The La Porte Jaycees Deserving Children’s Shopping Tour has received a $2,500 donation from America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by local farmers Jeff and Annette Hardin of Union Mills.
The donation will help the Jaycees support additional children to pick out necessities and toys during the annual Christmas shopping tour. In 2015, more than 600 children benefited from the tour in La Porte and Michigan City.
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 lifesaving fire and EMS equipment, support ag youth leadership programs, buy much needed classroom resources, and much more.
America’s Farmers Grow Communities partners with farmers to support local nonprofit causes that positively impact farming communities across rural America. Grow Communities 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. In addition, America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education works with farmers to nominate rural school districts to compete for $10,000 and $25,000 math and science grants.
Visit www.AmericasFarmers.com for more information.