Daniel Webster Elementary School

The garden at Webster Elementary will provide students and families with a place to educate and spark interest in healthy living. In addition to nutrition and healthy living choices students will use the garden to expand on school day learning in math and science. The garden also allows for lessons in responsibility, leadership, environmental education, and team building. Camp Fire and the Webster campus have been chosen by the American Heart Association (AHA) to start a Teaching Garden program. The AHA will be providing the start up supplies for the garden and plants for two years. The additional funding to our new garden will increase health intervention with families and influence healthier behaviors. The students and families who attend this school live in a highly urban area where there are not many close grocery stores and do not have access or the resources to have their own gardens. Our goal is to ignite an ongoing interest in the garden program and healthy living.

This program is supported by Camp Fire Greater Long Beach.