Congratulations to The 2016 The Links, Inc. Team Up for Healthy School Gardens Winners. Sponsored by Jamba Juice, 18 inspirational youth garden programs from around the country were selected to receive garden grant packages valued at $500 including one grand prize winner who will receive a package valued at $1,500. Each of the grant recipients is working with members of their local chapter of The Links, Inc., a national service organization committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry, to build successful gardening programs that will positively impact youth in their community.
2016 Winners include:
Grand Prize Winner: Tiger Academy Elementary School - Jacksonville, FL, Bold City Chapter of the Links
Booth-Fickett K-8 School Garden - Tucson, AZ, Tucson, Arizona Chapter of the Links
McKinley Environmental Magnet School - Bakersfield, CA, Bakersfield Chapter of the Links
Del Mar Heights Elementary School - Del Mar, CA, San Diego Chapter of The Links
Girls to Women - East Palo Alto, CA, Peninsula Bay Chapter of the Links
Geraldine Johnson Elementary School - Bridgeport, CT, The Fairfield County Chapter of the Links
Hiawassee Elementary School - Orlando, FL, Orlando Chapter of the Links
Progress Village Middle Magnet School of the Arts - Tampa, FL, Tampa Chapter of Links
Lions Math & Science Christian Academy - Waukegan, IL, Harbor Lites Chapter of the Links
Impact Charter Elementary School - Baker, LA, Baton Rouge Chapter of the Links
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. K-8 Inclusion School - Dorchester, MA, Boston Chapter of Links
Thomas Stone High School - Waldorf, MD, Southern Maryland Chain Chapter of the Links
Petree Elementary School - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem Chapter of the Links
Nativity Miguel Middle School - Buffalo, NY, Buffalo (NY) Chapter of the Links
Boys and Girls Club of Bellport - Bellport, NY, Eastern Shore Chapter of the Links
KairosPDX Grows Learning and Exploration Garden - Portland, OR, Portland(OR) Chapter of The Links
DIG IN! smART Garden at Highland Park Commons - Chattanooga, TN, Chattanooga Chapter of the Links
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church - Marshall, TX, The East Texas Chapter of the Links