REGINA – Ten schools in Saskatchewan will each receive a $15,000 grant to support student nutrition after being selected to win this year’s Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge.
The Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge has reached 103 Saskatchewan schools to date, and every year, more and more applications come in,” said Sarah Fedorchuk, Mosaic’s Vice President Government & Public Affairs – North America. “For 2023, we increased project funding to $15,000 from $10,000 to reflect rising costs and greater needs. Each of these 10 impactful projects will create healthier school nutrition environments for kids across the province for years to come.”
The grants will support winning projects that have goals including implementing or expanding nutrition programs, enhancing kitchen and garden facilities, increasing educational opportunities for students and families and supporting reconciliation and cultural projects.
Schools from across the province submitted their projects to compete for the total of $150,000 in prizes, provided by Mosaic. Schools receiving grants this year are governed by the Greater Saskatoon Catholic, Living Sky, North East, Northwest, Northern Lights, Prairie Valley, Prairie South and Saskatchewan Rivers school boards and the Battlefords First Nation High School Joint Board of Education.
To encourage grassroots initiatives to help improve student nutrition, this program, formerly known as the Mosaic Extreme School Makeover Challenge, began in 2006.
“We are very thankful for Mosaic’s longstanding dedication to this program, now in its 17th year,” said Jaimie Smith-Windsor, president of the SSBA. “We want to make particular note of our gratitude for the new funding amount of $15,000 per school that Mosaic put in place starting this year.”
Backgrounder: Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge 2023 Recipients