We need additional funds to invest in priority needs for each program beyond our annual fundraising goal. Your financial investment will be a game changer for our organization. Cash, check, card or pledges accepted. Donate online >>
Our programs are currently in need of these items:
Have you ever tried to prepare food on a table that is lower than your kitchen counter? Or cooked outside without having a place to clean up? These tables will provide our Eat Your Veggies mobile cooking education program a great deal of ease when we are working at our partnering school sites with excited children, during classes or at our demonstration booth on Saturdays. When students range in size, these tables are perfect for any teaching moments. ($1,000)
Scholarships allow youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds to attend our enriching programs at the American River Ranch and help build important connections to the natural world, the farm, their health and their community. Experiences here can have life-long impacts on youth, our farm and our planet. The requests are far greater than our current budget. This fund will support field trips, summer camp experiences, after school programs, teen empowerment and job training. ($5,000)
Help produce a powerful video in partnership with professional artist and videographer John Fortes. This marketing tool will document the deep impacts of school gardens throughout the region through the eyes of students and educators. It will help attract and garner resources for our Growing Together School Garden Initiative and help our team lead the way in transforming the vision of a garden in every school in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital into a vibrant reality, one campus at a time. ($2,500)
Our Culinary Arts Education program needs a new, dependable commercial outdoor grill. Grilling is a cooking method that we teach to both youth and adults as an essential practical skill used in the preparation of healthy food. This beautiful piece of kitchen equipment would be utilized at our Eat Your Veggies demos, Cook’s Camp, Culinary Arts fundraisers and cooking classes. ($3,250)