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