Hollingers Island Elementary School

According to the Center for Disease Control, gardening with kids is one of the best ways to encourage kids to make healthier food choices. The concrete experience of digging in the dirt and watching a vegetable grow, will remove any fear a child has regarding that vegetable, and when the child sees that vegetable in the grocery store he or she will ask mom or dad to buy it. In addition to making better food choices, gardening will also teach students confidence, motor skills, and math and science skills. By bringing the classroom into the garden, teachers should see improved test scores.
This grant will allow us to install a 16̢