Garden to Plate - This grant will be used for implementation of a Garden to Plate program for community members, teaching how to plant, harvest and prepare crops for consumption.  Funding will also be used to improve the community garden security.

Youth Advocacy Group - This grant will supply be used to provide basic cooking skills, including following recipes and creating original recipes.  Each student will develop a recipe with a food pantry staple item.  Basic cooking utensils will be purchased for each participant.

Bloom Project - This grant will help provide education to clients on how to grow food in small container gardens, provide nutritional and meal planning education with a focus on seasonal foods. 

Mobile Pantry Program - Expand the mobile pantry program to more areas in need of food distribution.  Part of the funds will be used to purchase food as needed and cover the additional fuel costs. 

Rx Meal Kits - This grant would be used to purchase high-quality local ingredients from Growing High Point for the Rx Meal Kits, provide food education booklet and materials.  Meal kits will be prepared and implement telehealth follow-up.  Grocery gift cards will be provided to program participants to purchase essential groceries.

Garden Irrigation System - This grant will be used to enhance our community garden by installing a drip irrigation system.  Funds will also be used for Boys & Girls Club members to visit local farms and farmers markets.

Power of Produce (PoP) - This grant will be used to support the Power of Produce program at the High Point Farmers Market. Children receive $3 worth of tokens to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables.  Children receive educational and craft materials about how to choose healthy foods, how to grow healthy foods, how to cook healthy foods and financial literacy.

Green Thumb Garden Club - This grant will be used to expand the Green Thumb Garden Club.  Youth will be introduced to new foods and textures to promote healthier eating habits.  Garden supplies, tools and workshop materials will be purchased. 

Culturally Appropriate Food Program - This grant will help provide culturally appropriate produce to the refugees participating in a literacy class through World Relief.  Growing High Point will also provide culturally appropriate foods to new refugees as they are adjusting to life in High Point.  A goal of the program is to build raised garden beds to be used in their apartment complex.

Youth Cooking Classes - This grant will be used for cooking classes at two locations.  We will teach youth essential cooking and baking, pastry arts, promote healthy eating habits while building self-confidence.

Driver - These funds will be used to hire a part-time driver to purchase and deliver food to 40-50 households each week.  The target population are those with health and disability challenges.  The food boxes will be filled with food from the pantry and supplemented with purchased food as needed. 

Healthy Snack Bags - This grant is to supply easy to serve healthy food items to place in snack bags for partner groups serving low-income youth.

Food Education - This grant will be used to educate participants in areas of food preparation, nutrition, use of food pantry supplies and food storage practices.  An emergency food pantry will also be started.

Volunteer Recruitment - This grant will be used to purchase materials needed to recruit volunteers.  This included the green reusable grocery bags, brochures, bag tags and routing software.  For food recovery, the materials include food recovery educational materials for businesses, thermal blankets, scales, foil pans and tracking software. 

Cambro Purchase - This grant will be used to purchase Cambros for the safe delivery of meals to High Point seniors.

LIVE Better Garden Project - This grant will be used to host a series of home, small space and community garden sessions.  Qualified High Point residents will be gifted and installed raised garden bed or assembled planter box, gardening tools, seeds and other supplies to get started with their garden.