MEDIA ADVISORY
June 23, 2015
EAT SMART, PLAY HARD AT THIS SUMMER'S FREE LUNCH PROGRAM
Summer Lunch Program Kicks-off with Free BBQ Event
WHAT: The Summer Fun Café Kickoff BBQ marks the start of the summer lunch program that provides free lunches to children 18 and younger. The kickoff event will feature San Diego’s own Fern Street Circus with jugglers, acrobats, aerialists and live music. A free BBQ lunch for all children and accompanying adults will be provided. This family-friendly event will also feature the San Diego Padres Friar and Pad Squad, fun games with lots of prizes, an inflatable jumper, crafts, music and prize drawings.
WHEN: Thursday, June 25
10:30 a.m-2 p.m.
WHERE: Skyline Hills Community Park
8285 Skyline Drive
San Diego (92114)
(some media parking available in main lot off of Skyline Drive)
EVENT SCHEDULE:
10:30 a.m. – Event begins: booths, bounce house, games and craft tables
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – BBQ lunch served. Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Superintendent Cindy Marten, San Diego Unified Food and Nutrition Services Director Gary Petill, and San Diego Park and Recreation Director Herman Parker will serve food to the children
12:30 p.m. – The Fern Street Circus performance
1 p.m. – Honda Dealers of San Diego present check to SD Unified Food and Nutrition Services, drawing for bicycles, backpacks and Padre gift bags
2 p.m. – Event ends
VISUALS: Children receiving free lunch, notable figures serving lunch to children, San Diego Unified receiving check from Honda Dealers, children interacting with activities, circus performance
NOTABLE ATTENDEES: Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Superintendent Cindy Marten
BACKGROUND: The Summer Fun Café free lunch program, which has been in place since 2003 and serves nearly 250,000 meals and snacks during the summer, is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture’s “Seamless Summer Feeding Option” and requires no paperwork. Summer Fun Café will be at 58 sites: 27 park and recreation centers, 14 community and military sites, and 17 schools. For a complete schedule and locations, go to www.sandi.net/food and select Summer Fun Café or go to http://www.211sandiego.org/summerlunch.
More than 1,500 children and their parents/guardians are expected to attend the kickoff event. The San Diego Honda Dealers are underwriting the cost of the adult meals at the kickoff event, and General Mills is sponsoring parent participation in other BBQ events. Each family will go home with a bag of fresh fruit and vegetables from the San Diego Food Bank or Feeding America San Diego.
CONTACT: Joanne Tucker, marketing coordinator| Food Services | San Diego Unified School District Email: jtucker@sandi.net | Office: 858-627-7316 | Mobile: 619 886-5546
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