GROUND EDUCATION

Can we get a 👍 for being sustainable?! Ground Ed makes sure to save seeds so we can replant year after year. No waste in these school gardens!

While you're contemplating how to carve, decorate, or eat your pumpkin this year, here are a few fun facts about one of our Ground Ed students' favorite things to grow -- 🎃 --Pumpkins are considered a fruit....and a squash and a gourd --The tradition of carving Jack-O'-Lanterns was brought to America by Irish immigrants and started with the carving of a turnip to use as a lantern --The average pumpkin has 500 seeds (and pepitas are an excellent source of magnesium and iron!) 💪 --Pumpkin is the official state fruit of New Hampshire (but pumpkin pie is the official state pie of Illinois, the state that grows the most pumpkins) --In ancient China, pumpkins were used to ward off evil spirits and were considered a symbol of well-being 😊

There’s the standard way and then there’s the FUN way to come to school. Ground Ed nature path for the win!

Do you remember your favorite teacher from elementary school? GE has so many to choose from! Can we get a little teacher love? Share your favorite childhood teacher's name below.

What word best describes the students in the Ground Ed program? One word: Eager! And here's a great definition--"keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing." Yes, it's one thing to plant seeds. Then another to wait for the growth, that very first sprout peeking through the soil. And yet another to long for the harvest! Sometimes there's impatience during the growing. But there's enthusiasm in the eagerness. Here's to being eager! Let's hope our students experience a lifelong sense of eagerness--to learn, to grow, to evolve.

Thank you ALL who helped us reach our goal so we can ensure a robust, continued Ground Ed program — 15,000 kids will benefit from your generosity!!

Holy cow, we're half way there! We're just past the half way mark with our Long Beach Gives campaign goal, but we at GE don't like to do anything half way, we go all the way to the finish line! 🏆 Help us reach our goal by donating before midnight tomorrow -- don't wait until the last minute (that's for you night owls 🦉 ). https://lnkd.in/gFA-Mgfc One added note; this is Ground Ed's number one fundraiser each year. No galas, big parties, or fancy dinners (we're so down to earth 👩🌾 ), rather we make it so you can be in the comfort of your home or office--just a click or two away from being charitable (tax write off, you know) all the while helping plant seeds of success for our youth. In other words, this will probably be the last appeal of the year for you to support our program. And if you already did, heaps of thanks!

Wowzer! You are killing it with our LB Gives campaign after only a couple of days! Help us keep the momentum going so we can reach our goal of $35,000!! Thank you to those of you who have already generously donated. 🫶🏻 #GroundEducation #LetsGrow https://lnkd.in/gFA-Mgfc

Long Beach Gives campaign early giving starts today! Please donate to our growing School Garden program -- https://lnkd.in/gFA-Mgfc

Cool Beans! We use different varieties of beans in our teaching gardens. After they have dried, we collect them for future lessons and plantings! #NoBeanLeftBehind #KidsGarden