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GRANTS and FUNDING
2009 Healthy Sprouts Award ~ Deadline: October 17, 2009- To encourage the growth of health-focused youth gardens, NGA (National Gardening Association) recognizes outstanding programs through the Healthy Sprouts Awards, sponsored by Gardener's Supply Company. Click here for details.
2010 Youth Garden Grant ~ Deadline: November 2, 2009 - NGA (National Gardening Association) is delighted to announce that The Home Depot returned as our Youth Garden Grants sponsor for 2010. Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. For the 2010 grant cycle, 100 grants are available. Download an application.
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Giving Programs - April, July, and October - Champ-A Champion Fur Kids grants for children’s health and wellness are awarded twice each year to programs with measurable outcomes that make the world a healthier and happier place for kids. Click here for more details.
Annie's Grants for Gardens - Deadline: Rolling - Annie's offers a limited number of small grants to community gardens, school gardens, and other educational programs that connect children directly to gardening. These funds may be used to buy gardening tools, seeds, or other gardening supplies. Click here for application details.
NATURE RELATED
Project Budburst, a national citizen science campaign, collects everyday observations to study a changing climate. Visit Project Budburst online for more information and to report your findings.
The Live Monarch Foundation is offering free milkweed seeds to classes, groups, and individuals in the migration path of the Monarch butterfly to help rehabilitate the natural habitat of the Monarch in North America. In recent years, over 75 percent of the wintering Monarchs butterflies from North America have frozen to death in Mexico as a result rain and sub-freezing conditions, and a nationwide shortage of milkweed, which Monarchs need to procreate, has further decimated their population. Please plant milkweed seeds to ensure Monarch survival. A milkweed in every yard! Maximum award: 15+ butterfly garden seeds, including milkweed seeds. Eligibility: anyone in the Monarch migration path who will plant seeds. Click here for more details.
FAMILIES
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren – Visit Cooperative’s Extension Family Caregiving site for information on grandparents raising grandchildren: http://www.extension.org/category/family%20caregiving%20grandparents%20raising%20grandchildren
Money Wise - A new Penn State Extension Web site has been developed that compiles information across our college and extension Web sites to help individuals and families easily locate information to address and stretch their financial resources. Visit http://extension.psu.edu/moneywise/ for more information.
HEALTH
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) can help fill the summer meal gap for low-income children. Faith-based, community, and private non-profit organizations can make a difference in the lives of hungry children by serving meals with SFSP, a federally funded program administered by states that reimburses organizations for meals served to children during the summer. Additional information, resources about hosting a site and providing reimbursable meals, as well as SFSP contacts by state are available by clicking here.
Better Hearing and Speech: Helping People Communicate – The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Learn about better hearing and speech and about communication disorders. Promote treatment that can improve the quality of life for those who experience problems with speaking, understanding, or hearing. Go to http://www.asha.org/bhsm/