Our Impact
Connecting People With Their Food
Sand n Straw Foundation exists to help children, families, and our community understand where food comes from and experience the hands-on work behind what nourishes us.
Through scholarships, farm-based education, community harvest support, gardening workshops, fruit tree education, and stewardship of our six-acre regenerative farm, we create opportunities for people to connect with their food, the land, and the people who grow it.
Every donation helps make these experiences possible.
By the Numbers
Since 2021, Sand n Straw Foundation has helped provide scholarship support for families through Young Pioneers.
2021–2022: 10 families supported
2022–2023: 14 families supported
2023–2024: 16 families supported
2024–2025: 25 families supported
2025–2026: 26 families currently receiving financial assistance
91 families supported since 2021
Each number represents a child or family who was able to experience hands-on learning, food education, and outdoor discovery because of generous donors.
Young Pioneers Scholarships
Young Pioneers is a private outdoor enrichment program held at Sand n Straw Community Farm. Through gardening, cooking, animal observation, nature exploration, creative projects, seasonal farm activities, and hands-on science, children learn by doing.
The Foundation helps provide scholarships so more children can participate in these farm-based enrichment sessions.
These scholarships give children the opportunity to harvest food, care for animals, explore the garden, cook from seasonal ingredients, and build confidence through real-world learning.
Your support helps open the gate for the next child.
Community Harvest Support
Food has a way of bringing people together.
Through community harvest support, Sand n Straw Foundation helps families and community members experience fresh food, farm shares, seasonal harvests, and educational opportunities connected to what is growing on the farm.
This support helps people not only receive food, but understand the story behind it—how it was grown, why healthy soil matters, and how food connects us to the land.
Farm-Based Education
Our farm is a living classroom.
Children and families learn through hands-on experiences in gardening, cooking, fruit tree care, animal observation, composting, soil health, nature study, and seasonal farm rhythms.
Instead of only reading about food, students see it, touch it, grow it, harvest it, prepare it, and taste it.
These experiences help build curiosity, responsibility, gratitude, and a deeper connection to the food that nourishes us.
Adult Learning & Workshops
Sand n Straw Foundation also supports learning opportunities for adults and families who want to better understand gardening, fruit trees, food growing, and regenerative farming practices.
Workshops may include topics such as home gardening, fruit tree care, composting, seasonal growing, harvesting, and practical farm skills.
When adults learn how to grow and care for food, that knowledge can ripple into homes, families, neighborhoods, and future generations.
Caring for the Farm That Makes Learning Possible
The six-acre Sand n Straw Community Farm is more than a farm. It is the place where learning comes to life.
Fruit trees, garden beds, animals, soil, compost, and seasonal harvests all become part of the educational experience.
Foundation support helps care for the spaces where children and families learn, including educational gardens, orchard areas, farm learning spaces, and hands-on program areas.
When the farm is cared for, the learning can continue.
One Mission. Three Ways In.
Sand n Straw Foundation is the charitable heart of the Sand n Straw family of organizations.
Together with Sand n Straw Community Farm and Young Pioneers, we create hands-on opportunities for children and families to connect with their food, the land, and the people who grow it.
Sand n Straw Community Farm is the place where food is grown and learning happens.
Young Pioneers is the outdoor enrichment program where children learn through gardening, cooking, animals, nature, science, and seasonal farm experiences.
Sand n Straw Foundation helps provide scholarships and expands access to farm-based education.
Together, we are growing more than food. We are growing confidence, curiosity, gratitude, and a deeper understanding of where food comes from.
Looking Ahead
Our hope is to continue expanding scholarships, educational opportunities, community harvest support, workshops, and farm-based learning experiences for more children and families.
As the farm grows, so does the opportunity to teach, serve, and connect people with their food in meaningful ways.
Your generosity helps make the next chapter possible.
Help Us Grow the Next Chapter
Every gift helps open the gate for a child, family, or community member to experience food, farming, and education in a hands-on way.
Your donation helps provide scholarships, support farm-based learning, and create opportunities for people to connect with the food that nourishes them.