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Foodcorps
FoodCorps is a national nonprofit service organization that describes its purpose as connecting “kids to healthy food in school, so they can lead healthier lives and reach their full potential.” Focused on high-needs schools, members serve where 50% or more of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Your involvement enables this essential program to continue.
In 2011, Groundwork became a founding service site for FoodCorps, and today we remain a FoodCorps service site, with a service member active in schools in Boyne Falls, Pellston, Alanson and East Jordan. Through FoodCorps, our staff and service members work directly with school administrators to prepare hands-on lessons, improve the health of meals and create a healthy food culture.
Please contact Jen Schaap for more information about how FoodCorps programming can help your school’s children establish lifelong healthy food skills.
- Take action!
- Offer to volunteer to assist FoodCorps Service members.
- During school board public comment periods, express support for FoodCorps work.
- Join or form a committee to update your school's healthy food policy.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
Foodcorps News
10 CENTS A MEAL FUNDING OF $9.3 MILLION SECURED FOR FY ‘23
FLINT, MI - Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan education budget into law at Mott Community College Thursday, putting into place historic investments not only for per-pupil funding but also for 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids & Farms. The budget...
With 10 Cents on the Verge of $9.3 Million Funding, We Take a Look at this Amazing Journey
Over $9 million to support local food for Michigan’s kids. That’s the potential for 10 Cents a Meal we are looking at for this upcoming state government fiscal year. With this recent news of dramatic budget growth on the verge of being finalized, I can’t help but...
Growing Food for Detroit’s Students: A Spotlight on Drew Farm
ABOVE: A vibrant welcome to Drew Farm. Sign artwork by Linzell Rice. For Elvin Owensby, it’s the little things that count, like looking out at the farm he helped build and beautify—a farm that was built upon a school district’s decision to swap baseball fields for...