Word & Praise Christian Learning Center

Our ultimate goal for our future school garden is to afford our students with an experience that they otherwise would never have had. We want our students to learn the science of gardening, we want them to experience the empowerment that comes along with growing and eating their own food, and we want them to expand their ideas of what “good tasting” food can be. We would like to provide access to different vegetables that many of our students have never tasted or seen due to the limited food access in our community. 100% of our students are eligible to receive free or reduced meals, and the majority of them are from the historical Daytona Beach Midtown neighborhood which is plagued by many health inequities. Barriers in our built environment have prevented our students from opportunities such as growing their own fresh fruits and vegetables. This grant functions as a tool that would make our dream of having a school garden a real possibility.