The Amerigroup Foundation has provided a $10,000 grant to FirstLine Schools to sponsor its Edible Schoolyard New Orleans (ESYNOLA) signature program and to promote whole child wellness through food and nutrition education. Amerigroup’s grant is being directed to Arthur Ashe Charter School, where it will be used to support the school’s garden-based culinary and health education programs. The school operates a one-acre garden and teaching kitchen that hosts student- and family-driven seed-to-table events as well as greenhouse plant starts for all five FirstLine Schools. ... |