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Nutrients for Life
Foundation Announces Helping Communities
Grow Partnership with California FFA Chapters
Chapter
Scholarship Program Offered in
California Focuses on Role of Fertilizer
Posted on
10/18/2010
Sacramento,
CA, (AgPR)
–
The Nutrients for Life Foundation today announced its
partnership with FFA through the Helping
Communities Grow chapter recognition program focused
on the role fertilizer plays in healthy food.
Chapters in California can compete for a top
prize of $6,000.
“We are pleased to
announce the Helping Communities Grow
chapter recognition program to California FFA chapters,”
said Nutrients for Life Foundation Executive Director
Harriet Wegmeyer.
“This program brings together two organizations which
have many natural synergies. We
pilot tested the program in Florida and Idaho last year,
and were so impressed by the unique projects the FFA
chapters submitted that we sought to expand the program
to include California.”
The goal of the Helping Communities Grow
chapter recognition program is to give FFA chapters the
opportunity to help their communities become better
informed about the positive role of plant nutrients,
fertilizers and related agricultural issues through
educational, community building and hands-on activities. Students
will gain skills in leadership, public speaking, team
building and community awareness while increasing
knowledge of soil science and agricultural issues.
Students in each
chapter will develop a community-based program using the
Nutrients for Life Foundation curriculum,
Nourishing the Planet in the 21st Century,
and other NFL Foundation and FFA resources to present
directly to community members. Chapters
will select a theme in which their activities will be
based and be responsible for setting goals and objectives, implementing a plan of action and measuring
results. After the project is
complete, each chapter will submit an application
summarizing their program to compete for a monetary
reward.
Each chapter (up to
30) will receive a participation grant in the amount of
$300 following the submission of the completed project.
Monetary rewards of $6,000, $3,000, and $1,000
will be awarded to the first, second, and third place
chapter programs, respectively. Completed projects and
applications are due by March 7, 2011.
“The partnership between FFA and the Nutrients for Life
Foundation will give California FFA students the
opportunity to develop personally, while educating their
communities about the importance fertilizer plays in our
food supply,” said Bob Heuvel, California State FFA
Advisor. “We are looking forward to launching the
program here in California.”
During
its inaugural year, the Helping Communities
Grow chapter recognition program reached nearly
13,000 people across Florida
and Idaho.
With the expansion of the program into Iowa and
California, the Nutrients for Life Foundation expects
more than 50,000 community members will be reached.
For more information
about the Nutrients for Life Foundation, visit
www.nutrientsforlife.org. To
learn more about agriculture education in California go
to
www.calaged.org.
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