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2010
Mantis Awards
for
Community and Youth Gardens
Sponsored
by
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About Mantis
For more than 25 years Mantis has made gardening easier with its famous tiller/cultivators, dual-chamber composter, and many other gardener-friendly tools. Mantis products are available direct from the factory, through mailorder, and through more than 3,500 equipment dealerships nationwide.
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This grant is closed for the 2010 cycle.
Each year, Mantis presents the Mantis Awards for charitable and educational garden projects that enhance the quality of life in their host communities. NGA selects 25 outstanding applicants to receive Mantis tiller/cultivators.
Any nonprofit garden program may apply. In the past, winners have included schools, churches, correctional facilities, parks departments, youth camps, community gardens, and many others. These are groups turning slim resources into bountiful gardens with far-reaching benefits, from increasing their community’s access to fresh nutritious foods to educating the public about the importance of gardening in our nation’s history.
Read
the inspiring story of Beardsley Community Farm in Knoxville,
Tennessee, a past Mantis Award recipient.
Eligibility Requirements: Applicants
must:
- operate
a charitable or educational program that is not for profit in the United States
- not offer
the tiller as a prize for fundraising (e.g., auction or raffle)
There are
two ways to apply.
1) Preferred method: E-mail Attachment
- Download
and save the application (Microsoft Word document) to your computer
and complete the application.
- Scan
one or two photograph(s) of your garden space and a diagram of
your garden's dimensions and layout.
- Attach
the application and the scanned images to an E-mail (address is
provided on application)
- E-mailed applications
must be received no later than noon on March 1, 2010.
2) Print and Mail
- Complete the application using a 10-point or larger font, then print
the application. Or, print application and complete longhand.
- Include one or two photograph(s) of your garden space and a diagram
of your garden’s dimensions and layout.
- Mail application
and materials to Mantis (address is provided on application).
- Mailed applications
must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2010.
Award Packages: 25 programs
will each receive a
Mantis Tiller/Cultivator with border/edger and kickstand, and their
choice of gas-powered
2-cycle engine or electric
motor. Value: $349.00.
This grant is closed for the 2010 cycle.
Award Notification: Applicants will be notified of grant status by April 15, 2010.
Prize Fulfillment: Tiller/cultivators will be shipped
from Mantis no later than April 30, 2010.
Evaluation: At the end of the summer after award fulfillment,
NGA will send winning programs an evaluation survey via e-mail.
The data requested will measure the impact
of the award program and provide accountability
to the
sponsor.
Programs
that fail to complete
the
evaluation
will
not be
eligible for future awards from NGA.
View
2009 Award winners
View
2008 Award winners
View 2007 Award winners
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NGA Grants list
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