The Waiting Game

Still waiting to hear back from Ms. Fantasia to get a look at the "Nutritious U" curriculum. I've been thinking how funny/frustrating/sad it is that our university has no trouble scrounging up hundreds of dollars for a nutritionist to come in and teach a series of healthy cooking classes to sports teams, but when it comes to working with our young neighbors, we're left to appeal to student groups for financial help.

Steps for Student Groups to Obtain Money

Since Slow Food is a new student group on campus, they are still in the process of obtaining funds, funds which they want to share with us. So we are trying to speed the process along by figuring out for them how they can get money from SGA. This process is also helpful for us to understand because of the possibility of "Recipe for Success" becoming a student group and seeking funds ourself.

Here are all the forms that student groups may use. Here is the Account Registration form which student groups must submit in order to have an account. Here is information regarding sources of funding for student groups. Groups get $116 annually, but may petition the Budget Review Committee for more funding. Unfortunately, the link for the BRC seems to be broken and it is impossible to find otherwise!!

Becoming a Student Group

We've been talking a little bit about the possible benefit of becoming a student group. What would this mean for us?

-A source of funding, as student groups get some money

-Recognition, as we would no longer be just a "class project"

-Sustainability, as we could continue to bring this project to life next semester

The steps for becoming a student group are here. Basically, we would need to create a membership roster, obtain a faculty member to be our advisor (Prof. Horn!) and present our idea. This seems pretty straightforward.

The question that remains is how much money we would actually get... $40 is not going to help much. The website lacks information regarding the financial support (or lack thereof) that student groups actually get.

More on Funding- Sourcing from Foundations?

We're contemplating the possibility of becoming a student group and applying for grants from foundations. Alice Waters' Edible Garden website has a list of possible sources of funding.

http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/links

Hoping for Funding...

We are grappling with our main roadblock: funding. We don't particularly want to be a donation-based organization (we took Professor Horn's lecture to heart) but since we are unable to sell our culinary creations, we're left with few options.