Volunteer Proposal

Local green schools including CA Frost Science Academy and the West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science have already taken the initiative to prioritize implementing a more sustainable future into the practices of their students. We believe the connection between student involvement and producing food can help transcend the social dilemma of food insecurity and finally feed families across Grand Rapids for the foreseeable future. With the need for volunteers towards our initiative, partnering with schools that already possess the means and education on food production could accelerate the success of our goals. There are also special interests in City Middle/High School and Allendale Middle/High School. Their larger student populations are no doubt affected by food insecurity and we would love to add their participation into this initiative. Our team has constructed a reach-out plan that includes contacting the senior influences of the green schools in order to organize student field trips to our site in exchange for helping hands. The hopeful outcome of this outreach will result in instilling a passion within students to make an impact on the future. In addition to the distribution of our flyer, we would like to set up guest speakers to represent our mission statement and further project our plan to a wider audience. By increasing the populations willing to participate, we can highlight the importance of nutrition, cultivation, and ultimately make Grand Rapids more food secure.