Teachers
“The in-person visit really is significant for my students to engage and connect to the content. I love the activities and materials provided. Always high quality. Thank you so much!”
– Carolynn Enns, South Oaks Elementary, Grade 2
“This was my first experience having a volunteer in the classroom. It was such a great experience! I learned so much and was so excited to share the presentation with my family and friends. I will definitely recommend this program to my co-workers and continue to do it for future years! So well organized and the supplies were such an amazing bonus. Thank you!”
– Danika Romaniw, Bernie Wolfe School, Grades 1, 2
“Most of the young children who live in urban areas think that their food comes from the grocery store. They do not think how the vegetables, fruits, grains meats and products got there. CALM brings young adults to share their personal agricultural story and have engaging activities to explore where our food comes from.”
–Sheila Verhaeghe, Ecole Neil Campbell School, Grade 2/3
“My students live on a farm but they still learned so much from this presentation.”
– Jennifer Nesbitt, Bon Homme Colony School, Kindergarten, Grade 4
“The students were actually wonder-struck at the way food is produced.”
– Harbans Rihal, Greenway School, Grade 4
Volunteers
“As a first time CALM volunteer, I was nervous but I had so much fun! The kids were entertaining and engaged, and told me all about their own knowledge of farming (one student's grandparents in India farmed) and about their own backyard gardens and compost. It was great to see how excited they got about the food waste prevention, as they really understood that those were actions they can (and in some cases already do) implement at home!”
– Lynda Nicol, Manitoba Association of Watersheds
“The principal of the school stayed for the class. It was the first time a CALM presentation had been to their school. She said it was excellent and she was going to promote CALM registering for CALM sessions to all of her staff for 2024! Excellent resources, PowerPoint template, and virtual training session! This CALM session could certainly be used again next year.”
– Gina Sunderland, Manitoba Chicken Producers
“I think the best part was seeing the kids engage in the activity and having them relate a specific crop type to a food that they would eat on a regular basis. When looking at wheat, I asked if anyone had toast for breakfast and one student said that he had a bagel instead. It lead into a whole conversation about how many things could be made from wheat and they all seemed to be listening intently as we went through that part. I wish I had signed up for more presentations! It was an absolute blast and very well put together!”
–Thomas Cuddy, Pitura Seeds
“It was wonderful time. The kids touched the samples, answered questions and were greatly involved. I enjoyed that very much. We spoke about agriculture and logistics, geography and climate, I shared “my story” about living in Ukraine, about our flag and the symbol of grain on it. Thank you again for the great opportunity to be a part of such a helpful and important project.”
– Tetiana Dosuzha, Cargill