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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.

Banneker Community Center 2022 Program Activity