veggie grant

The makers of Hidden Valley® Salad Dressings are awarding ten (10) ten thousand dollar ($10,000) grants to elementary schools across the United States to support programs that help provide students with increased access to, and consumption of fresh, healthy foods made available through an on-campus vegetable consumption program.

 

Each grant award will support an elementary school in developing a vegetable program offering fresh produce to be implemented as early as April 2010 and lasting through the 2010-2011 school year. Each school grant will consist of $10,000 in direct funding.*

 

All applications must be submitted via the grant program’s Web site, www.LoveYourVeggies.com. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Nov. 6, 2009. Late applications will not be accepted. Schools will be notified of their award status soon after Feb. 15, 2010, with a target date of no later than March 1, 2009. A public announcement of all 10 winners will be made in April 2010.