Kindergarten

Helping Hand Home for Children

Helping Hand Home is a residential treatment center in central Austin that serves children in foster care ages 4 to 12 who have suffered severe abuse and neglect and are experiencing emotional and behavioral problems. The children receive therapeutic treatment, education and enrichment, and foster and adoptions services. The Home serves 210 children and family members each year, 70 of these in our residential treatment program.

Eagle Bluff Elementary

This grant would allow us to expand the use of our garden as an effective teaching tool, benefiting students, families & teachers. The goal of our garden is to teach students where their food comes from, encourage positive attitudes & behaviors regarding eating vegetables, to educate families about growing food, & to use it to enrich the science curriculum. Our garden reinforces efforts to improve the nutrition program by having students see how food grows & letting them be involved in the process.

Temple Hill Academy

Our goal is to be able to rotate all 255 of our students through the garden to learn the basics of gardening. This is a skill that very few of our students, all living in heavily populated urban areas, have but one that would not only bring them much enjoyment but a great skill to share with their families and to help contribute to their meals and overall health. We would like to increase the size of our garden to not only fill the entire green house but to a size that will supply enough vegetables to supplement the daily snack we provide for our students.

Northern Hills

This grant would allow us to expand the use of our garden as an effective teaching tool, benefiting students, families & teachers. The goal of our garden is to teach students where their food comes from, encourage positive attitudes & behaviors regarding eating vegetables, to educate families about growing food, & to use it to enrich the science curriculum. Our garden reinforces efforts to improve the nutrition program by having students see how food grows & letting them be involved in the process.

Ocean Springs Upper Elementary

Our goal is to expand our current gardens to accomodate the larger school population and especially provide easier access to garden spaces and add tall planters for our special needs students. The gardens provide a collaborative effort between the community and school body to enable the success of the gardens. The gardening process lends itself to planning, organization, and leadership skills bringing a relevancy to our curriculum. The creation of our gardens has been a perfect segue to immerse ourselves into the nine Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.

Norton Elementary and Middle School

The goal of this grant is to reach learners of all ages (Pre-k-7) as an innovative way to teach Science standards, create awareness for the benefits of healthy eating, encourage community service by donating vegetables to a local food bank and incorporate the local Farmer's Market as a means of learning about marketing and "real world" business skills.

Brewster Elementary School

Fortunately, Raising Rochester allows for an incredible educational tool for the students that also gives back to the community. Equally important, these two components make up our two main goals. The first goal being to allow the students to receive hands on experience from start to finish of each gardening season. The garden will help teach healthy living concepts and important life skills to the students.

Little Rock Preparatory Academy

This grant will help us purchase the gardening tools and supplies necessary to harvest all organic crops. We are committed on growing organic food and introduce students to a variety of fresh grown vegetables and herbs.

Landstown Elementary

Our garden's goal is to help students raise awareness on healthy eating, hard work, the importance of plants and animals, and our environment. We will use it in all grade levels for, community and team building skills. We will provide opportunities for hands-on learning, inquiry, observation and experimentation. We hope for students to gain an understanding and respect for nature.

PS 165 Robert E. Simon

The goal of a new garden on campus is to get students outdoors and planting seeds for hands on learning, fresh air and physical activity. We aim to get the students engaged in growing food and composting so that they can understand the health and environmental impact of their food choices. As we face many environmental challenges on a global scale, we seek to empower our students with the knowledge and skills to address these challenges with sustainable solutions and confidence.

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