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Banneker Community Center
• Served 1,562 meals through the summer food program.
• More than 150 children participated throughout eight separate week-long sessions of Banneker Camp, a low-cost summer day camp program for youth in grades K through 6.
• Collaborated with Parks & Recreation’s Health & Wellness program area to present All Kids Swim, a grant-funded program that provided free swimming lessons, swimsuits, swim goggles, and towels for Banneker Camp participants.
• Recorded more than 2,700 participations by elementary school students at the Banneker at the View afterschool program.
• Provided, through a partnership with IU Health Bloomington Community Health, free health services for more than 30 neighborhood residents.
• Partnered with the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Indiana University to provide food baskets to more than 30 neighborhood families and children in recognition of the Thanksgiving holiday.
• Hosted “Celebrations Around the World”, an event celebrating the variety of December holidays, with more than 140 attendees, and provided donated toys and gifts for more than 80 children.
