Plant City Summer Program Opens

Press release from Plant City:

June 10 2020

A great kickoff this morning of our Summer Program, version COVID-19. Restricted to 50% of our normal registrations due to COVID-19 guidelines, nearly 90 of our 100 registered attendees were on site for opening day. Due to a rainy Monday, the first day was a true test of the outstanding planning done by staff. With everyone being forced indoors all day, our spacing restraints were put to the max with a very successful outcome.

The eight week program consists of youths ages 6-15 and runs from Monday June 8 to July 31. It is based at the Planteen Recreation Center, 301 Dort Street, with some groups housed next door at the Winter Visitor Center. The program is daily from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm and will be closed July 3 for the observed Independence Day holiday. Breakfast and lunch are provided to all youths through the Summer BreakSpot program in conjunction with Hillsborough County Schools and the Florida Department of Agriculture. Additional program information is available at https://www.plantcitygov.com/parksrec/page/summer-offerings

Attached are some opening day photos with captions to briefly explain the new COVID-19 program parameters for this unusual year. If you would like any of the high resolution photos, please send me an e-mail with the page number(s) and we will share.

For any quotes from the program itself, please e-mail Recreation Supervisor Maggie Morona-Cole at mmorona@plantcitygov.com or leave a voice mail at 813-659-4256. She is very busy with the program and away from her desk a lot, but she will respond as soon as possible.

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