Each year, the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program partners with local farmers to provide grants to local nonprofits. Grow Communities, which is sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, provides farmers the opportunity to support and give back to nonprofit organizations they care about in their local communities by enrolling for a chance to direct a $2,500 donation to a nonprofit of their choice.
Since 2010, the Grow Communities program has given more than $29 million to nonprofits across rural America.
Eunice farmer Raymond and Tammy Fruge directed a $2,500 to St. Edmund Catholic School as part of the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.
As part of their mission St. Edmund Catholic School will use the funds to support the annual Academic Pep Rally.
“We greatly appreciate Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fruge for their financial support to St. Edmund Academics,” said, Charles Hazard principal at St. Edmund Catholic School.
Since the program began in 2010, the Grow Communities program has partnered with farmers to support nonprofit organizations important to them in their local communities. The program has given more than $29 million to farming communities since its inception, including more than $3 million in 2018.
Each year, farmers enter for a chance to direct a $2,500 donation to a nonprofit they care about in their community.
The organizations reflect the makeup and character of rural America, including emergency response organizations, schools, youth agriculture programs, food banks and many others.