The HEAL Project

A nonprofit organization

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$30,000 Goal

Imagine a world where every child grows up active, informed, engaged, and healthy.

We keep this in mind each time we deliver our signature garden-based lessons in school garden programs in our local public elementary schools during the school day, in summer camps, and on field trips to our 2.5 acre San Mateo County School Farm in El Granada. 

Our mission is to teach kids where their food comes from and why it matters.

We believe that everyone should have access to quality food systems education.  We see food and how it is grown as central to the health of the individual and the planet. Each year we serve over 3,000 students from the coastside and across San Mateo County with hands-on outdoor learning opportunities that inspire kids' natural curiosity and cultivate environmental awareness in the next generation.

Many students arrive at our farm having never tasted a fresh vegetable. With The HEAL Project, students  learn where their food comes from and discover just how tasty produce picked fresh from the earth can be! When kids dig their hands into the soil, plant a seed, harvest the fruit and then hike in the outdoors to experience first-hand how water travels through a landscape, they make the connection between where their food comes from and how the way it is grown affects their health and the health of the environment around them.  

 The HEAL Project's fun hands-on activities are firmly rooted in solid science and support the aha! moments that enable everyone to make the vital connections between ourselves and the world around us. 

Join us in making healthy, impactful choices and make a donation on May 2. 

 

 

 

Mission

Our mission is to teach kids where their food comes from and why it matters.

We believe that everyone should have access to quality food systems education. We see food and how it's grown as central to the health of the individual and the planet.

We envision a world where everyone understands the connection between our food, our health and our environment.

Each year we serve over 3,000 students with hands-on outdoor learning opportunities that inspire kids' natural curiosity and cultivate environmental awareness in the next generation. The HEAL Project offers lessons on health, environment and agriculture at school sites, in the classroom and at the San Mateo County School Farm. We enhance Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards in our high-impact programs for environmental literacy and nutrition education.

Needs

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In-Person Volunteering


Community Farm Days

San Mateo County School Farm

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Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

The HEAL Project

Tax id (EIN)

27-0192940

Organization Category

Education

Operating Budget

$500,001-$1,000,000

Address

PO BOX 3051
HALF MOON BAY, CA 94019

Phone

6509182422

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