Baldwin City, KS - Douglas County farmer Allen Osborn has won the opportunity to direct a $2,500 donation from America's Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, to Baldwin Elementary - Primary Center (BES-Primary Center).
BES-Primary Center will use the funds to further develop the Prairie
Restoration areas adjacent to the school. Trails and signage
providing information about the native plants and animals of the area
will be included.
“We want to thank
Allen Osborn for directing this donation to BES-Primary Center. This
gift allows us to further develop our Prairie Restoration areas.
These areas will be used to provide a native environmental area for
K-12 students, as well as community members, to better understand the
history of Kansas through its environment, plants and animals native
to Kansas, and Kansas early peoples,” said Deb Ehling-Gwin, BES-Primary Center
principal.
The Grow Communities
program’s purpose is to make a positive impact in farm communities
by partnering with farmers to support the causes that are important
to them in their communities. Each year, farmers enter for a chance
to win a $2,500 donation that they direct to a local nonprofit.
Since the program
began in 2010, farmers have directed more than $26 million in
donations across a broad cross-section of organizations that reflect
the makeup and character of rural America, including food bank,
emergency response organizations, schools, youth agriculture programs
and many others.
“Farmers have
directed funds to more than 8,000 community organizations across
rural America since Grow Communities began,” said Al Mitchell,
Monsanto Fund president. “Farmers are truly committed to this
program because they see the difference the donation makes in their
community.”
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