Garden Money for Schools available NOW!!!

Date:   4/13/2007 2:48:14 PM ( 17 y ago)

12:47 PM
April 13, 07

on 4/13/07 12:02 PM, California School Garden Network at briana.lewis@csgn.org wrote:

GARDEN GRANT OPPORTUNITY

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 20, 2007





California Instructional School Gardens: $15 million in grant funds


There are $15 million in non-competitive, non-matching grant funds available for school districts, county offices of education and charter schools interested in starting or sustaining a school garden. Grant funds (up to $2500 or $5,000 per school, depending upon enrollment) can be used for garden equipment, garden supplies and teacher/school garden coordinator professional development, and is administered through our California Instructional School Garden Program in the Nutrition Services Division.

The grant application at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/
must be returned before the April 20, 2007 deadline. A comprehensive guidebook, Gardens for Learning: Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden, is available through the California School Garden Network at
http://www.csgn.org/
.

For more information, please contact Deborah Beall, Nutrition Education Consultant, Nutrition Services Division, at (916) 324-8790 or by e-mail at dbeall@cde.ca.gov.

 

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