EcoSchool
We're overjoyed to share that federal funding to support SEEDS EcoSchool for the 2025-2026 school year has been released! This means that after school programming in Benzie, Kaleva, Mesick, Fife Lake, Kalkaska, and Marion will continue as originally planned this fall.
Our most genuine and heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated in support during the freeze and for everyone who advocated for the funds to be unfrozen!
While we're still fighting for the remaining funding that was promised to us through 2029, you can support our work by saying YES to kids!
Share the message!
Has SEEDS EcoSchool made a positive impact on your child?
Please consider telling us how so we can inspire more people to support this program.
Post it online: Tag us on Facebook and Instagram at @seedstc and use the hashtag #SEEDSEcoSchool
Send it to us: Send an email to at hello@ecoseeds.org.
Let your child say it! Have your child write or draw what they love about SEEDS and send it to us or to your elected representative.
SEEDS EcoSchool brings place-based learning opportunities to students across Northern Michigan. Teaching staff prioritize hands-on and outdoor activities that develop leadership, life skills, and resilience.
Since 2009, thousands of K-12 students have been greeted by name by SEEDS staff and shepherded into high quality, engaging, and safe after school spaces to explore and learn. Every day, these students get dinner, healthy role models and mentors, and really fun hands-on activities thanks to support from Michigan Department of Education.
Click here to review key statistics that illustrate the benefits of our after school program.
Where We Learn
SEEDS EcoSchool hosts regular after school programs at 15 different schools throughout northwest lower Michigan.
The EcoSchool Blog
Alex and Anna are helping mentor elementary students in SEEDS EcoSchool, the same program they attended as elementary students. Both seniors at Kalkaska High School, they worked with SEEDS EcoSchool this past summer as summer camp staff and found their time with the younger students very rewarding.
Kids need a place where they can belong, where they can be themselves, learn about the world around them, and grow healthy relationships with their peers and mentors. SEEDS EcoSchool is that place for hundreds of students across Northern Michigan.
“I would say that my time in SEEDS made me more successful in high school and helped make me the way I am today.”
