The city of Mesa is excited to announce the Mesa Youth Climate Action Fund (MYCAF) grant winners.
The program aims to empower young people to design, implement and govern actionable climate solutions. The application was open to youth ages 15 to 24 who reside in or attend school in the city of Mesa or whose initiatives directly benefit the city of Mesa. Grants of up to $5,000 were available.
"I am proud of these students who took the initiative to thoughtfully identify a climate issue in Mesa and develop a solution to address it," said Mesa Mayor John Giles. "Meaningful climate action will require innovation and engagement at every level and young people are great at thinking outside the box."
The grant recipients are:
- BASIS Environmental Club
- Dobson High School Future Farmers of America
- Dobson High School National Honor Society
- Dobson High School Orchestra Council Club
- Greenlight Solutions
- Heartwood Montessori
- Mesa High School Environmental Science Club
- Mountain View High School Gardening Club
- Mountain View High School Sonoran Photo Voltaic Lab
- Mountain View High School Student Council
- Red Mountain High School Girl Up
- Westwood High School Future Farmers of America
Grant winners will be recognized at a celebratory event where they can network with fellow recipients and meet with topic experts from the city of Mesa.
The event will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. at The Post, 26 N Macdonald. Bloomberg Philanthropies provided $50,000 in funding for the microgrants.
