Vintage is excited to announce that we are the recipient of a $2,000 Whole Foods Garden Grant for 2017 thanks to the effort of parent, Ms. Darie, parent of 3rd grader, Nadia W. This grant will provide the desperately needed funds to repair, update, and provide materials and supplies for garden areas around the campus. With Whole Foods KIds Foundation's help (and the Whole Foods - Northridge store), Vintage knows children will become excited about fresh vegetables and fruit resulting in improved nutrition. We have witnessed the joy, wonder, and peace that students have found working in the garden. We hope to continue and expand this experience. (If you can help, please respond per the last paragraph.)
Our main focus will be in the Vintage Garden garden plots section off of the Densmore parking lot. Students have enjoyed harvesting and eating food they grew from these plots. They have munched on sugar snap peas fresh off the vine. The have sampled chard soup and lettuce wraps from vegetables they grew. But faulty irrigation has impacted plant growth. Without regular irrigation needed in this dry, arid area of the valley, students efforts in planting, tending their garden, harvesting, and eating will fail. This grant money will allow us to update our irrigation. Funds will also be used to purchase seeds, plants, garden tools, etc.
HELP NEEDED: Please join in helping us in getting the most out of these funds. Do you like to garden. Are you a farmer at heart and grow your own vegetables? Or, do you just enjoy being outside watering? Are you knowledgeable about plumbing, electrical, wood working? We are looking for a list of volunteers who can call upon to help us as the need arises. Please contact Mrs. Stone (from the Computer Lab): 818-892-8661 (Vintage Main Office) or email her: dstone02@lausd.net. Provide your name, best way to contact you, and your child's name, and their classroom. Let us know how you would like to help. Thank you so much!
Our main focus will be in the Vintage Garden garden plots section off of the Densmore parking lot. Students have enjoyed harvesting and eating food they grew from these plots. They have munched on sugar snap peas fresh off the vine. The have sampled chard soup and lettuce wraps from vegetables they grew. But faulty irrigation has impacted plant growth. Without regular irrigation needed in this dry, arid area of the valley, students efforts in planting, tending their garden, harvesting, and eating will fail. This grant money will allow us to update our irrigation. Funds will also be used to purchase seeds, plants, garden tools, etc.
HELP NEEDED: Please join in helping us in getting the most out of these funds. Do you like to garden. Are you a farmer at heart and grow your own vegetables? Or, do you just enjoy being outside watering? Are you knowledgeable about plumbing, electrical, wood working? We are looking for a list of volunteers who can call upon to help us as the need arises. Please contact Mrs. Stone (from the Computer Lab): 818-892-8661 (Vintage Main Office) or email her: dstone02@lausd.net. Provide your name, best way to contact you, and your child's name, and their classroom. Let us know how you would like to help. Thank you so much!
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