School gardens can have an amazing impact on students. School gardens can help get kids outside and moving. Students with gardens tend to perform better on tests. Gardens can even get students more engaged in learning about the environment and nutrition. It also encourages kids to eat more veggies and fruits. School gardens can bring classmates closer together and unite everyone in a common goal of better health.
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The winner will be notified by email no later than February 1 annually. The winner will be notified at the same email in which you used to apply. Safer Brand will notify only the winning school.
Students are able to apply on behalf of their school. Schools may be public or private, but must be based in the United States.
You can apply for the Safer® School Garden Grant by sending an email to saferscholarship@gmail.com with the subject line School Garden Grant”. In the body of the email include:
Submissions are accepted between September 1 and December 1 annually.
Schools that win the Safer School Garden Grant cannot enter to win again in future years. Student's school must be located in the United States.
Safer® Brand is giving away one $500 school garden grant each year. The award of $500 is for the garden only. It will be rewarded directly to the applicant's school. Students who apply will be asked to provide an administrator's full name and school address in order for the funder to send the check to the school.