SAVE THE DATE
California School Garden Week
Celebrate the Harvest
October 25-31, 2008
Each year the California School Garden Network (CSGN) encourages Schools to celebrate and raise awareness of garden-based learning by showcasing their school gardens, participating in special activities and events, and inviting their communities to become involved.
Please join us as we celebrate California School Garden Week. Visit www.CSGN.org to access a variety of tools that will help your school celebrate school garden week, including a list of event ideas, step by step guide for garden celebrations, a press release template, and a media tip sheet.
WEED WATCH
The American Community Gardening Association ACGA is looking for schools or youth programs that want to take part in the WEED Watch.
To see what this involves, go to http://www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu/pgs/data/weed/weedmenu.htm
Interested? Please send your contact info to:
Bill Maynard
ACGA Vice President, Sacramento
sacgc@ulink.net
UPCOMING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
More upcoming grant announcements can be found at: www.mastergardenerssandiego.org
www.csgn.org
Do Something Youth Grants:
Do Something is a website community where young people learn, listen, speak, vote, volunteer, ask, and take action to make the world a better place. Do Something's Plum Youth Grants are available to individuals, age 25 or under, who want to further the growth and success of their existing community action projects. Grants of $500 are given out each week to young community activists in the U.S. and Canada. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and stay active for consideration for three months after submission. Visit http://www.dosomething.org/sharesomething/fund-your-project to create a project profile and submit an online application.
Grant Program to Fund Fresh Produce Programs at Elementary Schools
Deadline: November 7, 2008
The Love Your Veggies grant program (http://www.loveyourveggiesgrants.org) is sponsored by the makers of Hidden Valley Salad Dressings in partnership with the School Nutrition Foundation (http://www.schoolnutrition.org) and is supported by Produce for Better Health Foundation (http://www.5aday.org). The program will award grants to elementary schools (grades k-6) across the United States in support of programs that help provide students with increased access to and consumption of fresh, healthy foods made available through an on-campus vegetable consumption program.
The program will award ten grants of $15,000 each. Each grant award will support an elementary school in developing a program offering fresh vegetables and fruits lasting through the 2009-10 school year.
Grant awards will be based on proposals that demonstrate need, sustainability, innovation, and potential for community involvement. Funding must be spent on any of the following: fresh produce (vegetables and fruits); a vegetable station (such as a dedicated salad bar); kitchen equipment (primary usage must relate to the proposed program); program staffing (cafeteria personnel, lunch room staff, etc.); nutrition education supplies; or food safety training.
For complete guidelines and an application form, go to: http://www.loveyourveggiesgrants.org
RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15014894/loveyourveggies
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