Sweet Potato Kids, Inc.

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms, Kitchen Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Pre-Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
100
Year Founded: 
2008
About the Program: 

Sweet Potato Kids, Inc. is a social enterprise and MBE certified small business providing early learning, after-school and summer camp programming. We are located in Randallstown, Maryland (Baltimore County). We service Title 1 schools in the neighboring communities and 25% of our students receive free and or reduced lunch. Our student population is 98% African American. It is our sincerest goal to decrease the disparity in the achievement gap as it relates to minority students. During the school year, we service 60 students and summer camp, 100 students. "SPK" has a long standing partnership with 4-H and the University of Maryland Extension, Food Supplement Nutrition Education (FSNE). Both assist SPK in delivering nutrition education to our students. We are committed to empowering, educating and energizing youth about learning.