Thanks to support from a $90,420
USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) grant, participants in three Monroe Community College summer programs will receive nutritious meals between July 5 and August 12, 2016.
Nearly 600 children who participate in Horizons at MCC and the Healthy Hero Summer Camp will daily receive free breakfast and lunch under the USDA grant. Both programs put children on the path to academic and personal success while introducing them to a college experience. Another 30 students, participants in MCC’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Residential Summer Institute, will receive three meals per day made possible by the grant.
Horizons at MCC <
https://www.monroecc.edu/depts/acadserv/horizon.htm?a-zindex> is a six-week summer enrichment program for low-income Rochester City School District (RCSD) students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Established in 2011, the program helps prevent summer learning loss by reinforcing reading, writing and math skills. Horizons at MCC is made possible by supporters of the MCC Foundation, Horizons National, and the RCSD. The program runs from July 5 through August 12.
Now in its third year, the Healthy Hero Summer Camp helps children from eight RCSD schools stay physically and intellectually active. The camp provides math and language education along with sessions on nutrition, character development, drug and alcohol avoidance, team building and decision-making. Made possible by the Greater Rochester Health Foundation and Glover-Crask Charitable Trust, the camp runs from July 5 through August 5.
In its second year, the EOP Residential Summer Institute is a grant-funded program serving the needs of full-time MCC students who are academically and economically disadvantaged. Counseling and tutorial services along with instruction in technology, financial literacy, coping/survival skills and participation in a community service project are provided to help students with the transition to college. The institute is funded by the State University of New York in partnership with MCC and the MCC Association. Twenty-eight students will participate in this year’s four-week program which will run July 5 through July 29.
Monroe Community College is an equal opportunity provider.