Gardens To Go is a nonprofit organization that aims to promote healthy lifestyles among students and families in New Jersey public schools. Through educational programming including classroom lessons, assemblies, and after-school clubs focused on gardening and nutrition, Gardens To Go seeks to combat rising obesity rates and address food access issues. The organization has developed a multi-pronged program centered on hands-on gardening and cooking activities to teach healthy eating habits to middle school students. Gardens To Go works with various partners and utilizes a diverse team to fulfill its mission in a financially sustainable way.
Help India charity and donate online to provide food for hungry children, to get education. Your donation help to feed old age people, homeless elderly in India
BD Youth in Action is a non-profit volunteer organization. A flock of university student have founded it in 2012. BYA’s team working for street and slum children since 2012.
BD Youth in Action is a non-profit volunteer organization. A flock of university student have founded it in 2012. BYA’s team working for street and slum children since 2012.
Help India charity and donate online to provide food for hungry children, to get education. Your donation help to feed old age people, homeless elderly in India
BD Youth in Action is a non-profit volunteer organization. A flock of university student have founded it in 2012. BYA’s team working for street and slum children since 2012.
BD Youth in Action is a non-profit volunteer organization. A flock of university student have founded it in 2012. BYA’s team working for street and slum children since 2012.
The mid-day meal programme for school children is an initiative of the Government of India. This programme acted as an impetus to the progress of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to promote primary education. The motto of The Akshaya Patra Foundation ‘unlimited food for education’ reiterates the interdependency of food and education towards the government school children.
The year 2013 has seen the opening of the 4th DAPP Teacher Training College, situated in the Northern Region, thanks to the funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland, UFF Finland and UK aid via DFID. This year there was also a significant improvement of the teacher training program with the addition of a four (4) month study travel by bus to various countries in the region – classrooms on wheels. Upon graduation each will indeed be “Another kind of teacher”.
A significant expansion of the DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational school took place in 2013 in terms of both infrastructure and programmings. New health and community programs have started – with focus on nutrition, water and sanitation, thanks to a number of new partnerships with Clinton Health Access Initiatives, and UNICEF. We have been reaching directly or indirectly more than one million people from all corners of the country through our life changing DAPP projects.
The mid-day meal programme for school children is an initiative of the Government of India. This programme acted as an impetus to the progress of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to promote primary education. The motto of The Akshaya Patra Foundation ‘unlimited food for education’ reiterates the interdependency of food and education towards the government school children.
The year 2013 has seen the opening of the 4th DAPP Teacher Training College, situated in the Northern Region, thanks to the funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland, UFF Finland and UK aid via DFID. This year there was also a significant improvement of the teacher training program with the addition of a four (4) month study travel by bus to various countries in the region – classrooms on wheels. Upon graduation each will indeed be “Another kind of teacher”.
A significant expansion of the DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational school took place in 2013 in terms of both infrastructure and programmings. New health and community programs have started – with focus on nutrition, water and sanitation, thanks to a number of new partnerships with Clinton Health Access Initiatives, and UNICEF. We have been reaching directly or indirectly more than one million people from all corners of the country through our life changing DAPP projects.
School Garden and Canteen Manual
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
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School Gardening Guide ~ Whole Kid Foundation
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
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Eat Smart, Its in the Garden: South Carolina’s Toolkit for Starting or Enhancing a School Vegetable Garden
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
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Kids are the Customers: Marketing Local Food in SchoolsJoanRozelle
Marketing local food in your school food service program can be a positive educational experience and a fundraising program for your school. Learn how to create a responsible school food marketing program that is not only directed at students, but includes school administrators, teachers, parents and the community. Also learn how to replace competitive foods (soda pop and other unhealthy vending machine snacks) with healthy, active fundraising campaigns.
2. Gardens To Go
We are a nonprofit organization working with the
support of Home Depot and Burpee Seeds.
Our mission is to develop and promote affordable,
healthy lifestyles by empowering the students and
families within New Jersey Public Schools through
sustainable educational programming.
3. Values
● PROMOTE DIVERSITY
○ Through a collaborative process that creates a sense of
togetherness by establishing a high level of teamwork and
support within the community
● MENTOR
○ By embracing innovation through cooperative learning
● INSPIRE
○ To consistently and effectively motivate children, families,
and their community
4. Values
● PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY:
○ Through the development of lasting lifestyle changes that
become inherent for the future of children and families
● COMMITMENT
○ To the dedication to educate and empower communities to
strive for healthier lifestyles
5. Our 3 W’s
Who?
We are a diverse group of health conscious individuals sharing the
common desire to educate communities about the importance of
sustainable gardening and proactive lifestyles.
6. Our 3 W’s
What?
We deliver innovative programs to middle schools for areas in need
to educate and demonstrate fun and engaging ways to increase
healthy habits.
7. Our 3 W’s
Why?
We are doing this because obesity rates have more than doubled in
the past 35 years. At the same time we are seeing more and more
low income areas fall victim to food deserts.
9. Trenton’s Needs
● 1 supermarket serves
84,500 people
● 2.4% of Trenton’s food
assets offer healthy
food
● 34% of Trenton
residents do not own a
vehicle
Source:
http://cues.rutgers.edu/trenton-isles/pdfs/Capsto
ne_Final_Report.pdf
http://www.trentonhealthteam.org/wp-content/up
loads/THT-CHNA-2013-Jul
y.pdf
11. Trenton’s Public Schools
● 20 public schools
○ 7809 students
○ 3 high schools
○ 4 middle schools
○ 13 elementary
schools
12. Our Goals
● Implement healthy living educational programs
● Decrease Trenton childhood obesity rates
● Increase amounts of personal gardens
● Involve youth community in improving their
own health
● Make gardening and health foods interesting
13. Program Design
I. Assemblies
A. Educational Programming
II. Classroom Kits
A. Gardens To Go Lesson Plan
B. Home Depot/Burpee Seeds Gardening Kit
C. Recipes
III. Club/Mentorship Programs
A. After/during school Gardens To Go club
1. Gardening, cooking, education
14. Assemblies
Outline:
1. Why Do We Eat?
2. What Foods Do We
Need?
3. U R What U Eat
4. What is in Fruits and
Veggies?
5. What’s a Snack?
6. How To Wash Veggies
15. What Foods Do We Need?
The Five Food Groups:
1. Grains
2. Veggies
3. Fruits
4. Dairy
5. Protein
16. What’s A Snack?
● A snack helps you from
getting too hungry in
between meals
● This prevents you from
“over-eating”
● Healthy snacking keeps
your blood sugar levels
even.
17. How To Wash Vegetables
● First thing you need to do is wash
your veggies.
● Rinse in salt water for a few
minutes then gently swish in cool
water until you do not see any
more dirt
● Eat them while they are fresh
● Veggies have a short shelf life
● The health benefit in vegetables
declines with time.
● Best way to store them is in a wet
paper towel inside a ziploc
18. Handouts for Students
● Language: English on the front and
Spanish translation on the back
● MyPlate Snack Tips for Kids
● U R What U Eat
● Five Food Groups
● Included on the next slide
20. Kits
● Schools receive a kit with useful information including:
○ A gardening manual
○ Lesson plans/ Curriculum
○ Seeds
○ Parent and community resources
○ Recipes
○ Information about Gardens to Go Program
21. Classroom work- 8 week program
Basic Goals
Practical Goals: Educational Goals:
Nutrition Improving diets Value healthy food & meal
preparation
Cross Curriculum Reinforce the following
areas of the curriculum:
environmental science,
home economics, &
science
Active, hands on
experience
Life Skills Help children survive &
thrive in the world
Better able to- plan, make
decisions, collaborate,
take responsibility,
explain & persuade, etc.
22. Clubs
● Post 8 week program
● Extracurricular
● Evaluation of program
● Mentorship and leadership opportunities to maintain
commitment to gardens
● Student Volunteers
○ Work with schools and townships
○ Maintain In school programs
○ Promote a healthy community
○ Recruitment
24. Marketing Strategy
● Extend invitations to community members and teachers to
inform them about our program
● Outreach letters sent to middle school students’ homes
● Brochures
● Gardens to Go Application
● Use of Social Media
● Gardens to Go Website
● T-shirts
Ndeye Gueye
25. Gardens to Go Application
Content:
● Tips for successful gardening
● Assembly tour schedule
● Nutritional advice
● “Healthy Recipe of the Week”
*Available for both iPhone and Android phones
Ndeye Gueye
26. Social Media
- Instagram is a visual-social media
platform, just like snapchat.
- Instagram shows photos and
videos from the program
specifically.
- Almost 95 percent of Instagram
users also use Facebook.
Kristi Mobus
27. Facebook
- This is the biggest social
media network on the
Internet, both in terms of
total number of users and
name recognition.
- Can link other social
media pages for followers.
- Can “like” or follow page
to get notified for
upcoming events.
Kristi Mobus
28. University Help
Rutgers University & The College of New Jersey- offers
internships to students in various fields of work to help work
the program. Students in return will be granted the internship
hours for completion of degree.
Kristi Mobus
29. Sponsorship
Home Depot- donates all gardening tools to
help program succeed. Also, always makes a
large contribution to fundraising events.
Burpee Seeds- donates all the seeds for the
program and for each kit. Ultimate goal is “to
help promote the beauty of nature.” A
company started in 1881, designated to
continuously bringing innovation to the seed
market.
Kristi Mobus
31. Finances
● Transportation
○ School bus via means of transport = $4,500 for purchase
● Educational models
○ Kits prices include:
■ Plastic boxes
● Rivera Middle School: 554 students
● Kilmer Middle School: 430 students
● Hedgepeth William Middle School: 666 students
● Dunn Middle School: 269 students
= 1,919 students x $3 per box = $5,757
■ Seeds will be funded by Burpee Seeds
Total Spent: $10,257.00
Bridget Zhong
32. Finances
Assembly
● Trenton Public Schools is willing to compensate Gardens-To-Go
○ $5,000 per school for each educational assembly that we host
● $5,000 x 4 public schools = $20,000 additional profit
○ Used to finance additional future projects and amplify our
current model
Bridget Zhong
33. Finances
Paid:
Salaried:
● $60,000 for CEO, Devesh
● $50,000 for Program Director, Jasmine
● $55,000 for Finance Director, Bridget
Hourly:
● Bus Driver ($12/hr) ~$1,440 per year
● Nutrition Consultant ($100/hr) ~$1,600 per
year
Total Spent:
$168,040
Unpaid:
Volunteer Staff
● 3 Research volunteers
● 2 PR volunteers
● 1 Finance volunteer
Student Interns:
● 3 Tech Student Interns= unpaid, course credit
● 1 Photography Student Intern= unpaid, course
credit
● 10 High School Student Interns= unpaid
Total Saved:
$398,200
Staffing
Isha Tendolkar
34. Fundraisers
● Creation of an event that promotes our non-profit organization
and its initiative
○ Event idea: Partnering up with Rutgers University to rent out a large space
to create a 7-course meal that features locally sourced, farm-to-table
ingredients
■ Cost of hiring a personal chef and kitchen staff for the night: $3,500
■ Cost of hiring a DJ: $500
■ Sell tickets for $120 per person -- aim for 250 attendees: $30,000
● $30,000 - $3,500 - $500 = $26,000 PROFIT
Bridget Zhong
35. Finances
Marketing
Brochures:
● 8.5" x 11" Tri-fold, 2,000 prints= $374.99
T-shirts:
● 2,000 T-shirts: $150 x 20 bundles of 100 t-shirts= $3,000
Website Domain:
● $96 per year= $96.00
Maintenance of Mobile App:
● $9.99 per month (200,000 push notifications) = $119.88 per year
Total Spent:
$3,590.87
Isha Tendolkar
38. Vision of Gardens to Go
To create a lasting healthy initiative through the use
of education and gardening. A movement that will
reach all corners of America, while simultaneously
battling the adverse effects of obesity and food
deserts.
Devesh Patel
39. In the pipeline
● Spread the movement nationwide
○ 5-10 year growth plan
● Gain additional sponsorships
● Expand industry
● Make America healthy again
Devesh Patel