Grant Alert: It's All About the Fruits and Veggies
Jamba Juice and the National Gardening Association's KidsGardening are offering the It's All About the Fruits and Veggies grant program to provide schools with gardening supplies, curriculum materials, and plants to help create engaging nutrition and gardening experiences. The program is designed to provide students with opportunities to observe and explore fruit and vegetable production and obtain a deeper understanding and appreciation for these foods in their diet.
Grants are available to schools, community organizations, and nonprofit programs in the United States gardening with at least fifteen children between the ages of 3 and 18. Schools must be located within a fifty-mile radius of a Jamba Juice store.
The program will award twenty grant recipients with a check for $150 to be used to purchase soil amendments and fruit and vegetable plantings and $350 in gardening supplies, including composter, planters, tools, and a curriculum guide from the Gardening with Kids Shop. The total award package is valued at more than $500.
Visit the KidsGardening Web site for complete program guidelines and application procedures. Grant application deadline is February 15, 2012.
