We’re thrilled to be 2018 recipients of a $10,000 Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation Neighborhood Grant to support Solid Ground’s Community Food Education (CFE).

Each year, CFE engages more than 2,200 youth and their parents in eating healthily on a budget through nutrition and cooking classes for kids in both community organizations and Seattle Public Schools. The grant covers classroom supplies, groceries for participants to take home after each class, gift cards, and kitchen supplies to celebrate course completion.

“We’re working to shift the landscape of health by focusing on programs that empower children with the access, knowledge, confidence and desire to make healthier food choices so that they can grow up to become healthier adults.” ~Lyndsey Waugh, Executive Director, Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation

Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation Executive Director Lyndsey Waugh sees grant recipients as “key partners in helping to achieve our mission of changing how children understand nutrition.”

She says, “We’re working to shift the landscape of health by focusing on programs that empower children with the access, knowledge, confidence and desire to make healthier food choices so that they can grow up to become healthier adults.”

Originating in 2002 in Chandler, AZ, Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. now has more than 450 stores across the country. In July, they expanded to Washington state, opening a store in Mill Creek. As a part of the Neighborhood Grant Award, Solid Ground will share CFE information at the Mill Creek location next spring.

Based on the belief that healthy food should be affordable, Sprouts specializes in fresh, natural and organic products at prices that appeal to everyday grocery shoppers. Chief Operations Officer Dan Sanders says, “The purpose of Sprouts’ business is to inspire healthy living for everyone.”

Thank you, Sprouts, for your commitment to creating lasting change in the health of our communities!

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This is article appeared in Solid Ground’s Fall 2018 print newsletter. To sign up for email updates, Groundviews Blog email notifications, or to receive the print newsletter by snail mail, visit our Get News & Updates page.