Needs

Here’s a list of current needs and a link to download the list for distribution.

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View a printer friendly version/ download as a pdf here: ENCM Needs list 2009

NEEDS LIST:

(bold denotes immediate need)

Time:

  • We need volunteers Monday, Tues, and Thursday between 9:30 and 2:00pm to help with our basic operations: folding and hanging clothes, packing food boxes, sweeping and mopping, light computer data entry.
  • Mondays from 8:30-Noon we need help with food deliveries from Second Harvest.
  • Organize and facilitate an ENCM video showing, presentation, related bible study, or sermon.
  • Plan and execute an ENCM fundraiser.
  • Participate on standing committees and help at ENCM sponsored events.

In-Kind Donations:

  • ALL second-hand clothes
  • 40 – 55 gallon trash bags
  • Paper towels
  • Toilet paper
  • FOOD: non-perishable—preferably canned goods and noodles/pasta
  • FOOD: surplus from home gardens
  • Garden tools and materials
  • Kitchen and yard waste for compost
  • Postage Stamps
  • White printer paper
  • DVD player

Monetary Donations:

  • We need financial support to replace or repair the following (designated gifts accepted):
    • Replace faulty front door
    • Tint South facing window in lobby
    • Replace and repair loose and broken tiles on floor
    • Replace freestanding walls for pantry and screening office
    • Repair large deep freezer
    • Replace old standup freezer
    • Replace damaged concrete sidewalk
    • Replace broken windows in bathroom
    • Repair basement plumbing
    • Replace gutters and downspouts
  • We need financial support for the following new items:
    • Awning over front door
  • We need financial support for our general budget for onsite and offsite operations:
    • Onsite: Food pantry; Clothing store; Community garden
    • Offsite: Satellite community gardens; Edible schoolyards; Wellness camp

Capital Projects:

  • The following projects require funding and people-power (may duplicate above).
    • Build new and repair old shelving in pantry
    • Build garden shed for tool co-op and garden material
    • Build raised beds
    • Install home gardens
    • Patch and paint exterior of building
    • Patch and paint interior of building
    • Repair or replace downspouts
    • Paint a 15’x40’ mural
    • Repair chain link fence and barbed wire around property

Wish List:

  • New tile Floor
  • New Laptop
  • Projector for presentations
  • Replacement  refrigerator
  • Replacement  deep freezer
  • Commercial kitchen appliances
  • Addition of second office