GROW and Project Amigo
Through your support of the GROW Program, together we have helped workers and families in the banana growing regions by way of Project Amigo. Thanks to the GROW Fund, Project Amigo can find the...
View ArticleGROWing the Importance of Family
August is Family Fun Month, a time to celebrate the importance of family. It is necessary to highlight what GROW has done and before GROW Month begins, express the value of family to your customers....
View ArticleFurther Youth Education and Development with GROW
August is the time for families to prepare their children to go back to school. But for some areas around the world, many young people do not have the opportunity to receive a formal education. When...
View ArticleGROW Scholars Find Comfort in Casa Amiga
Through the funding of the GROW program, your support not only gives hope to those who strive for a better education, but also a safe place to live. Thanks to the GROW program, nonprofits like Project...
View ArticleGROW Bananas Help Expand Casa Amiga
Since 2002, Casa Amiga has helped numerous college students find safe and secure private housing for those who could not afford to live near the University of Colima after high school. A major...
View ArticleHelp Teach Others the Value of Literacy with GROW Bananas
Happy GROW Month! September is a special time not just for Organics Unlimited but also for those who advocate literacy. It is National School Success Month, Library Card Sign-Up Month, and September 8...
View ArticleGROW Bananas Help Educate and Create Scholars
This past 2012-2013 school year, Project Amigo saw eleven students graduate from high school and eleven students from college – the largest group of Project Amigo scholars ever to move on through high...
View ArticleGROW Bananas and Early Childhood Education Program in Guayaquil, Ecuador
During GROW Month we would like to take a moment to recognize National Child Care Week. Childhood development and education are greatly important to us. Your support of GROW bananas helps us provide...
View ArticleGROW Back to School 2013
For many youths in the U.S., September is the time when school kicks back into gear; some may even be preparing for midterms. But in some countries, families may not have the economic resources to...
View ArticleCONTEST: Win a Weeklong Volunteer Experience in Colima, Mexico with GROW and...
We are ending GROW Month this year with a spectacular chance to work alongside those who your support has benefited. Starting today, one lucky winner – and their guest – may enter to win a wonderful,...
View ArticleGROW at Work in Mexico
Occasionally we get an opportunity in our lives to do something that we feel really makes a difference. Last week was one of those occasions for me, so I wanted to share the experience. Through a...
View ArticleProject Amigo Celebrates their Christmas Fiesta
As GROW, the non-profit label of Organics Unlimited, continues to flourish, the more opportunities the workers and families in the banana growing regions of Mexico and Ecuador gain. One of the...
View ArticleGROW Students Celebrate Project Amigo’s 9th Annual Encuentro
Project Amigo, a non-profit GROW supports, had their 9th Annual Encuentro, or College Student Retreat. This was held last month in Cofradia de Suchitlán to celebrate the holidays. Of the 31 students...
View ArticleOrganics Unlimited Sends Lucky Winner to GROW Volunteer Week in Mexico
San Diego, CA (December 11, 2013) – Following GROW Month in September, a month-long awareness campaign for their non-profit banana label, Organics Unlimited co-hosted a giveaway with San Diego grocer...
View ArticleGROWing Outside of the Classroom with Project Amigo
This past January, volunteers from the Project Amigo English as a Second Language Work Week assisted nearly 30 Project Amigo staff members and scholarship students on a day trip with 111 kids at La...
View Article17 Fun Alternative Uses of Bananas for Kids
Did you know there are many alternative uses bananas other than eating them? That’s because bananas are a super fruit with so many interesting qualities and characteristics that cannot be contained;...
View ArticleSupport Volunteer Opportunities with GROW Bananas
Celebrate those that volunteer on April 20 for Volunteer Recognition Day. Organics Unlimited held a contest for one lucky winner to receive a paid volunteer trip experience with Project Amigo in...
View ArticleHAPPY GROW MONTH!
If you would like to learn more about GROW, please visit GROWBananas.org. If you would like to sell GROW bananas in your stores please visit OrganicsUnlimited.com. Please follow GROW on Facebook and...
View ArticleGROW Month: An Uplifting Story from Project Amigo
Attending college can be a tough transition for some, while many youths in Mexico do not even have the opportunity to attend school after a certain age. Thanks to your support of the GROW program,...
View ArticleGROW Month 2014: GROW Scholars Celebrate the End of Summer
We love to see happy faces on all of the GROW scholars who have been given a better chance at education thanks to your support. Without The GROW Program, many of these kids would not have had the...
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