School Nutrition Plus has joined efforts with other groups that are helping Jefferson Leadership Academy in Long Beach acquire a small patch of nearby land and convert it into the school’s first garden.  Also helping with this goal is Long Beach Organic, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable organic gardening practices and local food production in an urban environment, the Lincoln Heights Community Association, and the City of Long Beach.  Recently, the Cerritos Wetlands Stewards, a student oriented, non-profit organization that specializes in restoring, maintaining, enhancing, managing and researching an assortment of urban wetland, marine, and upland habitats has agreed to jump in and help, too.  This Saturday, April 25th from 9am-noon all these forces are joining together for the first phase: a site clean-up.

School Nutrition Plus will be providing Jefferson Leadership Academy with our Eat More Greens shirts to help them raise awareness and funds for the project.  Sales from the shirts will go toward providing the school with tools and other necessities to tackle this long-range project located in the Lincoln Heights Greenbelt.  Green is certainly in the air!

 

To your health!

 

SNP Staff