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Congratulations to our 2016 CACFP
Mini-Grant Awardees

Learn about our awardees and their projects below.

2016 CACFP Mini-Grant Awardees

The mini-grants are intended for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) family child care providers and CACFP sponsoring organizations.  These are individuals and organizations already committed to quality child care, school readiness, healthy children, food insecurity solutions and childhood obesity prevention.
The mini-grant projects funded focus on one of 4 objectives:
  • Overall quality of health and wellness in child care settings
  • Enhancing nutrition and healthy eating habits in child care settings
  • Enhancing physical activity in child care settings
  • Engaging parents in education of health and wellness via child care provider relationships
Awardees and projects listed below.

Quotes from our 2016 CACFP Mini-Grant Awardees

Family Child Care Provider Awardees
  • Growing Branch Child Care, Heather Zellman (MN) Outdoor Kitchen and Veggie Garden
     "This mini-grant is going to help us reach our goals of health and wellness in our program! Our goals are to provide           lots of space for the children to run and play and to learn about the food they eat. The children will pretend play in           the outdoor kitchen as they watch veggies grow from seed to harvest. The children will be able to see the full                   spectrum of the food growing process and help us prepare and try the foods we grow." ~Heather Zellman
  • Delia Brager (MA) Improving Health, Safety and Nutrition in my Childcare setting 
     "I strive to offer a safe, healthy and warm loving environment for the children in my care. This mini-grant is going to         help me take that one step further by enabling me to purchase materials for my child care that encourage family               style dining, proper hygiene, and safe physical play." ~ Delia Brager
  • Happy Beginnings Daycare, Shelia Hackworth (IL) Physical Activity Improvement
     "I was excited when I found out that I had received the grant.  I knew that I needed more to offer my daycare                     children to better their physical health but financially unable to do it, until now, with the help of this grant.  My                   daycare parents were thrilled to know that I was doing everything I could to offer a better environment for their               children." ~ Sheila Hackworth
  • Shay Love Child Care, La Shawn Anderson (FL) Physical Activity and Parent Education
  • Jennifer Sargent (IL) Little Chefs
     "I regularly take children in my care that others could not accept because of their food needs. I maintain a safe                   kitchen for all of these children with severe allergies, food intolerances and other dietary restrictions. Maintaining a         safe kitchen can be tricky with different foods being an issue for different children. This mini-grant enables me to              purchase tools and equipment that the children can use during food preparation as well as cutting boards that help         avoid cross contamination as we work together in the kitchen. I'm excited to enable the children to help more with         food preparation and get them more involved with their food process encouraging healthy eating and using the              "fresh is best" principle." ~ Jennifer Sargent
  • First Steps Daycare, Roxanne Cummings (ME) Project Ball
     "Living in Maine the opportunities for active outdoor play can be challenging. This kit would certainly encourage lots         of running, kicking, catching, and teamwork! Thank you again for the wonderful opportunity. The kids are going to be       thrilled!" ~Roxanne Cummings
  • Deb's Daycare, Debbie Wampfler (WI), Gardening and Cooking with Kids
     "I was very excited and shared the news with the parents right away when I found out I am to receive this grant. It          will enable me to purchase materials to engage children and parents further in a project that we are working on                toward making healthy choices, growing fresh vegetables with their own garden; as well as cooking with children to        put a value on healthy meals and again making choices on what you eat. The parents were excited to hear about it          and to partake in the parent night of cooking pizzas and planting pizza gardens with their kids. I'm hoping with a few        more of these "parent nights" it will become apart of their everyday lives of making healthy choices and modeling            that with their children." ~ Debbie Wampfler
  • The Larick Early Learning Center, Amy Larick, (IA) Health and Wellness Best Practices Indoors and Out 
      “I was very excited to learn I was selected to receive this mini-grant. There are so many health and wellness best              practices I have been wanting to implement and this grant helps make that possible.  Receiving the grant is                        validation for me that working hard and pursuing quality is worth the extra time and effort.  Thank you T&L                        Foundation for your generosity and support!”  ~ Amy Larick
  • SomePlace Special Home Care, Audrey Townsend (NC) Yoga For Kids
  • Paideia Preparatory Academy, Angela Jones (TN) Edible Learning: Study.Grow.Eat
     "We are so happy we were awarded the mini-grant to fund our project "Edible Learning: Study. Grow. Eat." The mini-       grant enables us to enhance our students' nutrition and healthy eating habits as they are exposed to a variety of               fruits and vegetables. Similarly, gardens can build a strong community between the academy and engaging our               parents about how they can alter eating habits at home." ~Angela Jones
  • Rosalina Bobadilla (CA) Active Play - Basketball Goal
     "Being awarded this mini-grant makes it so we can actively and intentionally engage many children of mixed ages in         physical play.  We will be including a new basketball goal to use thinking skills to investigate, ask questions, solve             problems, make predictions, and test our ideas. This new basketball goal will allow us to engage many players at             once as they shoot from all angles. Plus, we know physical development is extremely important in developing                 gross-motor skills like jumping, running, throwing, and bouncing." ~Rosalina Bobadilla
  • Apple Valley Family Child Care, Michelle Slimak (CT) Breastfeeding Support
     "I was so happy to learn that my program was an awardee of the mini-grant, I can now set up a separate and                     comfortable breastfeeding space in my child care. I am now finding more and more mothers are interested in                   breastfeeding their children, and not just pumping, but actually coming to the program to feed on their lunch or               break. It is really great, and I would like to support the mothers with a comfortable place to feed their babies." ~                 Michelle Slimak
  • Angie's Little Angels, Angela Meagher (MN) Retractable Driveway Guard and Safety Sign
     "I was so surprised and extremely grateful to receive this grant! It will bring some piece of mind to me and my                   families, knowing that our children are able to more safely participate in large motor physical activities. Thank you!"        ~ Angela Meagher
CACFP Sponsor Awardees
  • Evergreen Child Care, Inc (CA) Ready, Set & Go
      "Upon receiving the great news that we were one of the agencies awarded the T&L Foundation mini-grant, we                  were thrilled and excited to launch our “Ready, Set, Go!” project. The materials purchased will help our 400 day              care providers expand their knowledge about nutrition and portion control and instill what they will be learning in t        their everyday practices. This was actually the first time we, Erika and Rina, have written a grant together and we            were pleased to know that we got the grant. We are honored and forever grateful that the T&L Foundation chose            our agency." ~ Evergreen Child Care, Inc
  • Heartland Child Nutrition (ND) Staff In-Inservice: Educate Ourselves to Better Educate Others
     "We are truly thankful to be selected as a recipient of a T&L Foundation mini-grant.  Learning that  that there were so       many applicants has fueled our motivation to prove that we are deserving of this award.  In our case, rather than the       award being called a “grant,”  a more appropriate term may be “scholarship”  as the money will fund education for o       our staff.  This education will, in turn, be transferred to the providers we serve making this mini-grant an excellent           investment of T&L funds." ~ Heartland Child Nutrition

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