Recording & Next Steps: Using KIT Funds for Hands-On Food Education

Thank you to all who joined yesterday's California School Garden Coalition meeting, and to everyone who registered but couldn't make it! Below are the meeting resources and next steps.

Meeting Resources

1. Full Meeting Summary & Next Steps: includes meeting details, next steps, Q&A, and additional resources
2. KIT Funds Fact Sheet
3. Meeting Slides
4. Meeting Recording
5. Our new website: caschoolgardens.org

Requests for meeting attendees

1. Complete the coalition survey, so we have baseline data on your needs, strengths, and opportunities
2. Join the coalition: Add your organization to the California School Garden Coalition
3. Reach out to your school district's Food Service Director about the upcoming KIT opt-in (see the KIT Funds Fact Sheet). A toolkit with sample outreach templates is being drafted.
4. Share any school board presentations, successes, obstacles, and tools with us (hello@caschoolgardens.org) so we can share them across the network
5. Connect us with funders who could support the coalition's work
6. Let us know how you might volunteer or engage with the coalition, including signing up for a consultation on strategy, finances, or program planning
7. Join our next coalition session (to be scheduled) once opt-in notices go out

Going forward, you'll be hearing from Charley Wang, who will be supporting the coalition on this work.

Please forward this to colleagues who should have it, including folks at your district. Questions? Reach us anytime at hello@caschoolgardens.org.

All the best,

Linda Livers Prosser

On behalf of the California School Garden Coalition Leadership Team