Supervisors highlight local community programs: senior day, food bank backpack program and Seeley soccer field repairs

Board members used their Oct. 14 reports to highlight a series of community programs and recent local events, urging resident participation and support for ongoing services.

Supervisor Martha Cardona Singh described a valley-wide senior citizen day that brought seniors together with resource tables offering a range of services. Supervisor Peggy Price reported on the Imperial Valley Food Bank’s backpack program, a weekend food-assistance effort that provides a discreet backpack of food to children on Fridays so they have meals over the weekend. Price said the program is run in a dignified way without identifying logos on the bags and suggested supervisors consider sponsoring a child; she said the program’s longstanding estimate for individual sponsorship is $300 per year, which she recalled funds weekend feeding for one child.

Price also thanked the Public Works Department for inspecting a playing field at Seeley after constituents requested support; she said staff confirmed existing goal posts and that the county will supply soccer nets so the local youth team can practice without traveling.

Supervisor Ryan Elliot Kelly noted he visited the Desert Shores restoration briefing (covered separately) and asked county administration to coordinate next steps with technical partners. Other supervisors mentioned attendance at agriculture and food-bank events and encouraged cancer screenings and community engagement in October awareness activities.

These reports were informational; no formal county actions were taken during the reports themselves.