Congratulations to the recipients of the Child Care and Pre-school Garden Grants! 

Western Growers Foundation (WGF) worked with the California Department of Education (CDE), Nutrition Services Division (NSD) to provide 100 garden grants of $1,000 each to eligible child care centers or preschools participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Each of the following centers will receive $1,000, a Gardens for Learning Book and Producepedia bookmarks. This program is made possible through a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant, administered through California Department of Food and Agriculture, to WGF.

• ABC Kids Preschool and Daycare
• Ames Child Care Center
• Associated Students of California State University, Sacramento
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove
• Burbank Unified School District
• California Family Learning Center
• CAPE Inc.
• Cerritos Community College District
• Chestnut Preschool Inc
• Child, Family & Community Services Inc.,
• Children First Learning Center
• Children, Youth & Teen Program
• Children's Country House
• Chinatown Service Center
• Chino Valley Unified School District
• City of Santa Fe Springs
• Coast Community College District - Harry and Grace Steele Children's Center at Orange Coast College
• Community Action Partnership of Madera County
• Concilio Child Development Center
• Council for the Spanish Speaking
• Desert Area Resources and Training
• Desert Community College District
• Escuela De La Raza Unida
• Fairfax-San Anselmo Children’s Center
• Foundation for Early Childhood Education
• Fresno City College, Child Development Center
• Garden Day School
• Gateway EduCare Infant Center and Preschool
• Giggles and Smiles Child Care Center
• Go Kids, Inc
• Hands Together- A Center for Children and Families
• Jan Peterson Child Day Care Center, Inc.
• Karuk Tribe Head Start
• Kedren Community Health Center, Inc.
• KidWorks Community Development Corporation
• KidZKount Placer Community Action Council, Inc.
• LA New Times Western School, Inc.
• LAAIR Force Traffic Control Center “Just Plane Kids”
• Little Mountain Preschool
• Long Beach Community College District
• Los Angeles Community College
• Lynwood Unified School District
• Marangely's Kids, Inc.
• Margin Corporation
• Marin Community College District - Child Development Program
• Martinez Early Childhood Center
• Maryvale School
• MCCS Miramar Child Youth and Teen Center
• Mendocino Lake Community College District
• Miramar College Child Development Center
• Modesto City Schools Child Development Department
• Montessori Child Care Center
• Mt. View Christian Preschool & kindergarten
• Naval Air Weapons Station Child Development Center
• Neighborhood House Association
• Nerrads House Inc
• North County Community Services
• Okie Dockie CDC, LLC
• Orange Children & Parents Together, Inc.
• Orfalea Family and ASI Children's Center
• PACE Early Childhood Education
• Palmdale School District Early Childhood Education - Highland E.C.E
• Palmdale School District ECE
• Pinoleville Native American Head Start Program
• Plaza de la Raza Child Development Services, Inc.
• Prestige Preschools
• Ready Set Grow
• Redwood Community College District
• Rio Hondo Community College District Child Development Center
• Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center
• San Jose Day Nursery
• San Juan Unified School District – San Juan Unified School District Head Start Pasadena
• San Juan Unified School District – Citrus Heights State Preschool
• Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools - La Honda State Preschool
• Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools - The Learning Place State Preschool
• Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools - Los Alamos State Preschool
• Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools - Santa Ynez Valley State Preschool
• Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools - Santa Maria Cal-SAFE
• Sequoia Preschool Academy
• Siskiyou Child Care Council
• Smith River Rancheria
• Storyteller Children's Center
• Teddy Bear Tymes Childcare Center
• The Phoenix Schools
• The Resource Connection ECP
• The Salvation Army – Pomona Love and Learn Preschool
• The Salvation Army Day Care - Sacramento
• Tiny Scholars Academy
• UCLA Early Care and Education
• University of California, San Diego
• Valley Nursery school
• Volunteers of America Southwest CA Corporation
• Wee Care Children's Learning Center
• West Hills College Child Development Center
• Woodlake Unified School District
• YMCA of the East Valley – Preschool University
• YMCA of the East Bay – Rodeo Child Development Center
• YMCA of the East Bay – Eden Child Development Center
• YMCA of the East Bay – 21st Street Child Development Center
• YMCA of the East Valley – 800 East Lugonia