Donation & Sponsorship Opportunities
Growing Agriculture Together
Juneberry Education Foundation is always looking for ways to help students grow while maintaining our mission: to inspire current and future farmers to reimagine the agricultural landscape in North Carolina through the study, research, and real-world application of regenerative farming. What better way to inspire future farmers, scientists, and community builders, than to offer low-cost, high-investment student worker positions! In order for us to continue these, we have many opportunities to sponsor a student or donate to a program.
Donations & Sponsorships help us be able to keep the mission alive, bring in groups to learn about improving their environment, and send out well-trained scholars into the workforce. We cannot do it without people like you!
All donations go through our stripe donations link. To make a donation, click the button below and follow the Stripe instructions. If you would like to sponsor a student position or donate to a specific program, please place a comment in the provided area.
Sponsor a Student
Through various opportunities, students can join our living classroom to learn about regenerative agriculture, choose specific tracks to focus on, and spend time gaining hands-on experience in the world of agriculture. By sponsoring a student, you help open positions for students while supporting JEF’s goal to send trained, high-performing students to higher education and into the workforce.
$1,200 - High School Intern
High school interns come from any of our local high schools to work 10 hours per week, totaling 120-160 hours per semester. They learn skills in their chosen department while learning workplace values, earning resume experience, and receiving school credit. $1,200 sponsors one student’s wages. We can have 2 students per semester, providing 4 opportunities to sponsor a high school intern.
$1,200 - Community College Intern
Community College interns come from any of our local community colleges to work 10 hours per week, totaling 120-160 hours per semester. They learn skills in their chosen department while learning workplace values, earning resume experience, and getting paid. $1,200 sponsors one student’s wages to work here. We can have 1 student per semester, providing 2 opportunities to sponsor a community college intern.
$1,800 - College Semester Intern
College semester interns come from any of our local colleges & universities to work 15 hours per week, totaling 240 hours per semester. They learn skills in their chosen department while learning workplace values, earning resume experience, and getting paid. $1,800 sponsors one student’s wages. We can have 1 student per semester, providing 2 opportunities to sponsor a college intern.
$3,500 - 1st Year Summer College Intern
Each summer, college students have the opportunity to apply and interview to work as an intern over the summer. This 10-week experience allows students to work with 2-3 teams within our living classroom to gain hands-on and real-world experience in different aspects of regenerative farming. A $3,500 donation helps cover the cost of 1 intern, including housing, a stipend, t-shirts, and take-home items. Each summer, JEF opens 6 positions for 1st year interns, providing 6 opportunities to donate.
$4,500 - 2nd Year Summer College Intern
Each summer, interns from the previous summer have the opportunity to apply for the 2nd year summer college intern position. As a 2nd-year intern, they will choose 1 team to work with and be a liaison between the 1st-year interns and JEF staff. A $4,500 donation helps cover the cost of housing, a stipend, t-shirts, and any take-home materials.
$1,200 - Pre-Apprentice
Pre-Apprentices typically complete a high school internship and then move into a pre-apprenticeship to prepare them to become an apprentice. They work 10 hours per week, totaling 120-160 hours per semester. They develop skills in their chosen apprenticeship track, which can be culinary, general farm worker (plants & animals), maintenance repairer, or landscape technician. $1,200 sponsors one student’s wages. We can have 1 per track, providing 4 opportunities to sponsor a pre-apprentice.
$20,000 - 1st Year Apprentice
Apprentices work 40 hours per week in the tracts of line cook, landscape technician, maintenance repairer, or general farm worker (plants & animals). While working a full 40 hours, they receive benefits/pay and complete continuing education classes, which are paid for by JEF. $20,000 covers wages, community college courses, benefits, and the experience for 1 student.
$25,000 - 2nd Year Apprentice
Apprentices work 40 hours per week in the maintenance & repair track to receive a certificate. While working a full 40 hours, they receive benefits/pay and complete continuing education classes, which are paid for by JEF. $25,000 covers wages, community college courses, benefits, and the experience for 1 student.
Donate to a Program
JEF offers many different programs where students learn about regenerative agriculture through engaging tours; topics include environmental stewardship, healthy lifestyles, and soil health. By donating to any of the below programs, you help keep these programs low-cost, high yield, and affordable for students of various ages while also supporting personal growth among students. Check out some programs you can donate to below:
$200 - Homeschool Activities
During our two 16-week homeschool semesters, students participate in weekly hands-on STEAM activities. A $200 donation helps cover the cost of the materials and supplies needed for these activities, experiments, and crafts. There are two 16-week homeschool semesters, providing two opportunities to donate.
$250 - Homeschool Curriculum
Homeschool enrichment uses a hands-on science curriculum from The Good and the Beautiful. A $250 donation helps cover the cost of the curriculum book, student journals, and curriculum-based reading materials that students can use to help strengthen literacy skills. There are two 16-week homeschool semesters, providing two opportunities to donate.
$250 - Introductory Tours
JEF offers a variety of tours, including free options for educational organizations. To see tour topics and add-on options, click here. A $250 donation helps keep costs low (sometimes free) for groups, provides educational opportunities for the community, and moves our mission further.
$250 - Living Lab Experience
Living Labs are immersive programs where AP, college, or advanced studies students apply information learned in class to see it in action, touch living components, and solve real-world problems. We currently offer 2 different options: aquaponics & soil. This goes deep into science & math concepts to apply in the agricultural world. $250 covers materials, take-home items, teaching time, curriculum-aligned worksheets for application, and more for one course.
$500 - Farm Camp
Farm Camp is a 4-day-long camp that allows rising 3rd through 6th graders the opportunity to learn about regenerative agriculture, soil & water conservation, plant & animal production, and culinary practices. A $500 donation helps purchase materials and supplies, t-shirts, and take-home items, and covers transportation costs. There are three weeks of farm camp, providing three opportunities to donate.
$1,000 - T-shirts for Students
JEF supplies t-shirts for interns, apprentices, farm camp students, our homeschool students, and volunteers. A $1,000 donation helps cover the cost of these t-shirts and supports JEF’s outreach efforts.
$1,500 - Piedmont Ag Scholars
Piedmont Ag Scholars is a program for top-notch regenerative ag-focused high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors. This program is designed to build professional skills, assist in career planning & resume building, and connect like-minded peers while demonstrating regenerative agriculture practices to those who will be the next generation of farmers. Students must be nominated by an educator, apply, and may interview. $1,500 covers the whole program for 15 students, including farm-to-fork experience, teaching time, transportation fees, and take-home items.
$1,800 - 3rd Grade Ag Day
3rd Grade Ag Day is an annual 2-day event where 3rd graders from across the county come to Juneberry to learn about various agricultural sectors. During Ag Day, students rotate through 16 stations to learn from industry professionals and gain hands-on experience with plants, animals, soil, and more. A $1,800 donation helps cover the costs of setup, a bathroom trailer, tents, water, snacks for volunteers, and take-home items for students.