Upper Elementary

Montrose Junior Public School

We have had a 20' by 12' school vegetable garden for 5 years. We would like to develop it by building raised beds. We have a group of volunteer parents who are willing to put the beds together and one of our parents has a contact who will mill the wood locally.

Dr. William Arnone Elementary School

The goal of the Arnone Elementary School Garden is to enhance student classroom learning through an after school enrichment program in the garden sponsored by 21st Century Schools. The after school program strives to utilize the garden beds as a means to bring mathematical and scientific theories to light using hands on experience. This grant will allow the garden to buy supplies to extend the growing season into the cooler months and supply a load of compost to dress the beds in the spring to ensure a fruitful summer harvest.

Bridges Community Academy

With a large population of our students on Free and reduced lunches we will use the grant funds to start a garden in which we will grow fruits and vegetables to share with our families and provide our students with Healthy snacks.
We will invite our families to share a favorite recipe that we will reproduce and share with the families on how to prepare some of the food we grow.

Carbondale Community School

The Carbondale Community School (CCS) Learning Garden and club began in spring, 2014. Carbondale Community School is a K-8 public charter school with 135 students.

A+ Children's Academy Community School

A+ Children's Academy Community School is located on the South Side of Columbus, Ohio in a urban community. The majority of our students do not have access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Approximately 90% of our students are free and reduced lunch status. The A+ Children’s Academy vision is for all students to achieve their full potential academically and socially as a result of a strong emotional and instructional support system. Our mission is to cultivate a passion for learning that addresses students’ social, emotional, academic, and cognitive needs.

Summit Academy Akron Elementary

The main goal of the student garden is to provide the students with healthy food choices that are not available to them due to 100% of the school student population qualifying for the free lunch program. This grant would guarantee that the students will have healthy food to eat during the summer when they are at home as well as into the fall. All students in the K-6 building will have the opportunity to learn about healthy eating habits as well as learning about how to care for and grow a garden.

Nicaea Academy of Cape Coral

Our goal is to teach the children at our school and their families that food doesn't have to come from a grocery store. What struck me the strongest was when I was speaking to a student that I had a tomato from my home garden for part of my lunch, that halted me and asked if I was sure it was safe to eat. I said of course, why wouldn't it be? Their response was that I hadn't purchased it at Walmart. Their is a systematic mindset that we are dependent on processed foods. We are dependent on chain supermarkets. This couldn't be farther from the truth.

Pleasant View Elementary

SUAC aims to build the relationship between our community and the food we eat. The DIRT (Dig In R-Twelve) gardens provide K-12 school children with educational opportunities that promote healthy lifestyles and environments through hands-on learning about production and consumption of locally grown food. The DIRT project addresses multiple needs within the community through education and outreach by creating and sustaining school-yard gardens in the R-12 district.

Beverly Woods Elementary

At Beverly Woods Elementary, we are passionate about teaching the whole child. The goal of our garden is to improve the overall health and wellness of children through:
• Education about nutritious food sources (not just from the grocery store!),
• Hands-on learning outside while growing healthy food,
• Literally tasting the fruits (and vegetables) of their work.

Leake Central Elementary

This Garden Project is a long-term educational program for our students and our community, to be initiated in Winter/Spring 2015. The 100+ Elementary School students of the Carthage / Leake County Boys & Girls Club will help build, plant, maintain, harvest and replant this garden through the seasons, guided by 20-25 of their High School aged peers in our Future Farmers of America and 4H programs, and 10-20 community volunteers in our local Master Gardeners program.

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