| Food Security and Nutrition |
| Rocky Mountain SD 6 |
The front field at Marysville Elementary School will soon transform into an organic school-community garden, with fruit trees and vegetables, and school-wide composting. |
| Rocky Mountain SD 6 |
A greenhouse at Invermere's David Thompson Secondary will acquire interior and exterior finishings. The improvements will enhance the greenhouse's role as a sustainability learning lab connecting school and community. |
| Vernon SD 22 |
A community garden will bloom out of a partnership between community members and students from Ellison Elementary and Clarence Fulton Secondary. Other fruits of the project will include learning about food sustainability, First Nations traditional practices, and environmental awareness. |
| Central Okanagan SD 23 |
Glenmore Elementary School will cultivate a school community garden, with garden space for each grade. Set to sprout: vegetables, native plants, shrubs and trees, a picnic area, compost station, and a tool shed. |
| Central Okanagan SD 23 |
Through a partnership between Central Okanagan and the District of West Kelowna, a new community garden in Westbank Centre Park will not only be constructed, but include a programming plan. George Pringle Elementary students will be able to use a portion of the new garden. |
| Abbotsford SD 34 |
A great start to the day! Dormick Park Elementary will pilot an innovative breakfast program for both children and caregivers. Dormick will match the program up with a weekday when children and caregivers walk to school together. Seniors from a nearby home will be the program's volunteer staff. |
| Richmond SD 38 |
Strong community roots: a community garden will be developed at Richmond Secondary, bringing in community members and providing an educational link to curriculum. |
| Richmond SD 38 |
Growing health awareness: Alfred B. Dixon Elementary School's Dragonfly Garden will move into Phase 2 of greening the school grounds as children learn how to grow and use healthy food in a sustainable way. |
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows SD 42 |
As the Glenwood Elementary School garden expands, community volunteers will participate, providing connections to curriculum. |
| North Vancouver SD 44 |
Now there will be an exterior shelter for the strollers of children attending StrongStart BC at Lynnmore Elementary. In addition to those minor renovations, a second project will add a community garden for use by the school, community members, and Boys and Girls Club members. |
| North Vancouver SD 44 |
A new community garden at Queen Mary Elementary will nurture food production, as well as educational opportunities for students, with support from community members. |
| Sunshine Coast SD 46 |
A new community kitchen, for use by both at-risk youth and the community, will create a network of support, with the opportunity for participants to learn from and support one another in healthy living. |
| Howe Sound SD 48 |
So coooool: the Community Cool project will enhance Signal Hill Elementary's Community Kitchen and Kindergarten Kitchen by adding commercial-sized refrigerators and other minor modifications. |
| Howe Sound SD 48 |
Pemberton Secondary School will purchase equipment for a community kitchen. |
| Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte SD 50 |
A innovative multi-purpose building houses the school, village council, library, playschool and seniors room. This imaginative construction, by School District 50, along with the Village of Port Clements and the support of other funding partners, will now have its community kitchen equipped with appliances and furnishings. |
| Nicola-Similkameen SD 58 |
A community garden at John Allison Elementary will allow community members, including students, to grow and eat fresh produce. They'll also develop educational skills about healthy living. |
| Peace River North SD 60 |
The School Meals Program, providing breakfast and lunch for at-risk children, will develop partnerships with local community food producers. |
| Sooke SD 62 |
Through a new teaching garden at Westshore, at-risk youth, seniors, students and community members will have a venue to work and learn together. |
| Sooke SD 62 |
The EMCS Society garden project will develop community allotment gardens. |
| Alberni SD 70 |
Bamfield School will install a community garden for use by students, families, and the community. |
| Comox Valley SD 71 |
Cumberland schools will install school recycling and composting systems and educational programming. In addition, they will refresh a school garden and create educational programs that tie in with composting, for use by both the school and community. |
| Comox Valley SD 71 |
Courtenay Elementary School will re-locate and upgrade its kitchen facilities, creating a more sanitary food preparation and service area to serve both school- and community-nutrition related programming. |
| Coast Mountains SD 82 |
Salad days: Bear Valley School will soon have a Great Food Salad Bar in to help students and their families learn about healthy food choices and food preparation. |
| Vancouver Island West SD 84 |
Chairs and benches are especially useful when they can be easily removed and stored. Zeballos School will purchase portable ones, suitable for school and community luncheons in the multi-use gym. |
| Vancouver Island North SD 85 |
A food security learning centre, to be used by students and the community, will be created on Quatsino School grounds and in the nearby forest parcel. |
| Nechako Lakes SD 91 |
Improvements to Nechako Valley Secondary School's kitchen will provide healthy food alternatives for students and community user groups. |
| Nechako Lakes SD 91 |
A greenhouse will sprout up at Sinkutview Elementary School for use by students and the community. |
| Nechako Lakes SD 91 |
Fort St. James Secondary School's kitchen will be enhanced, providing healthy food alternatives for students and community groups. |
