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Mini-Grant#: 11-14 Altamont Creek School,Composting with Kids in Small Rotations at Altamont Creek School,
<br /> Livermore,East County,$3,000.00-Grant funds will be used to have all 2"d through 5'h grade students participate in
<br /> composting their lunch veggies,and learn more first-hand about the rot cycle in waste prevention. Funds will also be
<br /> used for a substitute teacher to assist in taking classes for a whole group activity,while small groups are instructed on
<br /> composting in the garden.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-15 Croce Elementary School,Composting with Kids in Small Rotations at Croce Elementary
<br /> School,Livermore,East County,$3,000.00-Grant funds will be used to have all 2"through 5'h grade students
<br /> participate in composting their lunch veggies,and learn more first-hand about the rot cycle in waste prevention. Funds
<br /> will also be used for a substitute teacher to assist in taking classes for a whole group activity,while small groups are
<br /> instructed on composting in the garden.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-16 Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District(LVJUSD),4R's Release Time for Science
<br /> Teachers: Training Elementary and Middle Schools,Livermore,East County,$3,000.00-Grant funds will be used
<br /> for teacher substitutes for 1 day release time for 17-20 elementary and middle school science teachers to attend a 4R's
<br /> training workshop.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-17 Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District(LVJUSD),Go Green at Altamont Creek,
<br /> Livermore,East County,$2,900.00-Grant funds will be used to continue and enhance the"Go Green"Greening
<br /> program designed to reduce waste,and teach students and staff about sustainable practices.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-18 Garden of Grace Project Asbury UMC,Aerated static pile(ASP)Composting Project,
<br /> Livermore,East County,$3,000.00-The Aerated static pile(ASP)Composting Project will provide the Asbury Garden
<br /> of Grace with a fully operational small containerized ASP composting system.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-19 City of Oakland,Oakland Community Gardens'Compost System,Oakland,West County,
<br /> $2,996.88-Funds will be used for the Program Coordinator to provide oversight of the purchasing of materials for three-
<br /> bin composting systems for five gardens. The Program Coordinator will also provide oversight on the construction of the
<br /> bins. Composting workshops will be provided at each garden,and will also be promoted to the surrounding communities,
<br /> free and open to the public,and will create fliers and e-distribution lists to circulate around each areas schools and
<br /> neighborhood centers.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-20 American High School Recycle Team,Pulp Fiction,Fremont,West County,$710.00-The
<br /> American High School Science Club makes recycled paper from school papers that have been shredded by the secretaries
<br /> and teachers. The recycled paper is pulped and screened to new paper that is made into cards. The Science Club will use
<br /> grant funds to purchase a new heavy duty blender and other needed materials to continue the recycled paper project.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-21 Grattan School,Reuse Art Mural,San Francisco,West County,$2,994.00-Using principles
<br /> and practices of arts-based education students will learn critical thinking skills(encourage respect for self,others and the
<br /> environment,and inspire lifelong learning). Over the course of four weeks,Grattan 4'h and 5 graders,as well as two
<br /> special education classes,will meet with the school's Garden Educator to learn key concepts of waste prevention
<br /> reduction in their school environment. With the help of a local artist,a core group of students will meet after school and
<br /> design a mural based on the concepts they have learned. The core group will then act as artist to paint a mural using
<br /> reused paint and reused materials.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-22 The East Bay Children's Book Project,Book Collection Stand,Oakland,West County,
<br /> $3,000.00-The East Bay Children's Book Project had 150,000 books donated and kept out of the landfill. 135,000 free
<br /> books were given to professionals working with children in need. This grant will be used to construct a book collection
<br /> stand that is designed to hold books as well as literature brochures.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-23 Keep Oakland Beautiful,Oakland Schools Food Scraps,Oakland,West County,$2,467.00-
<br /> This grant will be used to satisfy the need to identify volunteers within Oakland Unified School District(OUSD)in
<br /> school food scrap and paper recycling programs. The organization Keep Oakland Beautiful(KOB)has special safety
<br /> vests that will be used by volunteers during KOB community volunteer projects. OUSD schools with successful recycling
<br /> programs have found it important to provide a type of uniform for students and even staff to wear. The vests have been
<br /> tested in elementary schools where students and staff are interested in wearing them when on active recycling duty. Grant
<br /> funds will purchase 300 vests.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 11-24 Oakland Landscape Committee,School Composting,Oakland,West County,$1,000.00-
<br /> Funds from this grant will be used to build raised bed gardens and composting areas at needy Oakland schools. Materials
<br /> will be purchased at discounted prices to build the compost bins and worm bins for composting green waste or food waste
<br /> in these gardens.
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