WiseTribe Awarded $50,000 Grant From Impact 100 Men of Palm Beach County

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - June 3, 2021 - PRLog -- WiseTribe, a Delray Beach based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was named the winner of the $50,000 Impact 100 Men of Palm Beach County Grant at last night's award ceremony held in Delray Beach. Impact 100 Men supports organizations focused on children's activities and programs designed to educate and support south Palm Beach County communities. WiseTribe plans to use the funds to build an Outdoor Learning Lab STEM at SouthTech Preparatory Academy in Boynton Beach.

The Outdoor Learning Lab will be a fully functional outdoor classroom for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) learning. The space will be used to engage students and provide a natural, safe environment for effective learning with seating, whiteboards, shade, and features for teachers to enhance lesson plans. The lab will bring technology trends to life while teaching real-world science, engineering and economics.

Since 2016, WiseTribe has been dedicated to bringing community members from diverse backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups together to create innovative and scalable local solutions in the areas of food, education, and societal wellbeing.

"WiseTribe is honored to have been chosen as this year's grant awardee," said Jacqueline Botting, Founder of WiseTribe, "And I appreciate that the Impact 100 Men saw the potential for such an extremely exciting opportunity to take learning outdoors and innovate education towards real world problem solving and building a healthier future."

About WiseTribe
WiseTribe is a Delray Beach based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing community members from diverse backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups together to create innovative and scalable local solutions in the areas of food, learning, and wellbeing. As part of this mission, WiseTribe has partnered with SouthTech Preparatory Academy to launch the Food Citizenship Institute, where the central focus is to serve Palm Beach County's youth with food sustainability programming. The FCI empowers children to design and build community food solutions that combat food insecurity, economic barriers to healthy food access, and the impact of industrial food production on soil quality, nutrition, and climate change. To learn more, visit https://wisetribe.us.