What’s needed always?
Donations: Please click here if you are able to donate funds to support our work.
Volunteers: We try to find meaningful ways in which you can help us, given your interests and skills. Come for a visit, eat some good food, get to know our youth leaders and we’ll see what interests you! rootdownla [AT] g mail
What’s needed now:
It’s year three. Thanks to private donations and significant grants from the Crail Johnson, Roth, Blue and MacCready Family Foundations, we have broadened our reach outside of the Jefferson School walls and continue to expand our Youth Leader training programs which now include new supply-side horticultural and entrepreneurial components. We’ve also taken on two Youth Interns, recent grads from our programs who are starting to do what we envisioned from day one – take over the running of our programs!
Your donations are tax deductible and every donation helps.
- A student gains invaluable skills as a paid Youth Leader for just $1,188.
- $75 provides healthy food for 50 people at our Youth Leader cooking demos and healthy food tasting community events.
- $25 let’s us purchase a new chef’s knife so our kids can work like pros.
See what your donations helped us accomplish this year:
Planting seeds for future local urban produce supplies. In year two, RootDown LA expanded it’s demand-focused programming – increasing preferences and demand for healthy food – to include supply side efforts to increase the availability of fresh produce in our community! A new orchard and revitalized garden at Jefferson are supplying at least a wee portion of our programming food needs.
Taking innovative and actionable nutrition, cooking and food systems education into the classroom. In year two, Root Down LA took its chef’s tools, fresh foods and stealth nutrition lessons to over 700 Jefferson High School students.
Taking innovative horticultural and entrepreneurial education into the classrooms too!
This year our new Horticultural Programs Manager, Ali Bhai worked with students in art, design and science classes to learn to design and install gardens – culminating in the installation of four new food gardens in our neighbors’ yards!
Connecting youth with opportunities that increase their engagement and employability within a healthy food community. At the end of year two, we expanded our Youth Leader program and took in two new Youth Interns from our graduating program. Our youth are taking action both to increase their own and their peers’ preferences for healthy foods and to supply such foods via the instillation of community gardens.
Root Down LA is a project of Community Partners, Inc. of Los Angeles, California. Online contributions are possible, though more fees are taken out of your donation then.
A check for your tax-deductible contribution can be sent to
“Community Partners FBO Root Down”
1000 N. Alameda Street, Suite 240, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
For more information on contributions please visit: www.communitypartners.org.
For more information, email us at rootdownla [AT] g mail
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