Help Serve Free Summer Meals with 'Picnic in the Park' (Isla Vista)

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Picnic in the Park offers free, nutritious meals, activities and enrichment opportunities to ensure that summer is fun for all kids in our county. Community volunteers and groups manage and support individual park sites, handing out lunches, organizing food literacy training and summer games.

For many children who receive free and reduced-priced meals during the school year, summer can mean hunger. Just as learning does not end when school lets out, neither does a child's need for good nutrition. In fact, 84% of children in our county who receive free or reduced-priced lunches during the school year don't receive meal assistance during the summer, a time of critical brain development. That's 34,000 children in our community.

Ideal Volunteers:

Are able to commit - as an individual or organization - to multiple shifts throughout the summer (ex: come every Wednesday or pick a week and come M-F) to provide continuity, however people with limited availability are still encouraged to help out when they can.
Available for approximately two hours, start to finish, during lunchtime on weekdays during the summer.
Willing to undergo a brief criminal background check. You can find the form at this link.
Feel comfortable standing, bending and doing light lifting for 2 hours.
Feel comfortable engaging with people face-to-face.

This opportunity takes place in Isla Vista at the Isla Vista Apartments: 6660 Abrego Road, Isla Vista, CA, 93117 from 12:30PM-2:30PM.