Reminder: join us October 21 to shape the KIT Funds toolkit for CBOs

We are following up on our September 4 announcement. California's $500 million Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund now includes hands-on food education in school gardens as an allowable use. School districts have a named funding source for garden-based education through their nutrition services departments, and that opens the door for community-based organizations (CBOs) to partner with them and deliver it.

To help community-based organizations (CBOs) make the most of it, we are drafting the KIT Funds: Hands-On Food Education Toolkit for CBOs (a toolkit for school districts will follow), and we want your input. Join us Wednesday, October 21, 3:00 to 4:00 PM PT on Zoom: register here.

What you get from attending:

• A first look at the draft toolkit, including outreach templates for connecting with principals and nutrition services directors
• The latest on the rollout, including what we know and what the California Department of Education (CDE) has yet to decide
• Answers to your questions and a chance to help shape strategy and next steps
• A hand in the final product: your feedback goes into the version we release in late November

If you cannot make it, register anyway to receive the recording.

Help fund this work

We are raising $80,000 for project management so we can finish the toolkits, communicate with the coalition, co-host training webinars with CDE, and support districts and CBOs through implementation. Thank you to our newest contributors, One Cool Earth and Life Lab. Three ways to help: ask a funder you already work with to take part, give to the coalition, or forward this invitation to CBOs in your network who should be in the room.