Give to Grow: Georgia Foundation for Agriculture

A nonprofit organization

Help Elementary School Kids Learn About How Their Food is Grown

 


Give to Grow, presented by the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, is a campaign to promote and grow agriculture education in schools.  Ag-focused curriculum provides interactive and hands-on STEM activities, helps prepare students for the workforce, and makes kids more aware of how the world works around them.

 

Agriculture is our state’s largest industrial sector, yet many students have little knowledge of this industry that is vital to our state's economy and responsible for feeding our growing world.

 

From the food on our tables to the cotton in our clothes to the timber that supports our home, help us spark an interest in agriculture and provide teachers the resources they need to show children that Ag is all around us!


How Will the Give to Grow Campaign Help Students?

 In 2018, our state legislature passed the "Georgia Agricultural Education Act," establishing a pilot program allowing a selection of schools to establish agriculture enrichment programs. So far, 26 schools have been approved to be part of the pilot. While the bill encourages those schools to establish Ag curriculum, teachers are still in dire need of the financial support needed to get the program off the ground.  The aptly named "Give to Grow" fundraising campaign will help provide teachers of the 26 schools the funds they need to launch the first elementary Ag education programs in Georgia. If successful, we could see this move beyond the pilot stage and expand to the entire state. 


Give to Grow

Help support and grow agriculture education for young students. Spread the word and consider making a donation on Giving Tuesday, December 3.

  • Help us spread the word using the resources in our Promotional Tool Kit
  • Share one of the videos created of educators, legislators and community leaders expressing why ag in ed is vital to our future
  • Volunteer to participate in the #GivingTuesdayKids movement! Giving Tuesday isn't just for adults - GFB is helping empower volunteers to lead an ag-focused activity in classrooms on Tuesday, December 3 so they can support Georgia agriculture and wildlife too. Learn more
  • Finally, mark your calendar to make a donation of any amount on Tuesday, December 3!


Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Give to Grow: Georgia Foundation for Agriculture

Tax id (EIN)

47-2035360

Categories

Community

Address

1620 BASS RD
MACON, GA 31210

Phone

4784748411

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