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
