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Priority 1 · Farm-to-table field trips

Sponsor a field trip.

Each trip is a class, not just a meal: a lesson before, a guided visit, and a debrief after, for our Scratch Nutrition Lab cohort. FG Kids covers every trip, so there’s no cost to families. Your gift is what makes that possible.

A student cutting pineapple in the lab
Our culinary students
Lesson slide: Flavor is the name of the game. Same flavor, better plate.
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Scratch Nutrition Lab curriculum

Culinary Nutrition Lunch and Learn at Seasons 52

Spring field trip · Altamonte Springs

  • Fri, Mar 26

Why we’re going: flavor-first cooking that’s careful with salt, fat and sugar. It opens our spring nutrition unit.

What students learn

  • Flavor without the Problem Three. Apply spice, acid and heat to build flavor without leaning on salt, fat and sugar.
  • Make vegetables taste good. Apply at least two techniques, like roasting and glazing, that make vegetables more flavorful.
  • Build a balanced plate. Apply balanced-plate principles to a complete, culturally relevant meal.

Ways to sponsor

Partial sponsor$300Covers half the trip.
Full sponsor$600Covers the full field trip.
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How to give to this trip
Option 1 · Online

Give on Zeffy

  1. Tap Give on Zeffy. It opens our secure donation page.
  2. Pick an amount: tap $300 (partial) or $600 (full).
  3. Under “What fund would you like your donation to support?” choose Field Trips.
  4. Want it earmarked for Seasons 52? Add a quick note at hello@fgkidsproject.com.
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Option 2 · Gift card

Send a Seasons 52 gift card

  1. Buy a $300 or $600 gift card from Seasons 52. A Darden gift card works too.
  2. eGift card: send it to hello@fgkidsproject.com.
  3. Plastic card: email us. If you’re local, we’ll pick it up. If not, we’ll send you a mailing address.

FG Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law, and we’ll send a receipt.

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Scratch Nutrition Lab curriculum

Holiday Nutrition Lunch and Learn at The Monroe

Holiday field trip · Downtown Orlando

  • Fri, Dec 4

Why we’re going: a working restaurant rooted in heritage. Students see soulful, cultural food refined with thoughtful portions and the same flavor and heart.

What students learn

  • Food is your story. Connect personal and cultural identity to food choices and health.
  • Tradition vs. scarcity. Distinguish culturally traditional food from food that evolved under conditions of scarcity.
  • Flavor without the Problem Three. Apply spice, acid and heat to build flavor without leaning on salt, fat and sugar.
Partial sponsor$400Covers half the trip.
Full sponsor$800Covers the full field trip.
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How to give to this trip
Option 1 · Online

Give on Zeffy

  1. Tap Give on Zeffy. It opens our secure donation page.
  2. Pick an amount: $400 (partial) or $800 (full) in the Other box.
  3. Under “What fund would you like your donation to support?” choose Field Trips.
  4. Want it earmarked for The Monroe? Add a quick note at hello@fgkidsproject.com.
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FG Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.

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Scratch Nutrition Lab curriculum

Farm Tour and Lunch at 4Roots Farm

Winter field trip · Orlando

  • Fri, Feb 26

Why we’re going: how food is grown, and why whole, natural foods matter, then a farm-to-table lunch.

What students learn

  • Ten plant foods, by name. Identify plant foods common in African diaspora cooking and what each one does for the body.
  • Why fiber matters. Explain fiber’s roles in digestion, blood sugar and cholesterol.
  • Protein from plants. Tell complete from incomplete proteins, and combine plant proteins into a full one.
Partial sponsor$450Covers half the trip.
Full sponsor$890Covers the full field trip.
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How to give to this trip
Option 1 · Online

Give on Zeffy

  1. Tap Give on Zeffy. It opens our secure donation page.
  2. Pick an amount: $450 (partial) or $890 (full) in the Other box.
  3. Under “What fund would you like your donation to support?” choose Field Trips.
  4. Want it earmarked for 4Roots Farm? Add a quick note at hello@fgkidsproject.com.
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FG Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Priorities 2 to 4 · the programs behind the trips

Then the labs themselves.

The programs behind the trips, in the order we’ll fund them.

Chef Isaac teaching students at the stove2

Scratch Nutrition Lab: In Class

Evans High School · Culinary Arts · January to May

Needs sponsors

Our in-school program with the Culinary Arts class in Pine Hills: nutrition science in the classroom, then hands-on cooking labs, building toward a heritage capstone dish.

What $3,000 covers

Covers 15 spring sessions, January through May.

Ways to sponsor

Sponsor a lab day$200One session for the whole class.
Underwrite the spring unit$3,000All 15 sessions, January to May.
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How to give to this program
Option 1 · Online

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  1. Tap Give on Zeffy. It opens our secure donation page.
  2. Pick an amount: $200 for one lab day, or $3,000 for the spring unit, in the Other box.
  3. Under “What fund would you like your donation to support?” choose Scratch Nutrition Lab: In Class.
  4. Want it earmarked for Scratch Nutrition Lab: In Class? Add a quick note at hello@fgkidsproject.com.
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FG Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Students plating tacos in the lab3

Scratch Nutrition Lab: After Hours

After-school program · 8 sessions, every other week

Needs sponsors

Teens cook from scratch after school and take recipes home to their families.

What $3,200 covers

Covers facilitation, fresh ingredients, take-home recipe kits and supplies, and starter kitchen equipment for our students.

Ways to sponsor

Sponsor a session$350Ingredients, kits and facilitation for one evening.
Underwrite the semester$3,200All eight sessions.
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How to give to this program
Option 1 · Online

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  1. Tap Give on Zeffy. It opens our secure donation page.
  2. Pick an amount: $350 for one session, or $3,200 for the semester, in the Other box.
  3. Under “What fund would you like your donation to support?” choose Scratch Nutrition Lab: After Hours.
  4. Want it earmarked for Scratch Nutrition Lab: After Hours? Add a quick note at hello@fgkidsproject.com.
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FG Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Chef Isaac wearing Apple Vision Pro4

Spatial Computing Lab

Apple Vision Pro in the classroom

Our next step

Spatial computing is moving into food service, health care and education. This lab puts it in our students’ hands now, not years from now.

What students do with it
  • Workforce education. How professional kitchens, food-safety training and health care are adopting spatial technology, and the careers growing around it.
  • STEM in 3D. How food travels through the body, what’s inside an ingredient, what a nutrition label really means, as something students can see and handle.
  • Hands-on and shared. One device rotates through learning stations, mirrored to the classroom screen so every student takes part.
What $5,000 covers

Covers an Apple Vision Pro with two years of AppleCare+, a travel case, an extra battery, hygiene supplies for a shared device, an Apple TV 4K to mirror the headset to the classroom screen, and sales tax.

Ways to sponsor

Launch the Spatial Computing Lab$5,000The whole kit, ready for the classroom.
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How to give to this program
Option 1 · Online

Give on Zeffy

  1. Tap Give on Zeffy. It opens our secure donation page.
  2. Pick an amount: any amount toward the $5,000 kit, in the Other box.
  3. Under “What fund would you like your donation to support?” choose Spatial Computing Lab.
  4. Want it earmarked for Spatial Computing Lab? Add a quick note at hello@fgkidsproject.com.
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FG Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Any amount

Make a custom donation.

Give any amount, one time or monthly, to the Scratch Nutrition Lab. It goes where our students need it most.

Custom donation on Zeffy →

It opens our secure Zeffy page in a new tab. You’ll be asked which fund to support: Field Trips, In Class, After Hours, Spatial Computing Lab, or Where It’s Needed Most. Questions? Email hello@fgkidsproject.com.

Where it goes

FG Kids fundraises through Zeffy specifically so that 100% of your donation goes to our mission, with no platform fees taken out.

What your gift supports

  • Field trips and lunch-and-learns for our students
  • Lab ingredients and program lead instruction
  • The Scratch Nutrition Manual, in print and digital editions
  • The digital twin and spatial computing layer
  • Expansion toward our goal of 10 labs by 2030

FG Kids Inc. is a Central Florida 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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