Jason Presents Centreville Public Schools with ACF Grant

Centreville Public Schools was recently awarded a $2,000 grant to fight childhood food insecurity by the Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies (MFBFoC) and Michigan Farm Bureau Agent Charitable Fund (ACF). Grant funds will be used to renovate and rebuild the existing greenhouse at Centreville Public Schools, allowing students to grow fresh vegetables throughout the school year to support their new food club program.

Agents for Change Grants are awarded to Michigan school districts every other month. Schools are nominated by a local Farm Bureau Insurance agent and selected by a committee of ACF donors based on the need of the school and overall goal of the program. School districts can utilize Michigan Farm Bureau’s Find an Agent tool to locate an agent in their area.

Jason Scramlin nominated Centreville Public Schools for the grant and is proud to come alongside the school and support their hunger-relief and food club efforts. As Scramlin says, “The food club pilot program meets food needs in an innovative way, and couples with the ag science program, which will contribute produce and management support.”

The ACF, whose mission is to end hunger in Michigan, is a donor-designated fund administered through the Michigan Foundation for Agriculture. The Michigan Foundation for Agriculture, a 501(c)(3) governed by the MFBFoC’s board of directors, positively contributes to the future of Michigan agriculture through leadership and educational programming.

Operating at the intersection of market and moral missions, the MFBFoC has a powerful vision: a Michigan where no child goes to bed hungry. MFBFoC is reinvesting their proceeds back into their local communities and identifying effective programs, policies and practices designed to directly reduce childhood hunger.