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Hidden Valley Love Your Veggies Grant Program
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Program
web site |
http://www.loveyourveggies.com/school_grants.php
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| Sponsor |
School Nutrition Association |
| Deadlines |
November 6, 2009 |
| Purpose |
Grant program will seek to help schools execute innovative programs that will increase the access to, and consumption of, fresh fruits and vegetables in the lunchroom. Grant awards will be based on proposals that demonstrate need, innovation, greatest likelihood of sustainable impact on the students they are serving, and potential for community involvement.
Funding must be spent on any of the following:
- Fresh produce (vegetables and fruits)
- A vegetable station (such as a dedicated salad bar)
- Kitchen equipment (primary usage must relate to proposed program)
- Program staffing (cafeteria personnel, lunchroom staff, etc.)
- Nutrition education supplies
- Food Safety Training
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| Eligibility |
Application Requirements
- School must have an approved Local Wellness Policy in place as of July 1, 2006.
- School must be an elementary school serving children within grades K-6. Schools may serve additional grades.
- School representative must fully and accurately complete the Love Your Veggies online application, found at http://www.LoveYourVeggies.com.
- The applicant agrees, should it be chosen for a grant, that it will cooperate with the makers of Hidden Valley® Salad Dressings in the preparation of any press releases relating to the program, including providing permission to use quotes from school officials and images of the school and students in the press release and on Hidden Valley Web sites and as part of it’s social media efforts.
- Schools must have sign-off from principal, school foodservice/nutrition director and district contact (superintendent or communications director).
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Geographic
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Nationwide |
Amount of
funding |
Each school grant will consist of $10,000 in direct funding.
In addition to the 10 grants, the Love Your Veggies™ grant program is excited to announce that it will also award a $10,000 grant to an elementary school through a Twitter contest set to run September 14-26. More information will be posted on www.LoveYourVeggies.com September 1. In the meantime, please follow them at @HVRanch. |
Application
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All proposals must be submitted via the grant program’s Web site, http://www.LoveYourVeggies.com. |
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For more information contact:
For more information on the 2009 Love Your Veggies Grant program, please email Bethany Hanna at bhanna@schoolnutrition.org.
For assistance after 5 p.m. EST, call 415-449-0122 or email
dmangiantini@currentlm.com Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. |
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