Project Description Country: USA Location: Little Elm Total Budget: $2,100 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Food/Agriculture: General Summary: Cooking classes for low income Denton County residents using ingredients grown in the community garden or locally sourced The St. Arbor Community Garden is a vital resource for addressing food insecurity in Denton County.The Little Elm Rotary club has been volunteering at the St. Arbor Community Garden for several years. In 2024-2025 our club, for the first time, was able to provide some funding to help expand their services. This year we are expanding their effectiveness by requesting funds to implement the Garden to Table: Nourish and Know project described below. The Garden to Table: Nourish and Know project will provide a series of cooking classes (held at the Community Garden) to teach recipients of vegetables grown on-site how to best use the ingredients they receive by: teaching affordable, nutritious cooking techniques, sharing culturally relevant diabetic friendly and low gluten meal ideas, building confidence around fresh food preparation and empowering families with long term skills. A kid friendly cooking class, "Little Sprouts Spoon Club" will also be offered during spring break. Recipients will receive a take home meal kit with printed recipe cards. Project Contact Person District: 5790 Rotary Club of: Little Elm Primary Contact: Ann Burton Email: asburton48@gmail.com Project Status Signed This project is "Signed". This means that the signatures from the club leadership have been collected. This project is now being reviewed by the district leadership for approval. Once a decision is made, the status of the project will be changed to "Approved". Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Little Elm (5790) 13-Aug-25 $1,050 $1,050 $2,100 Total $1,050 $1,050 $2,100 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [25-Aug-25] 990 [25-Aug-25] Club Goals [13-Aug-25] MOU Package

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History Log Entries 13-Aug-25 by Ann Burton System Entry: Creation of project page. 28-Aug-25 by Paul A. Thomas System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 28-Aug-25 by Ann Burton System Entry: Project signed by Ann Burton. 3-Sep-25 by Paul A. Thomas System Entry: Project signed by Paul A. Thomas.