Katie's Garden to Table Fundraiser

I credit my initial love of gardens to my grandparents’ peach tree and my mother's vegetable patch. I have witnessed firsthand how academically aligned food education can positively influence a student's behavior, enhance their life skills, and increase their understanding of subjects like science, math, and social students. For this year's campaign, I aim to fundraise $1,000 for Garden to Table. With this donation, Garden to Table can continue to enhance its curriculum, provide educator assistance, and build community through volunteer efforts. Since focusing on these efforts, student visits to the gardens have almost doubled! 

Your support provides garden resources to 16 elementary school garden sites and serves over 5,600 K-5th grade students and 250 teachers within Boulder and Broomfield counties of Colorado. Check out our 5-year program impact report to learn about the organization and the strides we are taking to provide equitable, hands-on environmental education. 

I have the pleasure of serving as the Executive Director for Garden To Table (GTT). Like last year, we have a staff and board challenge to inspire the most donations to Garden To Table through Colorado Gives Day. The total number of donors is all that counts - so please, give whatever you can. Every dollar raised goes to getting more kids in a garden in Boulder County.

By giving through Colorado Gives between November 1 - December 5th, your gift is eligible to be leveraged to raise even more money for GTT through the Colorado Gives Day incentive fund. Think of a gift match - but just a little different. Colorado Gives Day has a pool of money that they divide amongst the organizations who fundraise, based on how much they fundraise through this platform. It's a great way to fundraise even more for the garden curriculum at our elementary schools!

Garden To Table provides school garden management, standards-based curriculum, teacher professional development, and community support to engage all students in experiential, garden-based learning. Donate today to Garden To Table to support more kids in gardens!

Our vision is a future in which gardens are an integral part of every school community fostering connection to nature, health and wellness, academic engagement and achievement, and environmental stewardship.

In 2022/2023, we accomplished many of our goals including:

• Updated curriculum to meet new academic standards. We now provide 2-3 ready-to-teach lessons that align with BVSD academic units of study for grades PK-5
• We are halfway through our first-ever USDA Farm to School grant
• Our team, in partnership with school volunteers, maintained thriving gardens that created more opportunities than ever before for hands-on student learning. This led to a 46% increase in student garden visits from 2022!
• Our second annual Boulder Garden Tour was a great success, with over 800 participants. Thanks to our sponsors and ticket sales, GTT raised over $45,000 for our program. 
• translated all new materials into Spanish
• hosted and produced professional development for teachers who want to teach outdoors and parents who assist teachers in the gardens
• maintained 16 abundant school gardens in our 16th year of serving as Boulder County's only school garden support organization

We support parents and teachers so that these gardens are fully experienced by every child at each school -- from prepping, planting, harvesting, and winterizing gardens within the school curriculum. School families harvest and take home healthy, organic produce from the gardens from June to October, bringing our garden experience to their tables. We also donate excess vegetables to local food banks.

Donate today to get every child in the garden. Outdoor education, health and nutritional learning, and a connection to nature are important for all children - your donation to Garden To Table makes this experience a reality. 

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