kids listened to Representative Aaron Michlewitz speak about the importance of decision making. Having grown up on Sheafe Street, Rep. Michlewitz spoke about his background in the neighborhood, being from the North End, and his job as a legislator on Beacon Hill. Leading up Read More…
The Nazzaro Center Small Fry Basketball League, in its 44th consecutive season, held its final games of the 2016 season Friday February 19 and although the tournament is usually billed as the “Final Four” or the “Big Dance”, this year it had to be called the “3/4 Time Waltz“. That’s because the vacation week schedule of so many families affected Read More…
For the first time in 47 years, and quite possibly for the last time ever, there was football played at Fenway Park and Nazzaro Center members and alumni were all over both the playing field and the stands. Living the dream of a lifetime were TJ Shea, Solomon Taieb (both BLS Class of 2016) and Read More…
The Nazzaro Center was packed with kids and parents for a family dinner and talk hosted by North End Against Drugs (NEAD). In addition to the large spread of food, kids listened to guest speaker Maryanne Frangules, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) talk about her role in education, prevention, and treatments associated with Read More…
The Nazzaro Center, in a collaboration with the North End Athletic Association (NEAA), officially tipped off on Saturday October 17 when two of its four levels of programming played their first exhibition games of the season. Both the Junior Varsity, which runs on Saturday afternoons for 8-11 year olds, and the Varsity, on Thursday evenings Read More…
The Nazzaro Center Senior Club is seeking members for its 2016 season. The club meets Tuesday and Friday for socializing and Bingo. They offer trips and seasonal parties. Anyone ages 50 and up are welcome to join. Call Ida Di Pasquale at 617-635-5166. The Nazzaro Center Senior Citizens are running a trip to Foxwoods on Wednesday December 2, Read More…
The annual North End Halloween Carnival brought out hundreds of kids on Friday afternoon to the Nazzaro Center playground with bounce houses, super slides, haunted house, pumpkin patch, jack-o-lantern carving. Free pizza and beverages were on hand with the entire event coordinated by Steven Virgilio, volunteers and ROC Teen Saturday. The Nazzaro kids also held a Read More…
The North End Seniors held their annual Halloween Party and Bingo at the Nazzaro Center this week. Here are some great portrait photos! N
At the opening day of the North End Athletic Association (NEAA) Soccer Program at Puopolo Park, the Nazzaro Center kids raised over $500 for Making Strides, a Breast Cancer Walk which they will participate in, according to John Romano. “Paige Fitzgerald and her family organized the fundraiser along with Michele Deavue of the Center,” Romano Read More…
Every year the North End Athletic Association takes kids from the Nazzaro Recreation Center’s Summer Camp Program to a fun day of baseball at McCoy Stadium in Rhode Island to see the Pawtucket Red Sox. This year, they went on July 30th. Several Members of the NEAA also attend with the kids along with Nazzaro Read More…
Pictured from left to right, the graduates are: Neveah Boucher, Jacob Gunderson, Gabriella Finocchio, Michelle Sheehan, Isabella Othmer, Mia Ransom, Mariele DiPrizio and Ashley DiForte. On Friday, June 6, eight Nazzaro Center teen members received their diplomas from St. John’s elementary school in a ceremony at Sacred Heart church. All eight are headed to high schools Read More…