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Grants and Opportunities
Junior Master Gardener Program
http://www.ca4h.org/projresource/jrmastergardener/
This exciting national youth gardening program cultivates leadership and
volunteering by utilizing fun, hands-on horticultural projects. It also kindles
and ignites an interest in science (biology) through exciting hands-on
activities. It fosters personal pride and responsibility, and encourages peer
and cross-generational mentoring.
Activities and the State Content Standards (grades3-5) that they meet are listed
on the website.
Contact: Susan Gloeckler
State Coordinator, Junior Master Gardener Program
669 County Square Drive, Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 662-6943
sygloeckler@ucdavis.edu
Roots and Shoots
A program of the Jane Goodall Institute
http://www.rootsandshoots.org/
http://www.rootsandshoots.org/educators
The Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change happen—for our
communities, for animals and for the environment. And it all starts with you!
With tens of thousands of young people in almost 100 countries, the Roots &
Shoots network branches out across the globe, connecting youth of all ages who
share a common desire to help make our world a better place.
Contact: Cathleen Kilgallen
Roots & Shoots
1840 Alcatraz Ave, Suite A2
Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone: 510-420-0746
Fax: 510-420-0976
rootsnshoots@janegoodall.org
or
Contact: Irene Falzone and Kathy Kelly
sbcsli@hotmail.com
805 964-4710 X 4403
Other gardening opportunities
www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/garden.asp and
www.csgn.org
Share and Care Philanthropy Grant
All county 3rd grade teachers eligible
This is a non-competitive philanthropic grant of $250, available to every third-
grade teacher in Santa Barbara County, tying curriculum to the community.
Teachers fill out a short information sheet, complete the grant-related activity
with their class, and report on what their class did.
Contact: Petti M. Fau
Teacher Programs, SBCEO
964-4711 ext 5281
pmpfau@sbceo.org
The Common Cents Penny Harvest
http://www.commoncents.org
Common Cents is an educational, not-for-profit organization, which specializes
in creating and managing service-learning programs for young people. Its most
popular and best-known program is the Penny Harvest, which shows young people
they have the ability to change the world by introducing them to the power of
philanthropy and service during their formative years. As children help others,
they develop their generosity and moral character, and they learn through
practice the skills and responsibilities of democratic participation
Contact: Irene Falzone and Kathy Kelly
sbcsli@hotmail.com
805 964-4710 X 4403
Santa Barbara County Service Learning Initiative
(SBCSLI)
www.sbcsli.org
Project Angels Bearing Gifts brings happiness to individuals with developmental
disabilities who have no one to remember them by providing gifts on birthdays
and holidays. We foster compassion within the community towards those with
developmental disabilities by education on our recipient's disabilities and
volunteer activities.
Contact: Sue Dumm
505 E Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA
info@angelsbearinggifts.com
(805) 969-5500 or (805) 884-7222
FAX: (805) 969-4203
Kiwanis/Rotary/Lion's Club Grant Contact List
Target classroom/school grant---ongoing
New toolkit
to help new and experienced service learning practitioners plan their
service-learning projects is now available. from the
National Service Learning Clearinghouse. The Toolkit contains information
about the three core components of a service-learning project: planning and
preparation, the service activity, and the culminating event. Also included is
information about reflection and assessment.
Common Action Releases its new
Youth Voice Handbook.
This 150+ page publication provides a clear map to the essentials of Youth
Voice, including "What, Why, Where, When, and How."
Freedom
Writers Youth Development Discussion Guide is now available. Freedom
Writers, a Paramount Pictures and MTV Movies film, tells the true story of a
young English teacher named Erin Gruwell, who her class Long Beach, CA class in
a life-changing journey against intolerance. Freedom Writers: Express Yourself,
the free, downloadable youth discussion guide, is now available!
www.nwrel.org/mentoring/ THE UPDATED NATIONAL MENTORING CENTER (NMC)
incorporates new content and tools in the areas of school-based mentoring,
tutoring, after-school programming, and mentoring special populations of youth.
The new site also features a calendar of training events and links to over 100
full-text online resources related to youth development, nonprofit management,
and a variety of mentoring models.
The International
SAGE home office and the Center of Entrepreneurship at Chico State offer
grants of up to $1,000 to two-person teams planning a youth created, youth-led,
sustainable project that benefits the community
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