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当地一家杂货店的玉米粉蒸肉礼物给克里斯蒂娜·皮纳莱斯带来了意想不到的快乐，因为COVID-19大流行让她在假期里远离家乡和家庭传统。
皮纳莱斯是上东区公寓（Upper Eastside loft）的住宿顾问，是暑假期间住在校园里的50名博彩平台学生之一。 大多数学生都住在校园内的美国河庭院。
由于餐饮服务和校园餐厅在假期关闭，学生们只能自己照顾自己。
然而，多亏了萨克拉门托市长达雷尔·斯坦伯格（Darrell Steinberg）办公室制定的一项特殊计划，自12月19日以来，学生们就能定期收到餐馆的饭菜和杂货。 该项目是为该大学创建的，在工作日每天为他们提供两顿饭，每个周末为他们提供食品杂货，直到1月22日星期五。
“The 囊状态 Student Winter Break Meal Program is another connection between our city and our future: the students of 萨克拉门托 State. Food is medicine, and this program affords our chefs the resources to show how much we care for the physical and mental health of our Hornets.”
“Mayor Steinberg has come through for 萨克拉门托 State once again,” said University President Robert S. Nelsen. “In fact, all of 萨克拉门托 has come through for 萨克拉门托 State. The restaurateurs are amazing, and the food is even more amazing.”
Restaurants participating in the 囊状态 Student Winter Break Meal Program are: Alaro Craft Brewery & Restaurant, Ambrosia Catering, Canon, Mulvaney’s B&L, and Urban Roots Brewing. 黄金时间营养在周末提供食品杂货。
The Raley’s supermarket on Fair Oaks Boulevard near campus donated pork and chicken tamales during Christmas week.
“The tamales really hit home for me,” said Pinales, a Criminal Justice major. “Many Hispanic cultures gather with their families to make tamales for Christmas and New Year’s. However, because of the pandemic, I was sad that we couldn’t have our tradition this year.
“When our community manager comes walking in the office with brown bags and says, ‘Tamales!’ I was like, what? 当我咬着玉米粉蒸肉的时候，所有的记忆都在我脑海里闪过。 I was so happy that I even called my mom to tell her.”
This is the second time in recent months that the Mayor’s Office has arranged to feed 萨克拉门托 State students in need. In late April, soon after the campus closed and classes moved online because of the pandemic, Steinberg’s staff arranged for the founder of the Broderick Roadhouse chain to deliver 6,000 restaurant-prepared, packaged meals for students over four consecutive weeks.
Even before the pandemic hit, nearly half of 囊状态’s students had experienced food insecurity. 随着学生和他们的家人失去工作，为解决温饱问题而苦苦挣扎，情况变得更加糟糕。
A $20,000 grant from the city’s Justice for Neighbors program, which collects fines from nuisance-property owners, paid for ingredients and meal preparation by Broderick Roadhouse.
邻居正义组织（Justice for Neighbors）提供了5万美元的赠款，资助了目前的项目，为60名学生提供食物，包括那些住在校园宿舍里的学生。
“Mayor Steinberg and our team are in regular contact with President Nelsen and the University,” said Julia Burrows, the mayor’s senior policy advisor. “Making sure that students are healthy, both physically and mentally, is a priority for the city. 我们可以确保他们吃得好，让他们知道城市和社区关心他们。
“The shelter-in-place order added to the need,” Burrows said, "and we wanted to be sure that they were well-fed while staying in the residence halls and preventing the spread of COVID-19.”
皮纳莱斯说，由于寒假期间没有校园餐饮，学生们可能会通过Door Dash等服务订购餐厅外卖。 对于预算有限的学生来说，这可能会很贵。
“I’d like to thank the Mayor’s Office, the city attorney, and the participating restaurants and stories for providing meals and groceries to the 囊状态 student community,” Pinales said. “If not for them, we may have had students struggling with having the finances to eat.”
Another benefit from the Winter Break Meal Program is that students get to experience some of 萨克拉门托’s top restaurants, said 山姆uel Jones, interim executive director for University 住房 Services.
“This collaboration with the Mayor’s Office has truly benefited our students,” Jones said. “Typically, during winter break, our dining is closed and students need to figure out how to get meals. It’s nice to have two meals per day and groceries provided.”
寒假期间，学生们在餐厅用餐，午餐是佳能（Canon）的切达香肠配红土豆沙拉自制奶油蛋卷，晚餐是慢炖玉米饼配自制莎莎酱、拉丁米饭和豆类。 两顿饭都可以用微波炉重新加热。
一天，阿拉罗中午做了烤火鸡三明治和烤羽衣甘蓝鸡肉沙拉，还有自制的酒吧薯条。
“The program, of course, also benefits local restaurants that are likely struggling because of the pandemic,” Burrows said.
“The 囊状态 Student Winter Break Meal Program is another connection between our city and our future: the students of 萨克拉门托 State,” she said. “Food is medicine, and this program affords our chefs the resources to show how much we care for the physical and mental health of our Hornets.”
市长办公室、副市长杰夫·哈里斯、市议员里克·詹宁斯和国会女议员多丽丝·松井办公室的工作人员在25天内为校园送餐。 Representatives from the 萨克拉门托 City Unified School District’s Nutrition Services Department also have volunteered.
布伦斯通常在周三送食品杂货，假期里她有上大学的孩子帮忙。