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.
“Congratulations to this year’s winning schools! Every year this challenge receives many incredible project ideas from across the province. At The Mosaic Company, our mission is to help the world grow the food it needs, we do that by producing millions of tonnes of potash that helps plants make even more food. Supporting food security through this program is an extension of that noble mission,” said Marnel Jones, Director, Government & Public Affairs.
The winning projects have goals including implementing or expanding nutrition programs, promoting cooking and gardening, enhancing facilities, increasing educational opportunities, and supporting projects with cultural components. These will be supported by the grants.
For the total of $150,000 in prizes provided by Mosaic, schools from across the province submitted their projects to compete. Schools receiving grants this year are governed by the Good Spirit, Greater Saskatoon Catholic, Holy Trinity, Living Sky, Northwest, Prairie South, Prairie Valley, Saskatoon Public and Sun West school boards.
This program began in 2006 to encourage grassroots initiatives to help improve student nutrition.
“We are grateful for Mosaic’s long-time partnership in this 19th year of the Mosaic Challenge,” said Shawn Davidson, president of the SSBA. “School food programming is a priority for our organization and central to some of our other recent initiatives. This program continues to contribute to helping to achieve our goal of reducing known barriers to learning, attendance and school success through school food programming.”
For a list of the winners, see the backgrounder accompanying this media release.