School Grants – For Schools and Communities

Cabot Creamery is a cooperative - owned by dairy farmers throughout New England and New York. We value our communities and know that as our community thrives, so will our business. We believe that engaging communities in wellness programs benefits everybody. One of the ways that Cabot does this is through our "Healthy Living Grants".

Cabot is an enthusiastic supporter of our communities' efforts to improve our kids' health through exercise, better nutrition and lots of fun knowledge. Cabot will provide matching funds of up to $200 for any qualifying program. Cabot created the matching grant process to encourage schools to reach out to their own local businesses, cooperatives, parent clubs and others. Doing this supports sustainability for the initiative, provides awareness about a school's new healthy living idea and encourages participation by community members.

A few examples of ideas that would be eligible for these grants:

• Wellness Fairs
• Salsa Gardens
• Nutrition Speakers or Workshops for Coaches, Students or Parents
• Promotion of Healthy Food Choices in Schools
• Cooking Clubs
...and the list goes on!

For more ideas and resources, please visit our Partnering for a Better Health page to learn about our partners and what they may be able to offer your healthy initiatives.

What others have done:

Creekland Middle School of Lawrenceville, GA created a Healthy Living Nutrition Kiosk and brought in a nutritionist to help students and parents become more aware of making better nutrition choices when going through the lunch line.
Duke Ellington School of New York City offered students the opportunity to engage in service learning with a local hospital by sharing nutrition tips, healthy snacks and resources and partnering with Healthy Schools-Healthy Families to host a taste-testing event.
Gragson Elementary School of Las Vegas hosted a Health Fair and Fiesta where families worked together to provide nutrition information and classes at the fair and in the Family Center.
Auburn Elementary School in Ashburn, VA hosted their first walk-a-thon for both parents and kids. It was such a success that the PTO decided to host and fund this event every year. Health conscious vendors were present to distribute information on leading a healthy lifestyle.
Laurel Mountain Elementary School of Austin, TX created a salsa garden and used their tomato and basil bounty, along with Cabot cheese to celebrate and educate during their healthy-living fair run by the PTA.
Essex Town School District in Vermont studied various recipes and entered the state's Iron Chef Competition developing a recipe entitled Squash-O's that is now requested at the lunch line.
Apache Elementary School of Overland Park, KS hosted a nutrition night for the community to learn more about food groups. Students created stations on every food group as well as promoted calcium intake with tastings and milk mustaches, calcium calculations and making a dairy dragon.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County brought information to their Dairy Day about osteoporosis with a registered nurse on-site to help educate the community on the importance of calcium using tasty cheese recipes.