Did you see the lights? Last night, Science World glowed green for Growing Chefs! Tonight, on Giving Tuesday, BC Place is also going to be lit up green. When you see those lights, we hope you’re reminded of the hard work our chef volunteers put in to help kids’ connections to food take root.
Too many kids lack access to healthy, whole food or know where food comes from or how it’s grown. Growing Chefs! is on a mission to change that. Through our food literacy programs, delivered by teams of chef and community volunteers, we give kids and youth hands-on experience with the whole food cycle, from seed to plate to compost.
Your donation this holiday season will help more BC kids build connections to the earth, local food systems, and with one another as they care for and harvest their gardens, and prepare and share meals together. We hope to raise $20,000 by the end of 2019.
A donation of:
$500 is equivalent to the cost of all the gardening and cooking equipment for one class
$200 is equivalent to the entire cost of the Classroom Gardening & Cooking Program for one student
$150 is equivalent to soil, seeds, and all of the gardening equipment needed for one classroom garden
$25 is equivalent to soil for one classroom garden
Giving Now Means Giving More!
Local businesses Houweling’s, Lyra Growth Partners, and Shauna Gold Personal Real Estate Corporation have committed to doubling donations* (including the annual pledged donation amounts for new Champion Radish Club monthly donors) between December 3 – December 31, 2019.
What’s the Champion Radish Club?
We’re so glad you asked. Our monthly donors make up the Champion Radish Club. Your monthly gift will provide a consistent, reliable, and predictable source of funding. This sustainability allows us to plan ahead and implement our hands-on programs more efficiently. It also lowers administrative costs.
Why choose monthly giving?
Your gift is easy, secure, and green—a monthly donation saves paper, postage, and energy!
You ensure your gift has the greatest possible impact!
You will get special updates from the classroom from our participating students!
You will get exclusive event invites to special events like the Affogato Affair and Beer, Bread & Butter!
You get to be a Champion Radish (A most delicious type of radish!)
Donation commitments can be made online using a credit card (via Canada Helps) between December 3 and December 31, 2019 to be eligible for matching.
For more information, or to make a matching commitment from your business: contact Jaydeen Williams, Development & Communications Director, jaydeen@growingchefs.ca or 604-710-1677.
* up to a maximum determined by corporate #GivingTuesday donations
