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GroMoreGood Grant Application Walk-through
The GroMoreGood grant application is open and we want to invite to an application walk-through event! Join us for this 30-minute webinar to learn about the grant application, walk through the application and award process, and ask questions.
Grant Information:
In collaboration with the Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, the National Head Start Association is honored to bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens to more children and families in the Head Start community. Our desire is for this garden grant program to foster exciting, hands-on experiences for Head Start children and families, connecting them with their natural world, increasing their appreciation and understanding of fresh healthy foods and nutrition, and inspiring a lifelong love of gardening.
2023-24 Gro More Good Garden Grant Application:
NHSA will be awarding grants in variable amounts depending on demonstrated need and proposal in the application. Grant awards will supplement needs of existing garden projects, help launch new garden projects, or supplement/launch outdoor green space projects (land that is partly or completely covered with grass, trees, shrubs, or other vegetation and an option for children and the community to learn).
The Garden Grant Applications deadline is December 18, 2023.
As part of the grant award, Head Start programs will be expected to host a Community Build Day, bringing together Head Start students and families, community partners, and Scotts Miracle-Gro associates (if available) in a day of community service to build and celebrate the garden. Community Build Days should be held during the March through June timeframe and grantees are allowed maximum flexibility if inclement weather or other circumstances result in a delay.
Application Walk-through Presenter:
Sarah Pounders, while working toward her master’s degree in Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University, Sarah 
Pounders served as a school garden coordinator and conducted research on the benefits of using school garden programs to teach nutrition. She went on to work at various botanical gardens and for Cooperative Extension in Virginia and Texas. Since 2005, Sarah has been an education specialist at KidsGardening, coordinating numerous children’s gardens and writing curricula and activities for youth of all ages. Sarah enjoys gardening at home with her two children and serves as the volunteer garden coordinator at her son’s elementary school.
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