
Since 1997, United Way of Santa Barbara County has provided Fun in the Sun, a national award-winning summer learning collaborative program involving 80 service delivery partners, 20+ funding partners, and over 600 volunteers. Originally designed to address summer learning loss, FITS has expanded its academic curriculum and services to position itself as a holistic space to support students and their families throughout the summer. Enriched with a robust mindfulness program, STEAM activities, mentorship opportunities, environmental education, and field trips, the program offers hundreds of students and families throughout the community with an enriching summer experience.
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2022 | Program Services
Adult Mentorship Character Education Daily Reading/Writing Environmental Education Expression through Arts Family Fun Nights Financial Literacy Training Field Trips Free Health Services Free Lunch & Snack Daily |
Mindfulness Curriculum & Activities Nutrition & Health Education Parent Education Seminars Self-Esteem Building Activities Service-Learning STEAM Education Sun Safety Education Swim Lessons Team-Building Activities |
2021 | Results
Why Fun in the Sun?
Local data suggests that parents of students eligible for the Fun in the Sum summer program work on average, 2.2 jobs each. As school lets out for the summer, many parents from low-resource communities struggle to balance an intense workload and lack of resources with the needs of their children. Despite best efforts, many of these children spend the summer alone, without access to learning tools and basic needs that are offered during the traditional school year, like reading help and daily meals and snacks. These students are at the highest risk for summer learning loss, a major contributor to the achievement gap between students from low and high-income households.
Fun in the Sun provides students and their families with unique and engaging learning experiences to reduce and reverse summer learning loss and narrow the achievement gap, ensuring academic success during the school year and beyond.
Service Delivery Partners | Fun in the Sun 2021
School Districts
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Buellton Union School District
Carpinteria Unified School District
Goleta Union School District
Santa Barbara Unified School District
Solvang School District
College School District
Mindfulness & Environment
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Everybody Dance Now!
Explore Ecology
Hospice of Santa Barbara County
Inner Warrior
Kind Mind
Nature Track
One Cool Earth
Santa Barbara Beach Yoga
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
The Juicy Life Yoga
TreeTop Yoga
Yoga Movement
Family Service Agency
Community Organizations
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Aha!
Assistance League of Santa Barbara County
Art with Louie
Bike Coalition
Cancer Center of Santa Barbara
Cottage Health
Dunes Center
Fighting Back SMV
Goleta Sanitary
Key Class
MarBorg Industries
Montecito Bank & Trust
Mr. Numbers
Performing Arts
Procore
Santa Barbara Public Library
Santa Maria Library
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
SeeAg
Spread Goodness
TLC Foodbank
TVSB
UCSB EAOP
Veggie Rescue