SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Helps Feed Students During Winter Holiday Break | Community

Many students in the Mammoth/San Manuel Unified School District receive free breakfast and lunch when they attend school. When the extended winter holiday break rolls around, some of these children are in jeopardy of not having enough good quality food to eat since they cannot receive two-meals-a-day, five-days-a-week at school.

The school counsellor identified 30 students who required extra food during their holiday break and prepared a list of the desired foods, along with the quantities needed. SaddleBrooke Ranch resident Anthony Signorelli led a team that placed the food order with Fry’s. On Saturday, December 13, 2025, the team picked up the food and organized food bags for each student. Then the bags were delivered to the school prior to the start of the holiday break on Monday, December 22, 2025.

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach recognizes that good nutrition is vital to a child’s growth and development. The need for nutritious food isn’t controlled by a school’s holiday calendar and we are pleased to be able to help fill this gap for local youngsters. Next year, the team plans to purchase all perishables for this project when the Thanksgiving Baskets for Oracle are assembled. Those non-perishable items will then be stored and combined with perishables for delivery in December, prior to the start of the school’s winter holiday break.