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Together, We Can Transform School Meals!

This year, Balanced is proudly raising funds to provide microgrants to 10 schools—giving food service teams the tools they need to offer healthier, fiber-rich meals to students.

Your generosity will directly fund:

🍏 Nutritious menus designed to fuel young minds and bodies with wholesome, fiber-rich ingredients. Each school supported will receive a stipend for food procurement.
🍏 A comprehensive 10-week training program offering hands-on skill-building, educational resources, and personalized support for food service teams to implement lasting menu changes.

This model has been wildly successful for us. Our Illinois Plant-Based Pilot Grant program supported eight school districts statewide and will positively impact more than 200k meals in the 2024-2025 school year alone. We’re excited to scale this work to other states to ensure students have the fuel they need to learn and grow!

Why does this matter? Because nearly 97% of kids don’t meet their daily fiber needs, putting them at risk for preventable diseases. Balanced is on a mission to change this—and it all starts with YOU.

Together, we can empower schools to create lasting change for student health.
Thank you for being a friend of this movement for healthier, thriving kids.

In Gratitude and Health,
The Balanced Team

Fund School Microgrants

Help 10 schools transform their menus with our fiber-rich, plant-forward approach. Your donation funds a 10-week training program to empower food service teams to create healthier meals, improve student mental and physical well-being, and promote better academic and health outcomes. Every $500 raised allows Balanced to support one school in the likeness of our Illinois Plant-Based Pilot Grant, impacting thousands of school meals.
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Support Balanced's Mission

Join us in revolutionizing public health! Your gift powers Balanced’s critical programs: Community Advocacy, Institutional Support, and Nutrition Research & Policy. Together, we’re working to close the fiber gap, prevent diet-related diseases, and ensure every student can access nutritious school meals. Help us make nutrition security a reality by supporting our efforts to reshape food environments and fuel people with nourishing food.
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