Mini-grants were awarded for groups doing Grow, Share, Eat programming in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. 

Here are the grantees:

• Tiny Tots Development Center to develop a garden and establish community kitchens at their site.
• City Fruit to expand their fruit tree stewardship program.  See blog post here.
• Horn of Africa to establish a senior farmer team at the Rainier Beach Urban Farm.  See recent blog post here.
• East African Community Services to provide nutrition workshops and work with local ethnic markets to promote healthy eating.
• Solid Ground’s Seattle Community Farm to strengthen their kid’s cooking program.  See recent blog post here.
• Joel E. Smilow Boys and Girls Club to establish a garden and do nutrition education through their existing cooking program.
• Pro-Use Produce to rescue and dry fruits and vegetables that would have gone into the wastestream.  See recent blog post here.
• El Centro de la Raza to put up a greenhouse and provide community classes on food growing.  See recent blog post here.
• Ground-Up Organics to work with youth at the Rainier Beach Urban Farm.  See recent blog post here.
• Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA at Cleveland High School to do cooking classes and community dinners.  See recent blog posts here and here.
• Interim Community Development Association to create and outdoor kitchen and do community meals at the Danny Woo Children’s Garden.  See blog post here.
• Rainier Valley Food Bank to continue providing great food to people in need.  See blog post here.
• The Pacific Asian Empowerment Program, (PAEP), to increase production of local foods for use in their multi-ethnic feeding programs.
• African Americans Reach and Teach Health, (AARTH), to create food hubs in faith-based sites.
• Southshore K-8 school for monthly community dinners.

Please contact Diana at Diana.vinh@kingcounty.gov for more information.