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Ragsdale wins “Gift of Giving” Grant to Grow CFPP

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On Wednesday evening, November 16th, Ragsdale High School joined 14 other schools in Guilford County to receive a “Gift of Giving” grant sponsored by Four Seasons Town Centre. The grant is made in partnership with Guilford County Schools’ (GCS) Character Development Initiative to fund programs that promote student service-learning.

Part of the Ragsdale’s grant money will go toward adding five more Portable Gardens to its existing Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline (CFPP) to benefit Parkwood Baptist Church’s Hand to Hand Food Pantry.

In mid-January 2017, a :30 second video of this project in action will be shown by GCS and local media.

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MEDIA: Jamestown News spotlights Ragsdale HS CFPP sponsored by Sonya Hamilton – State Farm

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In the Wednesday, October 26th edition of Jamestown News, Ragsdale High School’s 2016-2017 Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline (CFPP) was featured.

Sponsored by Sonya Hamilton of State Farm, the CFPP was setup to benefit Parkwood Baptist Church’s Hand to Hand Food Pantry with monthly deliveries of nutritious greens grown in class by 1st & 2nd Block SciVis students.

“This year, Pendrak expanded the Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline project to both her Science Visualization classes from just one last year. She plans to have the two classes compete against each other to see who can grow the most food based on weight. The CFPP will be providing weight data for students to use in the statistics and charting part of her SciVis curriculum.”

Read the rest of the article by clicking here or picking up a copy.

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PICS: RHS sets up 2016-2017 CFPP sponsored by Sonya Hamilton of State Farm

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On Wednesday, October 12th, the 1st Block Science Visualization class at Ragsdale High School finished putting together the first two Portable Gardens for 2016-2017.

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The Portable Gardens are part of the school’s Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline sponsored by Sonya Hamilton, an agent at State Farm.

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The harvests will go to help feed people at Parkwood Baptist Church’s Hand to Hand Food Pantry starting mid-November.

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PICS: Westchester Country Day School’s CFPP

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During lunchtime on Monday September 12th, sixth and seventh grade students at Westchester Country Day School in High Point were given a demonstration on how to setup their Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline kits.

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Emerywood Baptist’s Food Pantry just a few miles from the school will be the recipient of WCDS’s monthly harvest throughout the 2016-2017 school year.

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CFPP 2016-2017 at Ragsdale HS sponsored by Sonya Hamilton of State Farm

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On Friday, October 7th, Ragsdale High School’s Science & Visualization students began setup for the 2016-2017 Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline to benefit Parkwood Baptist Church’s Hand to Hand Food Pantry.

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Sponsored by Sonya R. Hamilton of State Farm, this marks the 2nd year of the CFPP at Ragsdale High where the program was first piloted in the winter of 2016.  This year it’s been expanded from one to two of the “SciVis” classes.  The monthly harvesting data will be used in the statistics portion of the curriculum.

Due to a short school day on Friday, the rest of the bins will be setup this week.

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Westchester CDS launches CFPP to help Food Pantry

WCDS-CFPP-Logo-285On Monday, September 12th, students at Westchester Country Day School in High Point, NC began setting up the first of 8 Portable Garden bins for their school’s Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline (CFPP).  Students will use these bins to grow nutritious pesticide free micro greens for delivery at Emerywood Baptist’s Food Pantry on a monthly basis during the 2016-2017 school year.

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ReBuildUp Booth at GSO City Market Thurs 8/18

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Join ReBuildUp this Thursday, August 18th 6-9pm at the Greensboro City Market.

We’ll be showing off food grown in our Portable Gardens to build support for expanding Classroom to Food Pantry Pipelines (CFPP) into more Guilford County schools.

This event averages crowds of 2,000-3,000 every third Thursday in the summer.  Games, Food, Music, and More for everyone!

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MEDIA: YES! Weekly’s “anti-Hunger Games” Profiles ReBuildUp’s CFPP

yw-article-300On Wednesday, July 27th YES! Weekly columnist Joel Landau did a story entitled: “The Anti-Hunger Games” discussing our ongoing Classroom to Food Pantry Pipeline (CFPP) project in schools throughout Guilford County.

“We have hungry people in Guilford County. Lots of them. We have sun exposed windowsills in the Guilford County schools. Lots of them. Hmm … maybe someone will develop an educational tool to teach students to grow food on those windowsills to help feed the hungry. Wait a minute — somebody has!”

Read the rest by clicking here or the image above.