Athens' UGArden Wins $10,000 Kubota Hometown Proud Grant
Friday, August 2nd, 2024
As a continued commitment to its dealers, customers, and local communities, Kubota Tractor Corporation announced 20 grant recipients in its fourth annual Kubota Hometown Proud® grant program aimed at providing support across the country for local nonprofit organizations and their unique initiatives. This year, the company is proud to announce that UGArden Community Farm Stand nominated by UGArden, the University of Georgia’s student community farm in Athens, Georgia, and supported by local Kubota dealer Gene & Matt Tractor Sales, Inc., is one of those winners. Each of the 20 hometown projects now goes up for a public vote,* and the project with the most votes in each district will turn its $10,000 grant into a $50,000 grant.
UGArden provides experiential learning opportunities while addressing community food needs, yielding an annual average of 15,000 pounds of organically managed produce, which is then distributed by partner organizations to families facing food insecurity. According to their application, Athens has a food insecurity rate of 25%, with 1 in 3 children living in poverty. UGArden’s project is a plan to construct the UGArden Community Farm Stand. The farm stand will be accessible by bus and offer fresh produce and meals through a low-stigma, pay-what-you-can model to increase access to fresh, nutritious food in Athens.
With the $10,000 Kubota grant, the organization will construct the UGArden Community Farm Stand. A $50,000 grant will provide funding to construct the pay-what-you-can UGArden Community Farm Stand, build additional cold storage capacity for the farm, help pay student workers, and purchase supplies and equipment for irrigation, shelving, season extension, and more to enhance operations and increase efficiency, further strengthening the farm and partner organizations’ capacity to address food insecurity in Athens.
Vote Daily for More Chances to WIN
From now until August 14, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CT, the public is encouraged to visit KubotaHometownProud.comand rally for their hometown project by casting a vote for one of the 20 community projects. Every vote submitted will be automatically entered into a sweepstakes* for the chance to win a Kubota residential Z200 Series zero-turn mower or BX Series sub-compact tractor. Voters can make their selections once per day to increase their odds of winning. The community projects with the most votes will be announced in September.
National Support for More Local Resources
Each dealer in Kubota’s 1,100-strong dealer network strives to give back in their communities, and Kubota is helping to further bridge their local relationships by connecting national grant resources to important community projects that make significant local impact. For a list of all the 2024 grant recipients and Kubota Hometown Proud® grant program official rules, visit KubotaHometownProud.com.
Kubota Hometown Proud Grant Program Rules
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 50US/DC, 18+ in most states. Voting/Sweepstakes entry ends 8/14/24 at 11:59 pm CT. To enter/vote & for all details: KubotahometownProud.
