Salad Party – Guest Blog by Kathy Troeger
All of us at GrowingGreat are saddened to lose a longtime good friend, Kathy Troeger, who passed away this month. In her memory, we are reposting one of her guest blogs. We miss her and are grateful to have known her. When I first started being the lead volunteer at our daughter’s...
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Composting for Community with GrowingGreat
GrowingGreat’s mission to empower young people to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and garden education comes to life at Environmental Charter Middle School – Inglewood where students are taking the lead on diverting waste through composting and building inter-school and...
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GrowingGreat Celebrates 6 Years Teaching at Maple Primary Center
Lead STEM Educator Maxwell Watson is part of the family at Maple Primary Center’s Parent Open House. The joy in this photo reflects GrowingGreat’s commitment to multi-year relationships with children, teachers and caregivers — they can count on us. When Jennifer Jovanovic met Cyrene...
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Vermonica Orosco is back from the Growing School Gardens Summit
At the 2024 School Garden Support Organization Summit there was so much to see, experience and do. I was so excited to experience my very first conference and to present some of the activities that our middle and high school students designed. If you would like a copy of the “Build A Boat”...
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Micro-Farm in Downtown Los Angeles: A Personal Perspective by Meghan Nealon
At Immaculate Conception School, 7th- and 8th-grade students, who have worked with GrowingGreat for three years due to the generosity of the Steinmetz Foundation, have grown into capable leaders who help keep the school’s micro-farm running smoothly. I started working with students in 2021...
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Planting Seeds for Tomorrow’s Leaders: Career Mentors
Led by STEM Program Director Meghan Nealon, 6th- and 7th-graders at Environmental Charter Middle School in Inglewood met with and learned from career mentors from the CSULB Shark Lab, the Natural History Museum and, pictured above, GrowingGreat Board Member Summer Morales, who also leads our...
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Please Give to GrowingGreat Kids
As you consider year-end giving, please know that any amount that you’re able to donate to GrowingGreat will benefit inner-city kids directly by bringing hands-on STEM learning and healthy eating to their classroom. Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your contributions, and thank you for...
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GrowingGreat goes to Charlotte and Nashville, worms included
Maxwell Watson led “Count Me In,” a presentation with Rachel Fidler from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Cindy Lawrence from the Museum of Math, and Lauren Patrick from Saint Louis Science Center, about hands-on math activities, at the Association of Science and...
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Compost to Ozone: Teens Tackle Climate Change
GrowingGreat is delighted to announce that we are one of only 13 innovative organizations awarded project grants by SoCalGas. The SoCal Climate Champions Grant recognizes programs that address climate solutions for communities in SoCalGas’s service areas. Our “Compost to Ozone”...
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