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VENTURA — Gill’s Onions will match all donations up to $15,000 for every dollar donated to Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) through the end of May as part of SEEAG’s 5th Annual Double Your Impact Challenge.
“SEEAG’s mission is to build awareness and appreciation among grade schoolers for agriculture and the importance of eating healthy. Through Gill’s Onions’ generosity and all those who donate during May, SEEAG will receive as much as $30,000 to support our Farm-to-Food Lab program,” says Mary Maranville, SEEAG’s founder and CEO. “The program combines classroom learning with farm field trips where students learn about the origins of their food.”
The Farm-to-Food Lab program is held throughout the school year in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and is provided at no charge to students, teachers and schools. “SEEAG relies on donations to keep the program free and to continue to enhance the learning experience,” says Maranville.
Gill’s Onions, based in Oxnard, is one of the nation’s largest family-owned onion growers and processors. Products are sold nationally and include whole, sliced, diced and slivered onions. It is a long-time supporter of SEEAG’s agricultural education programming that has reached over 100,000 elementary school students since its founding in 2008.
Double Giving Levels:
—$25 donation doubles to $50 – Taste testing demonstration produce for 75 to 100 students
–$50 donation doubles to $100 – Farm-fresh wellness bags for 75 to 100 students
—$100 donation doubles to $200 – Farm Fresh Mobile Classroom Van for a week of school presentations
—$250 donation doubles to $500 – Field trip transportation expenses a school to visit a farm site
—$500 donation doubles to $1,000 – Addition of cold storage space to store fresh produce for program participants
–$1,000 donation doubles to $2,000 – Establishes a greenhouse at SEEAG farm sites
Donations can be made by going to https://www.seeag.org/double-your-impact-challenge
SEEAG also hosts an annual Farm Day (August 24 in Santa Barbara County and November 5 in Ventura County. On Farm Day, farms, ranches and agricultural organizations open their doors to the community for an inside look at how food is grown in the county.
To learn more about SEEAG, go to www.SEEAG.org, Facebookwww.facebook.com/SEEAG.org or contact Maranville at mary@seeag.org, 805-901-0213.
About SEEAG
Founded in 2008, Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that aims to help young students understand the origins of their food by bridging
the gap between agriculture and consumption through its agricultural education programming. SEEAG’s “The Farm Lab” program teaches schoolchildren about the origins of their food and
the importance of local farmland by providing schools with classroom agricultural education and free field trips to farms. Through this and other SEEAG programs, over 100,000 elementary school students in Central and Southern California have increased their understanding of the food journey. Each year, it hosts Santa Barbara Farm Day and Ventura County Farm Day where the public can visit local farms and other agriculture-related entities. For more information, visit www.seeag.org or email Mary Maranville at mary@seeag.org