WKTY CARES SUPPORTS GROW LA CROSSE

GROW La Crosse has been connecting youth to healthy foods and nature for over 10 years, supporting meaningful hands-on garden-based learning for youth in the Coulee Region. Partnering with schools in the community, GROW provides garden maintenance and care and garden lessons for those students at that school. They also work out of the greenhouse on Western’s campus and bring students for field trips in the winter months. 

GROW’s main goal is to help introduce students and children to where their food comes from, and help encourage them to be active participants in eating healthy food. In a typical year, they work with over 3000 students in the Coulee Region, and in just the first 3 months of 2025, have had over 1600 students come into their field trips.

Thanks to our sponsors,  Kratt Lumber Company and Performance Foodservice, WKTY was able to donate $1,000 to support GROW La Crosse’s mission to connect youth with healthy food and nature. 

CLICK HERE for more info on GROW and their field trips and programs, including their Summer Farm Camp. They always welcome volunteers, and offer flexible schedules for those donating their time and talents. You can also make a monetary donation, if you’re able, to help provide high quality hands-on garden, farm and greenhouse seed to table learning experiences.