Announcing the 2020 Sponsor-a-Hive Awardees

We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2020 Sponsor-a-Hive program, a wide range of schools, gardens, and community groups willing to open their hearts and roll up their sleeves to help build a more sustainable future.

TBC’s flagship program gifts bee homes, equipment, and educational support to awardees, and for the 2020 award focused exclusively on native bee homes. This emphasis comes at a critical time: in the midst of an environmental crisis that has left one in four of North America’s 4,000 bee species at risk of extinction. The Sponsor-a-Hive program gives local communities a chance to protect the keystone species that are responsible for pollinating one-third of the food we eat and lie at the heart of countless ecosystems — all while bolstering local ecology, food production, educational programs, and community resilience.

Bee-hind the scenes: Building bee homes at Brooklyn Woods.

Without further ado, here are the 2020 Sponsor-a-Hive awardees who, depending on their scope and scale of impact, received one or two of our exclusive native bee houses! (Note: this list is updated regularly as we receive confirmation of acceptance from our awardees.)

College & University

• City of Orlando (Orlando, FL)
• Highland Community Ministries (Louisville, KY)
• Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (Kingsbridge, BX)

Community Gardens

• Brooklyn Heights Community Garden (Nashville, TN)
• Circle of Light Associates (COLA) (Saint Louis, MO)
• Earth Folk Collective/ Fonticello Food Forest (Richmond, VA)
• East Cooper Land Trust (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
• Go Green Meridian (Meridian, MS)
• Growling Garden (Pocatello, ID)
• International Rescue Committee (New York, NY)
• Libby’s Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation (Orlando, FL)
• Love A Sea Turtle – LAST (Winterville, NC)
• NDSU Extension: Dickey County (Ellendale, ND)
• ONE More… ONE Less Mentoring (Baltimore, MD)
• Open Space Committee (Pembroke, MA)
• RONS Farm-AC Center Inc (New Baltimore, MI))
• St. Michael’s University Church (Isla Vista, CA)
• The Open Door (Eagan, MN)
• Bees in the D (Detroit, MI)
• Brooklyn Heights Community Garden (Nashville, TN)
• Circle of Light Associates (COLA) (Saint Louis, MO)
• Earth Folk Collective/ Fonticello Food Forest (Richmond, VA)
• East Cooper Land Trust (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
• Go Green Meridian (Meridian, MS)
• Growling Garden (Pocatello, ID)
• International Rescue Committee (New York, NY)
• Libby’s Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation (Orlando, FL)
• Love A Sea Turtle – LAST (Winterville, NC)
• ONE More… ONE Less Mentoring (Baltimore, MD)
• Open Space Committee (Pembroke, MA)
• RONS Farm-AC Center Inc (New Baltimore, MI))
• St. Michael’s University Church (Isla Vista, CA)

Elementary Schools

• Ancona School (Chicago, IL)
• Antwerp Local Schools (Antwerp, OH)
• Aurora Waasakone Community of Learners (Bemidji, MN)
• Baltic School and Community Garden (Baltic, SD)
• Chicago City Day School (Chicago, IL)
• Colo-NESCO Elementary (Zearing, IA)
• Community Roots Academy (Laguna Niguel, CA)
• El Dorado Gifted and Talented Department of El Dorado Public School Sysytem (El Dorado, AR)
• Fauquier County Public Schools (Warrenton, VA)
• First Baptist Church School (Beeville, TX)
• Hawlemont Regional (Charlemont, MA)
• Joseph H. Brensinger Elementary School PS 17 (Jersey City, NJ)
• Penn Alexander (Philadelphia, PA)
• Priceville Elementary (Decatur, AL)
• Queen of Peace School (Salem, OR)
• R.B. Wright Elementary (Moultrie, GA)
• Red Cottage Montessori School (Red Wing, MN)
• Reeths-Puffer Schools (Muskegon, MI)
• Sand Hill (Carrollton, GA)
• Stony Brook Elementary (Pennington, NJ)
• The Waldorf School of Atlanta (Decatur, GA)

Environmental Center

• Cedar Crest Camp, Cedar Crest Environmental Education (Lyles, TN)
• Genovesi Environmental Study Center (Brooklyn, NY)
• Greenbelt Conservancy (Staten Island, NY)
• Hawk Mountain Earth Center (Newark, NJ)
• Intervale Center (Burlington, VT)
• Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center (Wheeling, WV)
• Severson Learning Center (Cambridge, WI)
• Sugar Grove Nature Center (McLean, IL)

Food Bank or Community Garden

• Keep Genesee County Beautiful (Flint, MI)
• The Open Door (Eagan, MN)

High Schools

• John Bowne H.S. Agriculture Program (Flushing, NY)
• OHS HOO Club (Ooltewah, TN)
• Pathways at Pine Grove/South Alternative Learning Center (Melbourne, FL)
• Ridgeview High School National Honor Society (Green Cove Springs, FL)
• Save the Bees Club- Oak Park High School (Oak Park, CA)
• Sussex County Technical School (Sparta, NJ)
• Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences (Tulsa, OK)
• West Rowan FFA (Mt Ulla, NC)

Middle Schools

• Arthur Morgan School (Burnsville, NC)
• Baldwin County Schools (Milledgeville, GA)
• Berrien Middle School (Nashville, GA)
• East Washington Middle School (Pekin, IN)
• Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Bellevue, WA)
• Lincoln Middle School (Pullman, WA)
• Moore Intermediate School (Florence, SC)
• PHMS Bee Club (Hutchinson, KS)
• Renaissance Montessori School (Nokesville, VA)
• Wayland Union Schools (Wayland, MI)
• Westridge Middle School (Orlando, FL)

Nature Preserves

• Friends of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve (Glen Cove, NY)
• Ohio Bird Sanctuary (Mansfield, OH)
• Pottawattamie Conservation (Council Bluffs, IA)
• Wehr Nature Center (Franklin, WI)

Nonprofit Urban Farms

• Benton Family Farm (Walton, KY)
• Detroit Hives (Detroit, MI)
• Earth Matter NY (New York, NY)
• Mandy’s Farm (Albuquerque, NM)
• Newburgh Urban Farm and Food, Inc. (Newburgh, NY)
• Our Giving Garden (Mabletob, GA)
• Samaritan Community Center (Rogers, AR)
• Stacy’s Funny Farm (Lake Forest Park, WA)
• Urban Harvest STL (St. Louis, MO)
• Urban Roots MN (St. Paul, MN)

Other Nonprofit or Community Organization

• Blackland Community Development Corporation (Austin, TX)
• Bridges For Brain Injury (Farmington, NY)
• Carry The Cross Ministries (Kansas City, KS)
• Charlson Meadows (Excelsior, MN)
• City of Hamilton, OH (Department of Neighborhoods) (Hamilton, OH)
• East New York 4 Gardens (Brooklyn, Evans City Public Library (Evans City, PA)
• Eastern Region Association of Forest and Nature Schools, INC. (Glen Arm, MD)
• Evans City Public Library (Evans City, PA)
• Hampton Master Gardeners (Hampton, VA)
• Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America (Cedar Rapids, IA)
• Learning 4 LIfe Farm (Johnstown, OH)
• Makoce Agriculture Development (Porcupine, SD)
• Queens Botanical Garden (Flushing, NY)
• R.E.A.C.H. Community Economic Development Corporation Inc. (Woodson, AR)
• Seeds of Living Education (Hamburg, NY)
• Slow Food USA, Inc. (Scottsdale, AR)
• St. Mark’s & St. John’s Episcopal Church (Rochester, NY)
• Tailored Rides Equine Assisted Therapy Inc (Paris, TX)
• Thern Farm (New London, WI)
• Virginia Free Farm at Spotted Pig Holler (Kents Store, VA)
• Veterans’ Ecological Trades Collective (Centralia, WA)
• Yeyo Arts Collective (St. Louis, MO)
• Youth & Family Services, Inc. (Rapid City, SD)

Public Park

• City of Binghamton Parks & Recreation (Binghampton, NY)
• City of Ocala Florida Recreation and Parks (Ocala, FL)
• Friends of Mill Ridge Park (Antioch, TN)
• Mackinaw Area Historical Society (Mackinaw City, MI)
• Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural, & Educational Center (Salmon, ID)
• Scissortail Park Foundation (Oklahoma City, OK)
• The Battery Conservancy (New York, NY)
• Washington Square Park Conservancy (New York, NY)

Tribal Organizations

• Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, OK)
• Prairie Island Indian Community (Welch, MN)

Zoo

• Prospect Park Zoo (Brooklyn, NY)
• Queens Zoo (Queens, NY)
• Staten Island Zoo (Staten Island, NY)
• Wild Hearts African Farm (Lewisburg, OH)
• Motley Zoo (Redmond, WA)