COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – This month, Tractor Supply Company stores in Michigan, including the store in Coldwater, will collect donations during National FFA Week to support grants for FFA chapters in their community.
Coinciding with National FFA Week February 17-24, Tractor Supply customers can donate $1 or more at checkout February 16-25 while shopping in-store or online at www.tractorsupply.com.
Donations will fund the national Grants for Growing program, supporting FFA chapters in MI that are making a difference in their communities through unique and sustainable agricultural projects. The program is coordinated through a partnership with the National FFA Foundation and Tractor Supply, the country’s largest rural lifestyle retailer.
Since its start in 2016, Grants for Growing has raised more than $1.4 million for the National FFA Organization. The initiative has funded a total of 692 grants supporting projects involving more than 69,000 students.
Earlier this year, FFA chapters submitted applications detailing how they will start or expand on a project that will benefit their communities as well as both current and future FFA students. Funds have been requested to purchase vegetation, trees, seed, chickens, feed, mulch and tools for projects ranging from greenhouses to aquaculture labs.
Grants, awarded to winning FFA chapter initiatives in the spring, have a minimum value of $500 and a maximum value of $5,000. All donations remain within the state in which they were raised.
For more details about the program, visit www.ffa.org/grantsforgrowing.
