Albanian Youth Center Greenwich Inc

Albanian Youth Center Greenwich Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Greenwich, Connecticut that runs a weekend Albanian language and culture school for children and teens. The program is built for kids ages 5 to 18 whose families want the next generation to keep the Albanian language alive.

Classes meet on Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich at 4 Horseneck Lane. The center enrolls students for fall and spring semesters, with age-based groupings across the 5–18 range. Instruction centers on Albanian language alongside cultural material, and the school frames each term around "learning, culture, and community."

The organization serves Albanian-American families across lower Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York, drawing students from across that corridor to the Greenwich location. It operates on a modest budget — IRS filings for 2023 show roughly $44,100 in revenue and about $47,500 in expenses — which keeps the focus on the classroom rather than overhead.

Families can find registration details and semester start dates through the center's website at albanianyouthcenter.org and its Facebook and X accounts under AYCGreenwich. Within the Albanian-American community of the New York–Connecticut suburbs, AYC Greenwich functions as a heritage-language school: a steady Saturday anchor for parents who want their children to read, speak, and grow up inside Albanian culture.