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Community Education outlines classes, Meals on Wheels numbers and volunteer needs
Summary
Roseville’s Community Education presented program statistics — about 630 adult-basic-education students and 5,000 annual adult-enrichment participants — and said Meals on Wheels delivers roughly 630 hot meals weekly; officials requested help rebuilding volunteer capacity and proposed a volunteer coordinator role.
Cindy Aron, director of Community Education, told the joint meeting the district provides a broad range of services for all ages and highlighted specific program counts and volunteer needs.
Aron said adult basic education serves about 630 students annually and graduates roughly 40–50 students a year; Community Education offers around 700 adult-enrichment classes that attract some 5,000 participants each year. The district operates two aquatics pools and runs pre-kindergarten screening and a Pre-K program with about 325 registered children.
Aron said the district’s Meals on Wheels program delivers more than 630 hot meals per week and that the program’s volunteer base has shrunk since the COVID-19 pandemic. "We have about 430 volunteers that actually drive meals regularly," she said, and officials asked churches, businesses and civic groups to help replenish drivers.
Presenters described many opportunities for businesses and nonprofits to sponsor scholarships, mentor students and support school projects; examples included local construction-company sponsorships of career courses and faith-based reading tutors at Central Park Elementary.
Do Good Roseville’s Kathy Ront said the Community Advisory Committee has cataloged hundreds of local businesses, faith groups and service organizations that could be matched to school needs. She urged the creation or funding of a volunteer coordinator to manage onboarding and ongoing volunteer programs, noting volunteers require staff time to manage and that a coordinator would multiply capacity across schools.
Why it matters: Community Education and volunteer programs sustain services for seniors, adult learners and youth; rebuilding volunteer capacity and improving business outreach would expand program reach and ease operational strain on staff.
Next steps: The district and Do Good Roseville plan outreach to businesses and partners, will continue to compile needs spreadsheets from schools, and will pursue posting partnership/opportunity lists to make sponsorship and volunteer options easier to find.
