Youth get confidence & joy from SEEDS
Investing in our youth is not just an investment in the present, but also in the future resilience of our communities. After school programs play a pivotal role in providing…
Growing Better Tomorrows for Michiganders
Growing Better Tomorrows for Michiganders Posted by SEEDS on Dec 23 , 2022 - 07:06 am During 2022, we worked in 15 Michigan counties and hosted SEEDS Centers in Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Osceola, and Wexford. Your donations help us continue to spread and deepen our impact across Michigan! Donate Today! Preparing young leaders [...]
Summer Camp was a Blast!
Summer Camp was a Blast! Posted by SEEDS on Aug 22 , 2022 - 01:05 pm We served 288 local students this summer, getting outside, learning while having fun, and making lasting memories! Here are some highlights from our six incredible weeks of summer camp at our eleven partner schools! BENZIE COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS Benzie [...]
SEEDS EcoSchool = Summer Memories
SEEDS EcoSchool = Summer Memories Posted by SEEDS EcoSchool on Jun 13 , 2022 - 07:55 am Above: Benzie Central High School & Academy students learn about piping plover habitat and nesting behavior on Lake Michigan shorelines with the National Park Service. Summer camp is kicking off! At our eleven partner schools, hundreds of local [...]
SEEDS EcoSchool Students Making Maple Syrup!
SEEDS EcoSchool Students Making Maple Syrup! Posted by SEEDS on Apr 20 , 2022 - 07:56 pm Above: SEEDS EcoSchool students have fun outside while their freshly harvested sap boils at the sugar shack at Forest Area Middle School. SEEDS EcoSchool is making maple syrup and memories! SEEDS EcoSchool at Forest Area Middle School [...]
SEEDS Gets Kids Outside Year Round!
SEEDS Gets Kids Outside Year Round! Posted by SEEDS on Mar 08 , 2022 - 06:32 am Above: SEEDS students Sawyer, Gema, Freya, and Saige at Rapid City Elementary School find and identify animal tracks in the woods behind their playground. SEEDS is getting hundreds of kids outside this winter! Exploring nature and learning together [...]
Diving into Watershed Education
Diving into Watershed Education Posted by SEEDS on Nov 13 , 2021 - 11:03 am Above: Benzie Central Middle School students sail Lake Michigan with SEEDS After School and Inland Seas Education Association. SEEDS and Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) partnered up and brought enriching watershed-related STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) projects to [...]
Hooking Kids on Learning
Hooking Kids on Learning Posted by SEEDS on May 20 , 2021 - 07:28 am Above: SEEDS After School fourth-grader Brayden works on his fly-fishing skills prior to the family event at the Marion Mill Pond. The family event was part of a series of activities that taught students about water quality and ecosystems. [...]
Sweet Return
Sweet Return Posted by SEEDS on Nov 06 , 2020 - 09:02 pm Above: Students and staff of the SEEDS After School program at Forest Area Middle School welcome the new sugar shack to the school forest. The sugar shack will provide place-based education in making maple syrup, as well as serve as an outdoor [...]
Bubbles Returns Home!
Bubbles Returns Home! Posted by SEEDS on May 28 , 2019 - 12:21 pm SEEDS After School students at Rapid City Elementary escorted their classroom Nme (Lake Sturgeon in Anishinaabemowin) to the Black River. They named the juvenile sturgeon "Bubbles" and supported the fingerling's growth until the fish grew close to a foot in length. In [...]
