Deadline: 31st October, 2012
Sponsors Subaru of America, Inc., with corporate headquarters in Cherry Hill, NJ strives to be a world-class leader in environmental performance. The company takes responsibility to the global environmental seriously and integrates sound environment practices in all of its business decisions.
Children today spend more time in the virtual world than the natural world. Garden programs engage children by providing a dynamic environment where they can observe, discover, experiment, nurture, and learn. Through gardening activities, children develop respect for their environment and establish an important connection with nature.
Edible gardens in particular provide opportunities for youth to learn how to nurture and care for other living things while also learning how to care for themselves. They experience first-hand, the process of growing food and the skills needed to increase their access to fruits and vegetables. Edible gardens also provide opportunities to teach kids how to care for others in their community. For the past 3 years, the Subaru Healthy Sprouts Award has recognized and supported youth gardening programs focused on teaching about our environment, nutrition and hunger issues in the United States. Through winning programs, youth will learn the skills necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle compatible with environmental stewardship and gain an understanding of how their actions can positively impact the wellbeing of their community.
Eligibility requirements:
To be eligible for the 2012 Healthy Sprouts Awards, school or organization must plan to garden in 2013 with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18. The selection of winners is based on the demonstrated relationship between the garden program and education related to environmental, nutrition and hunger issues in the United States.
GRANT PACKAGES
This year we will present awards to 50 schools or organizations. Each program will receive:
- $400 gift certificate to the Gardening with Kids catalog and online store for youth gardening supplies and supporting educational materials
- NGA’s Eat a Rainbow Kit, full of engaging taste education and nutrition lessons
- Set of hand tools and three pairs of child-sized gloves
- Curriculum package from NGA
- Plantcam to document the growth and changes of your garden
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