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Wilshire Crest School Garden

Wilshire Crest Elementary school is a Pre-K-5th grade public school in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles.  It's a Title I school, with more than 80% of its students receiving free lunches.

In 2008, school volunteers received a $10,000 beautification grant from the city of Los Angeles to remove a small area of asphalt from the playground and start a new school garden.  Since that time, with several other grants and the dedicated support of the school's administration, staff, parents, students and community volunteers, the garden has more than quadrupled in size, becoming a real farm where students grow fruit, vegetables and flowers...while learning about nature, where food comes from, and healthy eating.



Three years ago, Wilshire Crest partnered with the Garden School Foundation, which provides a staff person to help oversee and maintain the garden and its crops, and to provide twice-weekly classes for the school's students.  The classes, which include lessons in science, nature and nutrition, are taught in the garden, and complement California Common Core standards-based material taught in the students' regular classes.



The garden and the Garden School Foundation education program - and its wonderful teacher, Miss Evah - are much beloved by the school's teachers, parents and students, and have become a valuable feature of the student's overall curriculum.  But the school's share of the program costs is about $5,000 per year, and the school does not have the money to maintain the program out of its regular budget.  Donations are the only way to keep it alive, and to continue bringing this valuable experience to our students.

Please consider donating to this wonderful program - any amount you can provide will be greatly appreciated and will directly benefit our deserving students.

Organizer

Elizabeth Fuller
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Wilshire Crest PTA
 
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.

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