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Temecula human services reports 4,554 summer meals, Camp SOAR and 275 back-to-school kits
Summary
Community services staff told commissioners the federally funded Summer Food Service Program served 4,554 meals this summer, Camp SOAR and inclusive programs continued, and a back-to-school event distributed 275 supply kits.
Cassandra Ambriz, community services coordinator for the City of Temecula, told the commission that human services provided thousands of meals and ran multiple inclusive summer programs this year.
Ambriz said the federally funded, state-administered Summer Food Service Program served 4,554 meals this summer, with roughly 700 of those distributed in August. The program ran Monday through Friday at noon from June 16 through Aug. 8, Ambriz said.
"The summer food service program is a federally funded, state administered summer meal program that ensures youth ages 18 and under or 18 and over with a disability are provided free nutritious meals while school is out of session," Ambriz said.
Ambriz described Camp SOAR, a summer camp with themes and enrichment activities, and the Eagles SOAR inclusive playground and splashpad social-skills program run in partnership with the Disability Sports Foundation. She said the city also operates the MRC Connect shuttle program, which offers free rides from the Margarita Recreation Center to libraries, museums and parks and is aimed at preschool-age children and their caregivers.
As part of back-to-school efforts, the human services team distributed 275 school-supply kits on Aug. 7; staff said aquatics staff donated 115 of those kits. Ambriz credited partnerships with the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library and Grace Millman Community Library for literacy programming tied to camps.
Commissioners asked whether federal funding for the summer meals would continue next year; Ambriz said the program this year was federally funded and administered by the state and that staff would follow up with commissioners about future funding.
No formal action was taken on the report.
