REGINA – Ten schools in Saskatchewan will each receive a $10,000 grant to support student nutrition after being selected to win this year’s Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge.
“Mosaic is proud to support the Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge, now in its 16th year, by funding 10 new, exciting projects,” said Sarah Fedorchuk, Vice President, Government & Public Affairs, North America. “The winning schools have identified innovative and inclusive ways to implement nutrition education and programming that will have a lasting impact on students and their schools.”
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 $100,000 in prizes, provided by Mosaic. Schools receiving grants this year are part of the Good Spirit, Horizon, Living Sky, Northern Lights, Prairie Spirit, Prairie Valley, Regina Catholic, Saskatoon Public and South East Cornerstone school divisions and the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation.
To encourage grassroots initiatives to help improve student nutrition, this program, formerly known as the Mosaic Extreme School Makeover Challenge, began in 2006.
“We continue to see exciting ideas come forward in this 16th year of the Mosaic Challenge,” said Dr. Shawn Davidson, president of the SSBA. “Saskatchewan school boards are very grateful for Mosaic’s ongoing generosity and continued commitment to this program.”
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