2021 Grants Recipients
The Folsom Garden Club (FGC) is pleased to announce the 2021-22 grant awards. A total of $5,837 was given to six nonprofit grant applicants. Congratulations to them all!
Bright Beginnings Folsom
$ 540
Project Goal: Grow, Thrive and Conserve
- Conserve water using a modified Olla self-watering system
- Teach children 3 to 6 years old as well as parents
- By learning how food grows, children learn patience, nurturing and the life cycle
Murer House Foundation
$ 880
Project Goals: National Register of Historic Places Beautification
- When nomination becomes finalized, official ceremonies will mark the occasion
- Pathways will be finished
- Bulbs planted in character with the Murer House during the time Joe Murer lived here
- Cobble Terrace
- Clay pots
Natoma Station Elementary School
$ 600
Project Goal: Replenishing and Caring for a Healthy and Safe Garden
- Replace garden tools and plants
- Students preschool through 5th grade learn how to grow and harvest food, how pollination works, and how to conserve water
- Replace the well-used picnic table
- Students use the space for class, lunch, recess
- Faculty and staff find refuge here
Oak Hills Community Garden
$ 1,447
Project Goal: Oak Hills Community Garden Expansion
- Need more garden beds to meet wait list
- Need irrigation to those beds
- Need playground bark so children can play while parents garden
Powerhouse Ministries
$ 770
Project Goal: Powerhouse Women & Childrens Center Raised Garden Beds
- Residents in the Center stay for 2 years
- Learning how to nurture and grow food and herbs as part of their transformation
- Teach healthy eating habits
- Teach patience
Twin Lakes Food Bank
$ 1,600
Project Goal: Twin Lakes Food Bank Community Garden Tune-Up
- Garden produces 6000 pounds of produce a year
- Beds need soil amendments and/or quality soil
- Starter plants
- Soil Borne Farms
- Davis Ranch
- New pruning tools