AGGIE GREEN FUND 
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
AGGIE GREEN FUND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
The Gardens at Texas A&M use their Aggie Green Fund Micro Grant to enhance their volunteer program with essential gardening tools and equipment. This project combines inclusive outreach with hands-on horticultural expertise to foster stewardship and sustainability. Funds support the purchase of durable, accessible tools tailored to volunteer needs. Adding new tools to their fleet allows them to replace aging equipment and increase capacity for the number of volunteers they can support during a workday or project. Service learning is at the core of our volunteer program. Our hope is that the equipment empowers volunteers to care for the land, learn new skills, and grow a stronger community—one garden bed at a time.
Twice a year, the Business Student Council puts on a festival outside of Mays where they provide free food and activities, and sell clothing and accessories to business students. In the past, they've paid for and given out plastic bags to students when they purchased clothing items, adding to the trillions of plastics bags wasted every year. The goal of this project is to replace those plastic bags with high-quality, insulated grocery totes that serve more purpose than transporting a few t-shirts to students houses. They plan to incorporate a sustainably-oriented design, as well as flyers with information on the benefits of using reusable grocery totes to encourage continuous use of these products.