annual report FISCAL YEAR 2017

September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017

School Garden Project strives to help Lane County schools develop onsite vegetable gardens where we teach children standards-based science and the basics of growing food, using the garden as an outdoor laboratory. We also provide material and curriculum resources; professional development for educators; volunteer recruiting and training; and maintenance support to sustain and expand educational gardens throughout our region and beyond. We are committed to a future in which children become healthy adults who eat fruits and vegetables, know the basics of growing food, steward the natural world, and contribute to a thriving community. Our in-school educational programs deliver Next Generation Science Standards-based curriculum, while providing the opportunity for students to participate in hands-on science activities in an outdoor setting. By bringing students into their own school gardens, they learn science skills by putting their hands in the soil, and they learn to eat well by growing vegetables themselves.

STEM in the GardenSchool Garden Project continues to build Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) resources for garden education, both during the school day and afterschool during the 4J BEST Program for students in low-income schools.

School Garden Project is recognized as an emerging local leader in STEM curriculum design and implementation, providing curriculum resources, teacher consulting, and direct STEM in the Garden education. With School Garden Project support, both students and teachers are learning to use math, engineering, and technology in the garden to make their own discoveries about key scientific concepts such as nutrient cycling and pollination.

1,397

active kid-hours in the garden16,107

"This means all food we eat must come from seeds!"

213 1,957 volunteer hoursVOLUNTEERS

– SGP 4th grader at Family School Elementary

In-School Education Programs

Professional Development

Through the support services program, School Garden Project provides organizations in Lane County and beyond with seeds, starts, consultation, and tools. This year, 33 gardens were provided with 750 packets of seeds, and over 7,500 plant starts. Our sincere thanks to Down to Earth, Territorial Seed Company, and Aurora Innovations, Inc. for their donations that made this support possible!

To help build community capacity for garden education, School Garden Project delivered workshops, and professional development to classroom teachers, garden educators, and other members of the community, both locally and at the state level. Programs included methods for all teachers to use the school garden with their students, inclusive practices for garden education, and outdoor classroom management strategies.

Smarter, healthier, more active kids who love eating vegetables, appreciate the natural world, and know how to garden! Those are the out-comes we aim for, and those are the results of your investment in School Garden Project. With your generosity, our programs expanded again during the 2016-17 school year, enabling nearly 1,400 local students to learn in their own school gardens. Thank you! We invite you to continue with us on this path to bring more and more Lane County children into their gardens to gain science skills, learn about the natural world, acquire a taste for vegetables, and get a little dirt under their fingernails.

Alan Twigg, Board PresidentJohn Moriarty, Executive Director

Garden Support Services

students served1,397

active kid-hours in the garden 571 education

sessions delivered

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"I find mustard to be spicy, smooth, and with a note of bitter"– SGP 5th grader at César Chávez Elementary School

students reported an increased preference for vegetables

66%

93%students increased their science and garden knowledge. Those 93% increased their science knowledge by 30%.

Thank You...

$5,000 or GreaterRick AhrensGloryBeePFS Med, Inc.

$1,000 – $4,999Tom BettmanDianne Cunningham and Bill

ShermanNancy Golden and Roger GuthrieNiles and Mary Ann HansonCarolyn and Brandon HuberEugene JohnsonVern Katz and Deborah DottersMartha and Sergio KoreishaChristine McKee in Memory of

Otis and in Honor of SGP's Furry Friends

Dan and Mary MoriartyKathryn Richman and John BarberKaren and Bill WildishAnonymousArnold Gallagher PCBelly-Full / Springfield Education

FoundationDavid and Dara BoushCapella MarketLiz and Larry DeckDown to Earth DistributorsFriendly St. Market / Obanskye, LLC.Laura and Karl HinrichsMichael and Marna LainoffMcMenaminsWilliam MontgomeryRichard and Mary Mowday in Honor

of Gabriella GonzalezMoss AdamsGail MurrayKeith NelsonPacific Continental BankConnie and Jim RegaliKaren and Dan RichmanThe Bier Stein Bottleshop and Pub,

LLC.Elaine Twigg Cornett and Zane

CornettWhole Foods MarketWildish Land Co.

$500 – $999Roger and Robin BestMichael Dore and Molly HoffereScripEugene's Alternative RealtorsJessica Friedman and Glen ButlerAri Gold and Anni KatzAnn and Antonio Gonzalez in Honor

of Martha KoreishaHorton Road OrganicsJames Patrick MaloneJayne McMahan in Memory of Bob

McMahanJohn and Kelley MoriartyOregon Community Credit UnionOrganically Grown CompanyOrganic RedneckKelly PurdyTimothy TwiggVillage SchoolSarah Weber Stewart and Garret

Stewart

$100 – $499AmazonSmileCorinne Anderson JacobsAnonymousFred and Sandra AustinDave Bahr and Chris WatchieLorna Baldwin in Honor of Tom

BettmanTom and Patti BarkinMary Basso and Michael VecchiBrooke Belcher and Steve PruchAnn Bettman in Honor of Colby

Eiermann and Emily DietzmanMelva and Shawn BolesHoward Bonnett and Judith

HorstmannThomas and Sherry BoschRobert Brasted and Rene MinzTree BressenMyrna and Dave Brewer in Honor of

Jayne McMahanSara BurantAnnie BurkeCameron McCarthy Landscape

Architecture & PlanningSarah Cantril and Thomas NesbitBob Carolan and Kathleen WileyColdFire BrewingRobert CookJim CraneScott Crawford and Taryn KennedySusan and Douglas DaniellJason and Dana DedrickLouise and Cornelis De KluyverRobert DugdaleJoan Dunbar and William StarbuckMarianne and Mike DyerJim EisenmanCindy Evans and Fred NiemeyerEvergreen Nutrition, Inc.Lynne FessendenJohn C. and Jo FisherRachel FosterBob FriedmanDebbie Fuerth and Rand KaplanTodd and Kathrin GonsalvesGoogle Match ProgramGorilla CapitalElizabeth Goward and Erik JohnsonEleanor and Robert HammondJohn and Margaret Harvey in Honor

of Stephanie ScafaKathy and Mark HeeremaRich Howorth and Sheryl BrownHummingbird WholesaleDaniel HurleyDavid JacobsTim and Linda KingSusan LaksHeidi LarwickCraig and Amy Lash in Memory of

Alfred KatzLaughing PlanetNena LovingerFraser MacDonaldDr. Steven and Carla MarksRichard Mazze and Sheila CohenBev Mazzola and John SimoniAlan and Nancy MeyerMeg MitchellVicki Morgan and Mike DuranAnn and Erik MullerDr. David and Jill NilesGail and Jim NystromOakshire BrewingPasta PlusEphraim PaynePIVOT ArchitectureCarole and Milt QuamCharles Rear and Layne Macbeth-

RearJulie RoachBrandy RodtsbrooksBetsy RuthElizabeth and Dave ScafaStephanie ScafaMarlene and Howard SchusslerBarbara ShawMichael Shippey and Mary MinnitiStephanie SongchildSouth Hills Poker SocietySidney Sparks in Memory of OtisJan SpencerSarah StapletonJames StebbinsLynnette and Jerry StiltnerSharil and Daniel Stinson

Robert W. Strubing Jr.Renate TilsonAlan TwiggWildCraft Cider Works Inc.Dean and Nancy WilliamsRaeJean WilsonKaren YoergerDylan Young

$50 – $99Lena and AjayNancy AlamedaBruce and Edith AndersonAnonymousPaul Atkinson and Sid BaumDana BaxterBehavioral and Developmental

PediatricsSharon BlickDr. Roberta BoydenAllie BreyerRick BrissendenBob and Kathleen Cartwright in

Honor of Jayne McMahanVern CedarlundTom CoxKaren DunneBerit EverhartFalling Sky BrewingFred Meyer RewardsDestiny and Benjamin GmelchLuci Graham in Honor of Jayne

McMahanKathi and James GraueGrowers Market Building FundHaybabyAnnie Heron in Memory of Joseph

Radey and Maria BessemerEvelyn and David HessJude HobbsDeborah HoernigCynthia Hostetter in Memory of Craig

HostetterDr. Wes JacobsMegan KempleLonny KingLiz LawrenceJenny LaxtonJeanne MaaschSally MannJoy Marshall and Bob UhlerCarol Sue McMahan In Honor of

Jayne McMahanDan Mullholland and Pamela MillerSarah MurrayLorri Nelson and Robin SelooverEthan and Heather NelsonNinkasi Brewing CompanyDr. Ronda RobertsTed Purdy and Jo RodgersRuth RomoserChristine ScafaTomoko SekiguchiDiana and Rudy SevernsDave and Sara SidesBrad SmithMary Standifer in Memory of Larry

StandiferKeith StanleyChris StebbinsSue SubbotEileen ThomasAudrey UlmDavid and Jabrila ViaJim Watson and Beth NaylorMichael WherleyNancy Young

Up to $49Anonymous in Honor of Stephanie

ScafaAnnie Bentz and Greg RikhoffKatherine BraggErik BurkeAmy BurrowJesse CookeGary CorneliusDonald Corner and Jenny YoungMelda DeSalvoMike DonnellySkeeter Duke in Memory of Isaiah

Hartz-DukeJim Edwards and Terri UlmWendy FriedmanDiane GarciaBeth GarlandLinda Gilbert

Grants: $166,534 – 54%

Contracts: $24,898 – 8%

Donations: $106,139 – 34%

Program Service Fees: $9,701 – 3%

Eileen GrigsbyNancy HallBetty and Jim HemmingsenTim HicksTom HopkinsJulie Hulme and Rob HandySandy ItzkowitzRoxann JonesClaire KarnerJames KeeganChristine and Patrick KehoeMarilyn KellySue KilberKaren and Jeff KlineJoel KuiperAriana LanderosBrodie LowerDeb and Joe MailanderLucy MinerKarl Morgenstern and Susan TurnblomKaren MyersJennifer and Curtis PaughMichele PeniakoffSara PrittJared PruchDoug and Robin QuirkeBill RobbinsJared Rubin and Penny SalusKelly SchneiderhanSeQuential BiofuelsAmy ShadellAdelka ShawnBrad and Carol SheltonSally SnyderDawn SowbyChris and Janice StineJill SwitzerLarisa VarelaRoka WalshJill WeberErik WesterholmEmily and Lesley Y'AllardJose Zarate Chavez and Marissa

Garcia Zarate

In-kind SupportBijou Art CinemasAurora InnovationsCentral PrintGarden StartersGloryBeeLane CountyLittle Red FarmNetCorpsNextStep RecyclingRexius Landscape ServicesToby's Family Food

Foundation SupportersBarbara Bowerman Fund of the Oregon

Community FoundationBill Healy FoundationCalifornia Community Foundation in Honor of

Carolyn HuberChambers Family FoundationThe Coeta and Donald Barker FoundationEcotrustEugene Active 20/30 ClubGray Family FoundationJuan Young TrustKelchner Family Foundation Fund of the

Dayton FoundationLane STEMPacific Continental BankPacificSourceQuaker Hill Foundation, Inc.R&M Clark Family Foundation in Honor of

Sarah WheelerRedtail Fund of the Oregon Community

FoundationReed Family Foundation, Inc.Silicon Valley Community FoundationSymantecTrail Blazers FoundationUmpqua BankUSDAWhole Kids foundation

Financial & Donor Information

Key partnerships enable SGP to amplify the educational and health impact of our programs.

Our partners include:

Alliance for Healthy FamiliesBethel School DistrictCity of EugeneEugene School District 4J Lane County Public HealthLane County Farmers MarketOR Community Food Systems

NetworkOregon Department of EducationOR Farm to School & School

Garden NetworkSpringfield Public SchoolsSpringfield Utility Board, WELL

ProjectUniversity of Oregon- College of Education- Environmental Studies- Food Studies- Museum of Natural and Cultural

History- Planning, Public Policy, and

Management- STEM COREUpstream Public Health Willamette Farm & Food Coalition

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Thank you!

INCOME: $308,848EXPENSE: $227,482

This year, we expanded our timeframe of donor recognition. As a result, your Fall 2016 and Fall 2017 donation(s) may be reflected here. The list is representative of donors from Sept. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2017. We apologize for any oversight we may have made in recognizing your support. Please call our office at (541) 284-1001 and we will update our records.

Perennial Leadership Circle member

Miscellaneous: $1,576 – >1%

Program: $182,744 – 80%

Administrative: $35,338 – 16%

Fundraising & Outreach: $9,400 – 4%