Where Love Grows Inc.
Mission
Where Love Grows maintains ZERO TOLERANCE for childhood hunger. Proper nourishment should never be denied to children as nutrition strongly affects individual growth and development which ultimately impacts our entire community. This is especially prevalent in low income, minority areas in Hillsborough County. Regretfully, we have one of the highest rates of hunger in the country. Our mission is simple but not easy, end hunger for children and families as we make love grow. We hosted our first Family Dinner Event on January 15th, 2013. After witnessing childhood hunger firsthand, we had no choice but to act. What was supposed to be an annual event has transformed into serving over 40,000 meals. After our first year of service, we wanted to do more. Inspired by the proverb, "Feed a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime", teaching children to cook was the obvious next step. Where Love Grows created our Mobile Cooking Program which has positively impacted over 2100 students during 7100 hours of hands in culinary lessons, helping to breaking the cycle of hunger. The impacts are immediate and sustainable. Our program is still the only one of it's kind. We are happy to confirm that NEA has included culinary skills as part of STEM as of 2020.
Where Love Grows Inc.
Mission
Where Love Grows maintains ZERO TOLERANCE for childhood hunger. Proper nourishment should never be denied to children as nutrition strongly affects individual growth and development which ultimately impacts our entire community. This is especially prevalent in low income, minority areas in Hillsborough County. Regretfully, we have one of the highest rates of hunger in the country. Our mission is simple but not easy, end hunger for children and families as we make love grow. We hosted our first Family Dinner Event on January 15th, 2013. After witnessing childhood hunger firsthand, we had no choice but to act. What was supposed to be an annual event has transformed into serving over 40,000 meals. After our first year of service, we wanted to do more. Inspired by the proverb, "Feed a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime", teaching children to cook was the obvious next step. Where Love Grows created our Mobile Cooking Program which has positively impacted over 2100 students during 7100 hours of hands in culinary lessons, helping to breaking the cycle of hunger. The impacts are immediate and sustainable. Our program is still the only one of it's kind. We are happy to confirm that NEA has included culinary skills as part of STEM as of 2020.
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