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Council keeps 'Lunch at the Library' at two days this summer, plans expansion next year

Corona City Council · April 1, 2026
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Summary

The council reached consensus to keep the library's summer meal program at two days this year and asked staff to plan for a possible expansion next year. Library staff said a $12,600 grant and CNUSD-provided meals make the program possible but expanding to five days would require canceling or scaling back 28 summer programs and incur $10,140—$15,140 in direct costs.

The Corona City Council on April 1 directed library staff to keep the "Lunch at the Library" summer program at two days this year and to plan for a possible expansion next year as funding and staffing allow.

Veil Wellington, the library manager, told the council the library received a $12,600 grant and that the meals are provided by Corona-Norco Unified School District (CNUSD) at no cost to the library. Wellington said the library originally served about 8,000 lunches in earlier years and that expanding service to five days would force the…

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