MEDIA ADVISORY -- San Diego Children and Families Receive Free Lunch at Summer BBQ Event

Reporters and editors: Please join us tomorrow, June 18, for the free barbeque kickoff event that opens San Diego Unified School District's Summer Fun Café Program.

Contact:
San Diego Unified:
Norma Johnson
619-573-5077

Feeding America:
Gavon Morris
619-895-6323

SAN DIEGO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RECEIVE FREE LUNCH AT SUMMER BBQ EVENT

Feeding America San Diego & Sponsors Help Kick off San Diego Unified School District's Summer Fun Café program

SAN DIEGO - June 17, 2013 - San Diego children and families are invited to the FREE barbecue kickoff event on Tuesday, June 18 that opens San Diego Unified School District's Summer Fun Café program. The kickoff event features a free BBQ lunch for all children and accompanying adults and every family goes home with a bag of fruit and vegetables from sponsors like Feeding America San Diego. According to a recent study by Feeding America - nearly 460,000 residents in San Diego - including more than 160,000 children - suffer from hunger.

The BBQ will feature visits from the Power Panther, and the San Diego Padres Friar and Pad Squad, fun fruit and veggie games with lots of prizes, an inflatable jumper, crafts, music, bike drawings, health clinics, community information booths, cooking demonstrations and much more. Every family goes home with a bag of fruit and vegetables from sponsors like Feeding America San Diego. More than 2,500 families and children are expected to attend.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Press Conference begins at 11 a.m.

WHERE: Skyline Hills Community Park, 8285 Skyline Dr., San Diego, 92114

INTERVIEWS: Superintendent-designate Cindy Marten and Food Services Director Gary Petill from San Diego Unified School District; Rachel Kramer, Program Manager at Feeding America San Diego; along with various local, state and USDA dignitaries will be available for interviews.

Additional Info: San Diego Unified School District Food Services Department partners with the City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department, Military Child and Youth Programs, San Diego Public Library and several non-profit organizations to help fill this gap by providing free, healthy meals and physical activities in low- income neighborhoods when school is out. The Summer Fun Café is funded through the US Department of Agriculture's "Seamless Summer Feeding Option" and will be at 65 sites: 28 Park and Recreation Centers, 13 community and military sites, and 24 schools. For complete schedule and locations, go to www.sandi.net/food and select Summer Fun Café or go to http://www.211sandiego.org/summerlunch .

Please note: Summer Fun Café bridges that gap and requires no paperwork or income qualifications to participate. For a schedule of all summer lunch locations, dates and hours, go to http://www.sandi.net/Page/38399 .

To learn more about hunger in San Diego or ways to give back, please visit www.feedingamericasd.org.

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