Plant*Grow*Eat Bus Sponsorship

Your $350 donation sponsors an entire busload of students!

The San Diego County Fair’s Plant*Grow*Eat program teaches children about agriculture and nutrition. The Don Diego Bus Program enables students from low-income areas to participate. For many children, this marks their first time to the Fair; for some, their first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean!

Fair staff visit elementary classrooms throughout the county to provide growing materials.
Students learn how to plant a seed, help it grow, and eat the veggie or edible flower.
During the Fair, students bring their plants to be judged and tasted.
They also visit Ag areas to learn more about farming and nutrition — and to have a great time!

How It Works

Bus sponsors receive great publicity, including a big sign for “your” bus.
You also will receive free Fair parking and admission, so you can meet the students and watch the judging. (We’ll even provide a crash course in radish judging, if you wish!)
You’ll get photos with the kids and their plants and enjoy a memorable day.
For information, contact dondiego@sdfair.com

“We support Don Diego’s PlantGrowEat Bus Program because it’s important for children to learn how their food is grown; it’s the basis for healthy eating. It’s fun to see the kids enjoying the fruits of their labor and tasting their crops. I tell them not to worry about a little dirt; just go ahead and take a bite!”

Marie Kelley and Stephanie Sibley

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