Back after a week visiting family in Indiana and ready to resume blogging.
Bancroft-Rosalie School is one of 24 Nebraska schools nominated for the America's Farmers Grow Rural Education grant. This grant is sponsored by the Monsanto Fund to help farmers positively impact their communities by supporting local school districts. Specifically, the program gives farmers the opportunity to nominate a public school district in their community to compete for a merit-based grant of either $10,000 or $25,000. The program is available in 1,245 counties in 39 states.
Grants will be awarded based on merit, need and community support. The more farmers to nominate a school district, the more it demonstrates community support and strengthens the district's application. So farmers should encourage other farmers to nominate their school district, too. The deadline for nominations has passed. The Monsanto Fund will announce grant recipients at the end of August 2012. If we do not receive the grant, there is always next year.
