Apples4Ed: Meet Rensselaer City School District

USApple Launches 2023-24 Apples4Ed Grant Program

Falls Church, VA (October 26, 2023)—The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) announces the launch of the 2023-24 Apples4Ed grant program. This USApple charitable initiative supports healthy eating projects in public schools across the country. Five $5,000 grants will be given to schools that are bringing awareness to nutrition and exposing students to a wider variety of … Continued

USApple NextGen Silent Auction to Benefit Apples4Ed

Bid Now on Variety of Items, Experiences Falls Church, Va. (Aug. 8, 2022)—The U.S. Apple Association’s NextGen fellows today kicked off a silent auction to benefit USApple’s school nutrition grant program, Apples4Ed. The silent auction, open to everyone, is at: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/usappleauction/items/ or via the Givi app on mobile devices (you must register first on the … Continued

USApple Awards Apples4Ed Grants to Four In-Need Schools

Falls Church, Va. (May 24, 2022)—The U.S. Apple Association has awarded Apples4Education grants to four schools from around the nation for the 2022-23 school year. Each $4,000 grant will provide supplemental student nutrition and expose students to a wider variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as teach students about healthy eating. The four … Continued

USApple Launches 2021-22 Apples4Ed Grant Program

Falls Church, Va. (October 1, 2021)—The U.S. Apple Association has launched its 2021-22 Apples4Ed initiative—a grant program that supports healthy eating initiatives in public schools across the United States. USApple will fund five $4,000 healthy eating initiatives on campuses in 2022.   “After a pause due to the pandemic, we are happy to once again be … Continued

USApple Kicks Off Apples4Ed 2021!

2020 was a year full of challenges for school students and staff everywhere. From adjusting to virtual learning to making sure each student had what they needed to succeed, teachers and administrators alike had their hands full from dawn to dusk. Over the pandemic year, we saw how teachers changed tactics and the many ways … Continued

USApple Donates to Emergency Feeding Program for School Kids

Falls Church, Va. (October 27, 2019)—The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) today announced it has donated funding from its grant program, Apples4Ed, to the School Nutrition Foundation’s “Help Feed School Kids Now!” emergency feeding campaign. The $20,000 donation will aid SNF’s frontline work to ensure that students who depend on the National School Lunch Program do … Continued

USApple Kicks Off 2019-20 Apples4Ed School Grant Program

Falls Church, Va. (October 9, 2019)—The U.S. Apple Association has launched its 2019-20 Apples4Ed initiative—a grant program that supports healthy snacking initiatives in public schools across the United States. USApple will fund five $4,000 healthy snacking initiatives on campuses in 2020. “When children have access to healthy nutrition, they’re more likely to be healthy and … Continued

Apples4Ed: Meet Winans Elementary School

Livingston, Montana is a small rural town of about 7,000 people near Bozeman on the outer banks of the Yellowstone River. Most first and second graders in the area attend Winans Elementary School, where nearly half of students receive free or reduced lunch. At Winans Elementary, healthy snack and celebration guidelines provide guidance for parents … Continued

Apples4Ed: Meet Rensselaer City School District

Bob Stranahan is a health teacher at Rensselaer Junior Senior High school (RJSHS) in Rensselaer City School District. Rensselaer, N.Y. has fewer than 10,000 residents, and is located just across the Hudson River and a few miles away from Albany, N.Y. According to Stranahan, about 75 percent of the students who attend RJSHS receive free … Continued