Junior Achievement serving Warsaw, Tippecanoe Valley and Pierceton Schools has received a $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by local farmer and JA board member Aubrey Rife. The donation will help the organization bring financial literacy education to area elementary schools for the spring session. For six years, America’s Farmers Grow Communities has collaborated with farmers to donate over $22 million to more than 8,000 community organizations across rural America. Winning farmers direct donations to nonprofits to help fight rural hunger, purchase life saving fire and EMS equipment, support ag youth leadership programs, buy needed classroom resources and more, according to the announcement from JA. The program partners with farmers to support local nonprofit causes that positively impact farming communities across rural America, and is one program in the America’s Farmers community outreach effort, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. Other programs include America’s Farmers Grow Ag Leaders, which encourages rural youth to remain in agriculture and provides $1,500 college scholarships to high school and college students pursuing ag-related degrees; and America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, which works with farmers to nominate rural school districts to compete for $10,000 and $25,000 math and science grants. Visit www.AmericasFarmers.com to learn more.[[In-content Ad]]
