Now is the time to join
Patchworks' efforts toward a sustainable future for our children! Here are some ways you can support the future:
1. Become
a Friend of Patchworks-- *LEAP! with us to a more sustainable future. DEDUCT
FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD EACH MONTH to:
LEAP!
Across the universe for all of life now and in the future $500./month
LEAP! For Mother
Earth which is the only home for us and our kids $250./month
LEAP! For Our Children who
really need our help now $100/month
LEAP! For all the Plants and Animals which make our life so
happy $50./month
LEAP! For Local Farms which give us healthy food $25./month
LEAP! For Joy, period! $____./month
2.
MAKE A TAX DEDUCTABLE DONATION BY CHECK to Patchworks Farm and receive our gratitude in good measure. OR Click on this
Pay Pal button to donate any amonut.
3. GROW YOUR OWN GARDEN AT PATCHWORKS.
Rent a 900 sq. ft garden space at the farm and
join us in changing the soil into beauitful, healthy, organically managed food. Grow with us and harvest for your home
table. We charge $70 per month for your space. We will help you plant and provide water, soil amendments and tools,
and you can take $70 worth of what you grow and leave the rest for us to sell in our boxes or at our produce stands.
This is a chance for a real farm experience for you and your kids. You may also use your credit card to charge your
monthly rental fee. Farm plots are open May 1, 2009.
Here's some of the ways that you could invest in a sustainable future
with your dollars:
$10,000
could pay for one of these needs:
- Yurt type classroom
near outdoor kitchen
- Salary for a director for
3 months
- Salary for part time office
assistant
- Funding for 5 interns for 5 weeks
- Funding for group leader/ farm assistant for 4 weeks
- Diesel Tractor
- Green house(s) with closed water system
$5,000 could pay for:
- A walk in cooler for the barn
$1,000 could pay for one of these needs:
- Dry goods storage room in barn
- Lighting for the barn
- Plywood/insulation
and sealer for winterizing barn
- Low water
irrigation system for 1 acre.
$500. could pay for one of these needs:
- rent for porta potty for 6 months
- Rent for farm for one month
- Program fees for
one student for one month
- 2 market canopies for outdoor
markets
- One ad in the local paper
$100 could pay for one of these needs:- Office supplies
- Seeds for 1 acre
- Paint for the
van
- 50 feet of irrigation hose
- a pond pump
- pond
liner
$50 could pay for one of these needs:
- 50 Fish for the pond
- 25 artichoke plants
- 2 fruit trees
$5 could pay for one of these needs:
