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2024 Grange Foundation Charity Auction The National Grange Foundation provides support for various projects and programs devoted to improving the communities in which Granges are located and helping individuals grow to their fullest potential. The proceeds from this auction will allow the Foundation to fulfill its mission, which states: “The Grange Foundation supports youth development, promotes agriculture education and research, improves communities, and fosters culture, heritage, citizenship and charitable activities.” READ MORE |
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2024 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy Award Selected The National Grange & Grange Foundation congratulate Carter Humphries, an Extension Agent with the Virginia Cooperative Extension for being recognized as this year’s National Agriculture in the Classroom Partnership in Agriculture Literacy Award! READ MORE |
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Ernestine Keiser Memorial Scholarship Application This scholarship fund was established in 2023 by friends and family of Ernestine “Ernie” Keiser. Ernie was a long time Grange member in Virginia and was a charter member of Beach Community Grange #958, VA, which was chartered in 1959. She was very supportive of the Youth program at the local, state, and national levels. Ernie was a firm believer in the importance of education and her family and friends desire to continue her legacy by establishing this scholarship program. The value of the scholarship is $1,000. READ MORE |
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2023 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy Award Selected The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) and National Grange Foundation have selected the Community Agricultural Partnership at Summit (CAPS) Elementary School, in Pennsylvania’s Butler Area School District, as the recipient of its 2023 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy (PAL) Award. READ MORE |
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2022 Virtual Telethon Grange members from all across the US donated funds to support the Youth and Junior Fund. Since our beginning in 1867, the Grange has opened our doors to children, youth and adults with the mission to help develop and train individuals of good character to become leaders within their own communities, the nation, and the world. READ MORE |
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2022 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy Award Winner The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) and National Grange Foundation have selected New Mexico agriculture education instructor Shae Devers, and her Valencia FFA Chapter, as the recipient of its 2022 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy Award. READ MORE |
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National Agriculture in the Classroom 2022 (PAL) Award The Partnership in Agricultural Literacy award celebrates the best in agricultural literacy efforts, recognizing individuals, organizations, programs, and events that embody innovation and advancement in agricultural literacy for PreK-12 students. It recognizes excellence in agricultural literacy partnerships, innovative solutions to challenges, and outstanding programs and events that increase agricultural literacy in participants. READ MORE |
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National Grange Foundation Sponsors National Ag-In-The-Classroom Have an idea for an agricultural literacy project? Want to attend the 2022 National Agriculture in the Classroom national conference in Saratoga Springs, New York, but can’t afford to do so? The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture (AFBFA) is now accepting applications for the White-Reinhardt Grant program for agricultural literacy projects and the Scholarship program for support to attend the national conference. Applications for both programs are due Oct. 15, and go through a review process involving the applicant’s state Farm Bureau. READ MORE |
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Kansas Educator Selected as 2021 Agriculture Advocate of the Year The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) and National Grange Foundation have selected Kansas agriculture educator Serita Blankenship as the recipient of its 2021 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy (PAL) Award, formerly known as the Agricultural Advocate Award. READ MORE |
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Utah Farmer, Honored as 2020 Agriculture Advocate of the Year The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) and National Grange selected Utah farmer and Utah Farm Bureau Women’s Committee District Chair Sara Harward as the winner of its Agriculture Advocate Award for 2020. READ MORE |
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We’re in This Together T-shirt Fundraiser Many Granges have been doing amazing things to support the needs of their neighbors, stepping up in ways that we never could have imagined, during the COVID-19 Crisis. Grange Foundation is committed to giving back to members who are giving back to their communities. |
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Virginia Dairy Farmer Selected as 2019 Agriculture Advocate of the Year The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) and National Grange have selected Virginia beef and dairy farmer and educator Debbie Brubaker as the winner of its Agriculture Advocate Award for 2019.Brubaker won the award for expanding her ‘Dairy Day’ event into one that covers 20 different commodities to educate students about local agriculture, participating in STEM school events to demonstrate to students the important role agriculture plays in science and the natural world, reading as part of Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom’s Agriculture Literacy Project and hosting hundreds of students at ‘Dairy Days’ at the Franklin County Fair each year. Brubaker estimates she has reached about 60,000 students with the message of the importance of agriculture over the years. But it’s Brubaker’s graphic design skills that make her special. READ MORE |