Because of you, more children will start the school day ready to learn, without the pang of hunger as a distraction. Our Back-to-School campaign reminds us that along with pencils and paper, children need a daily supply of food to take on new concepts, run on playgrounds, and socialize more successfully.
Our Community Health and Agriculture Education teams have collaborated to develop the new Food Shuttle Academy, an online learning platform with free, self-paced lessons on health, nutrition, agriculture, and more!
Our Spring Match challenge, made possible by generous funders, including SOLV Energy and the Mead Family Foundation, exceeded the $105,000 goal, raising an additional $70,000 to erase hunger!
Love, Tito’s has a heart for community gardens and increasing access to fresh, healthy foods. Their philanthropic Love, Tito’s Block to Block program, reconnects neighborhoods and creates community gardens and farms throughout the United States. Our hearts are in full bloom knowing that our Camden Street Garden will be the next beneficiary of Block to Block, allowing neighbors with mobility challenges to access our many activities more easily.
Thanks to a Service Partnership Mini-Grant from the Carolina Center for Public Service at UNC Chapel Hill, FoodCorps member Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum and I were able to purchase the materials to build a storage bench for the school. The hope is that the storage bench will make it easier for teachers, volunteers, and community members to hold large outdoor classes and cultivate nutritious food
Advocates for Health in Action will be holding an interactive workshop about school gardening: how school gardens positively influence kids' academic success and health in school, how to get a garden started at your school, how to get funding for a garden. The Food Shuttle will be at the workshop, too! Come out and learn about the importance of having gardens in local schools!
The workshop is FREE, but attendees need to register by calling 919.350.8366 or by sending an e-mail to laiken@wakemed.org.
When: October 6th from 10:00-11:00am
Where: Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh
View the Brains and Bodies flier here.
