In July and August GrowingGreat staff is hosting nutrition education booths at Caruso Head Start ,W.M. Keck Primary Center Head Start and other Para Los Niños sites’ Parent Orientation programs, in both Spanish and English. Parents and students participate in GrowingGreat’s hands-on activity...
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On June 7, Deloitte Consulting volunteers rolled up their sleeves and joined us at two GrowingGreat partner sites for their annual Impact Day. Twenty volunteers came to Maple Primary Center in South Los Angeles where they helped kindergarten and first graders paint the two murals pictured above...
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On April 27, GrowingGreat shared our program with Maple Primary Center in South Los Angeles with our supporters, as we celebrated our 20th anniversary at a delicious Farm to Table dinner under the stars. We recognized the Association of Science-Technology Centers with our leadership award for...
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We are thrilled to share all of our exciting programs from this past year in our annual report. Please click here to read a copy. And, if you would like to celebrate our anniversary with us on April 27, we still have a few tables left. Please click here for all the details about Farm
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GrowingGreat is excited to announce that our Leadership Award recipient at the Farm to Table benefit on April 27 will be the national Association of Science-Technology Centers for their support of the My First Garden network. This network, led by GrowingGreat, is a collaborative of science...
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GrowingGreat just got back from the National Association for the Education of Young Children conference in Washington, DC. We had over 100 preschool teachers participating in our garden, nutrition and STEM activities! Watch our My First Garden webinar led by GrowingGreat with the Association of...
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Do you know any students who would like to vote for their favorite vegetable? Email sally@growinggreat.org and we’ll send you a ballot. All voters will receive GrowingGreat wristbands and we’ll publish the results in this blog. Click here for video from the “Make a Difference”...
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That’s what it says in the drawing above in the pink speech bubble shaped like a heart. Thanks to all of you, our generous donors who make it possible for our programs to be offered regardless of a community’s ability to pay. Thank you for coming together to make Farm to Table such a success...
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Meet Carla Torres and Maria Miranda! They will receive GrowingGreat’s Leadership Award at the Farm to Table benefit on April 21, 2018. For tickets, click here. This award recognizes individuals in low-income, inner-city neighborhoods who have gone above and beyond in implementing GrowingGreat...
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128 kids; 64 parents; 16 teachers; 64 potatoes; 180 apples; 10 stalks of celery; 60 food coloring bottles; 360 cotton balls; 360 pinto beans; 120 plastic bags; carrot, radish, broccoli, herb, and lettuce seeds (more than you can count); food samples for all from the five food groups; and 6 story...
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