Vance Village Elementary School

Our program will be called HANDS in the Kitchen Garden. HANDS is an acronym for Health and Nutrition Discovery Science. We are an urban school committed to providing real world experiential learning for our students. The schools Green Team is committed to changing the culture of the schools current eating habits through hands-on nutrition and culinary education, as well as, integrating other subject areas.This grant will allow us to build an outdoor kitchen and education space in the existing garden to be utilized by every grade level. With the funds we will purchase an outdoor vegetable wash station with a working sink, garden work tables/potting benches, tools for preparing vegetables for eating, program materials, and a pergola for a grape vine. In addition, to maintain our garden we will use our monies for compost, mulch, seeds, and gardening gloves. Our school will be a model for the district so that other schools in the surrounding area can replicate our project.