Sacramento Republic FC recognized their latest round of Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant recipients on Saturday during Farm-to-Fork Night presented by Raley’s and UC Davis Children’s Hospital. The most recent grant recipients are Food Literacy Center, Center for Land-Based Learning and Yolo Farm to Fork. A total of $50,000 will be donated to the three organizations to aid in improving the health and wellness of our region’s youth and neighborhoods.
Food Literacy Center
Food Literacy Center works to teach low-income elementary children cooking and nutrition to improve our health, community and environment through classes featuring a “Produce of the Day” for students. Students taste and learn how to prepare a new fruit or vegetable during each of these classes, allowing them to explore different foods than what they may normally eat.
The money from the Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant will be used to provide free food literacy education to eight Title I schools in Sacramento, serving 800 pre-K-6th grade underserved children. The program aims to tackle childhood obesity before it becomes an issue in a child’s life, teaching kids about nutrition and healthy at-home cooking to improve healthy eating habits.
Republic FC defender Derek Foran, who is paired with the nonprofit, was a part of Food Literacy Center’s Veggie of the Year Competition at Leataata Floyd Elementary. There, students and Foran sampled vegetable dishes crafted by five high-profile Sacramento chefs. Local celebrity chefs Kurt Spataro (Paragary Restaurant Group), Oliver Ridgeway (Grange) Suleka Lindley (Thai Basil), Jay Veregge (The Firehouse) and Keith Breedlove of (The Culinerdy Cruzer) made imaginative creations on beets, cauliflower, avocado, nopales and collards. Dishes included cactus ice cream and avocado chocolate pudding.
Sacramento Republic FC recognized their latest round of Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant recipients on Saturday during Farm-to-Fork Night presented by Raley’s and UC Davis Children’s Hospital. The most recent grant recipients are Food Literacy Center, Center for Land-Based Learning and Yolo Farm to Fork. A total of $50,000 will be donated to the three organizations to aid in improving the health and wellness of our region’s youth and neighborhoods.
Food Literacy Center
Food Literacy Center works to teach low-income elementary children cooking and nutrition to improve our health, community and environment through classes featuring a “Produce of the Day” for students. Students taste and learn how to prepare a new fruit or vegetable during each of these classes, allowing them to explore different foods than what they may normally eat.
The money from the Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant will be used to provide free food literacy education to eight Title I schools in Sacramento, serving 800 pre-K-6th grade underserved children. The program aims to tackle childhood obesity before it becomes an issue in a child’s life, teaching kids about nutrition and healthy at-home cooking to improve healthy eating habits.
Republic FC defender Derek Foran, who is paired with the nonprofit, was a part of Food Literacy Center’s Veggie of the Year Competition at Leataata Floyd Elementary. There, students and Foran sampled vegetable dishes crafted by five high-profile Sacramento chefs. Local celebrity chefs Kurt Spataro (Paragary Restaurant Group), Oliver Ridgeway (Grange) Suleka Lindley (Thai Basil), Jay Veregge (The Firehouse) and Keith Breedlove of (The Culinerdy Cruzer) made imaginative creations on beets, cauliflower, avocado, nopales and collards. Dishes included cactus ice cream and avocado chocolate pudding.
At the conclusion of the class, students, along with Foran, casted their votes for their favorite vegetable.
“It’s easy to get into bad habits when eating,” said Foran. “There’s so many sugary snacks and it’s so easy to buy for cheap. Having kids wanting to learn about fruits and vegetables and what you can make from them, it’s amazing. It’s not something many of us had a that age so it’s excellent for the kids.”
Yolo Farm to Fork
Yolo Farm to Fork’s mission is to provide edible school gardens as well as garden-centered and farm-based education to students. The nonprofit brings locally grown farm-fresh food to school meals and educates students on reducing waste through recycling and composting. The program provides resources for kids to improve their nutrition habits, fight obesity, and integrate garden learning with classroom instruction while keeping edible school gardens.
The Glory Glory Sacramento grant will help Yolo Farm to Fork launch the Growing Lunch project in two Yolo County school districts. The project will provide seeds, plants and garden materials for fruits and vegetables across two that will not only be planted at the school by harvested by the kids and served in school meals.
Republic FC players Octavio Guzman and Agustin Cazarez will both be making appearances with the nonprofit.
Center for Land-Based Learning
Center for Land-Based Learning aims to inspire and motivate younger generations to learn about the commonalities between agriculture, nature and society and encourages them to become leaders in their communities to promote a healthy lifestyle. The program uses hands-on education programs that connect participants to agriculture and natural resource conservation.
The Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant funds will be used by Center for Land-Based Learning to fund their 2016 Growing Green Internship, which helps support 18 Sacramento and Yolo County teenagers while they work with beginning farmers at urban and rural farms. Part of their duties will include collecting ecological field data on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants as part of a citizen science research project.
Republic FC defender Alfonso Motagalvan will be paired with Center for Land-Based Learning to serve as a mentor and will visit the site in the coming months.
This is the final round of Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant recipients for the season. To learn more about the Fund and to see the complete list of grant winners click here.
Republic FC fans are encouraged to match the donations made by the Glory Glory Sacramento Fund by making a their own donations to Food Literacy Center, Center for Land-Based Learning and Yolo Farm to Fork through their respective websites.
At the conclusion of the class, students, along with Foran, casted their votes for their favorite vegetable.
“It’s easy to get into bad habits when eating,” said Foran. “There’s so many sugary snacks and it’s so easy to buy for cheap. Having kids wanting to learn about fruits and vegetables and what you can make from them, it’s amazing. It’s not something many of us had a that age so it’s excellent for the kids.”
Yolo Farm to Fork
Yolo Farm to Fork’s mission is to provide edible school gardens as well as garden-centered and farm-based education to students. The nonprofit brings locally grown farm-fresh food to school meals and educates students on reducing waste through recycling and composting. The program provides resources for kids to improve their nutrition habits, fight obesity, and integrate garden learning with classroom instruction while keeping edible school gardens.
The Glory Glory Sacramento grant will help Yolo Farm to Fork launch the Growing Lunch project in two Yolo County school districts. The project will provide seeds, plants and garden materials for fruits and vegetables across two that will not only be planted at the school by harvested by the kids and served in school meals.
Republic FC players Octavio Guzman and Agustin Cazarez will both be making appearances with the nonprofit.
Center for Land-Based Learning
Center for Land-Based Learning aims to inspire and motivate younger generations to learn about the commonalities between agriculture, nature and society and encourages them to become leaders in their communities to promote a healthy lifestyle. The program uses hands-on education programs that connect participants to agriculture and natural resource conservation.
The Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant funds will be used by Center for Land-Based Learning to fund their 2016 Growing Green Internship, which helps support 18 Sacramento and Yolo County teenagers while they work with beginning farmers at urban and rural farms. Part of their duties will include collecting ecological field data on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants as part of a citizen science research project.
Republic FC defender Alfonso Motagalvan will be paired with Center for Land-Based Learning to serve as a mentor and will visit the site in the coming months.
This is the final round of Glory Glory Sacramento Fund grant recipients for the season. To learn more about the Fund and to see the complete list of grant winners click here.
Republic FC fans are encouraged to match the donations made by the Glory Glory Sacramento Fund by making a their own donations to Food Literacy Center, Center for Land-Based Learning and Yolo Farm to Fork through their respective websites.
