Grantees

Floating Classrooms provides standards-based STEM education to 3rd-6th grade students. Students come to CSC from nineteen schools throughout Chittenden County twice per year (fall and spring), with CSC education staff visiting each school up to three times throughout the winter months. Education is focused on lake stewardship and the impact of natural and man-made forces on the environment. The requested equipment will clearly illustrate concepts of topography, watersheds, runoff, erosion, and precipitation in grade-appropriate ways, allowing students to better understand the material. We hope to help students understand that they can already make choices to benefit the lake, and encourage interest in marine sciences.

Food for Thought began in 2008 with the goal of providing supplemental lunch and summer reading materials for children in Grand Isle County at risk for hunger. Our mission is simple. We provide fresh, nutritious (often local), food to the most vulnerable families in our communities when school lunch is unavailable. Families from Grand Isle County sign up through the Congregational Church of South Hero (CCSH). No financial disclosure is required. Once a week, a group of community volunteers puts together boxes which families retrieve either at the CCSH or at a collection site in Alburgh. This program has been run through donation for 15 years, and we plan to serve more families and to continue to source more food locally.

Support the expansion and development of an established food and food "system" program to include increased meal offerings, an educational component and community engagement and collaboration.

Expand their existing meals program to include take home food on weekend/holidays and exploe the possibility of serving supper.

Youth ages 6-18 from low income families will build self-esteem and increase social competencies by learning to make positive choices, learn about nutrition and increase physical activity during an eight week day camp.

Introduce parents to a research-based approach to early learning which will increase school readiness for their children

FRESH Food will provide nutritious meals for low-income children and youth through an innovative job training program for women with barriers to employment.