Foundation / Corporation
Evergreen Packaging and KidsGardening
05/01/20
Prizes to USA PreK-12 schools for imaginative use of repurposed juice and milk cartons in creating or enhancing a school garden. Some of the prizes will be awarded specifically in the categories of creative arts, health and nutrition, STEM, and environmental stewardship.
Educators can engage students in a hands-on experience creating teachable moments on environmental stewardship, sustainable packaging and healthy living.
Four of the 15 prizes are designated as specialty prizes: 1) Carton Art in the Garden, 2) Environmental Stewardship, 3) Health and Nutrition, and 4) STEM. Carton Art in the Garden will award the school with the best display of creative arts. The Environmental Stewardship prize will be awarded to the school that best demonstrates use of sustainability practices and development of environmental awareness. The Health and Nutrition prize will be awarded to the school that best incorporates lessons on healthy eating and lifestyle behaviors. The STEM prize will be awarded to the school that demonstrates the best use of science, technology, engineering, and math lessons in their project.
GrantWatch ID#: 178027
Fifteen (15) schools will be selected to win award packages. One school will win the grand prize. Four (4) schools will win Specialty prizes. Ten (10) schools – five (5) elementary and five (5) middle/high – will win prizes valued at $1,000.
- Grand Prize: valued at $5,000.
- Specialty prizes: valued at $2,000.
- Other prizes: valued at $1,000.
The grand prize is valued at $5,000:
- $4,500 cash prize for soil, plants, and other gardening needs
- $500 gift certificate from the Gardener’s Supply Shop
- Garden Essentials Package
The specialty prizes are valued at $2,000:
- $1,500 cash prize for soil, plants, and other gardening needs
- $500 gift certificate from the Gardener’s Supply Shop
- Garden Essentials Package
The rest of the prizes are valued at $1,000:
- $900 cash prize for soil, plants, and other gardening needs
- $100 gift certificate from the Gardener’s Supply Shop
- Garden Essentials Package
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Click here to register your interest in participating in the 2019-2020 Carton 2 Garden Contest to be notified as soon as the final entry form is available: https://kidsgardeninggrants.limequery.org/79623?lang=en
Contact form: https://carton2garden.com/contact-us-form/
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