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Monroe City hears recap of summer recreation partnerships, youth participation and grants
Summary
City officials heard a recap of summer recreation programs from MCOPOpportunity Center and the YMCA, which reported mentor and youth-employment totals, meal counts, camp and league participation, and grant-funded citywide events.
Monroe City Council held a work session focused on the city's summer recreation programming, where presenters from the Opportunity Center and the YMCA reviewed participation numbers, funding partners and program highlights.
Stephanie Kasperczak, executive director of MCOP and the Opportunity Center, told the council the Opportunity Center exceeded expectations under a two-year National Recreation and Park Association mentoring grant, recording 47 mentors and 709 mentees across the grant period versus an original target of 350. "We received additional funds on several occasions because we were doing a wonderful job," Kasperczak said. She also described the center's summer youth employee program, which hired 24 young people ages 14 to 21 this year; those youth helped run Tot Lot sites, assisted Sodexo with meals, maintained…
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