Donations and Volunteer Opportunities
Donations and Volunteer Opportunities
Tollgate is a local learning community, and the Tollgate Education Team has put together the following wish list for some important supplies and volunteer needs for our upcoming place-based education programs and camps. Please contact Ellen Koehler if you have any of these items to donate or are interested in volunteering.
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DONATIONS (Please only gently used or new condition):
- Microscopes, stereoscopes especially that link to large screens/screens
- Science gauges to test water and soil quality, light meter
- I-pads, multiple
- Data plan for I-pads
- Telescopes, 2 high quality telescopes for youth
- High quality children's literature specifically from 'What's In The Library?' book-list (farm, nature, sustainability, DEI)
- Tents for camping, 3 - 6 person
- Camping stoves
- Carding machine for history of wool processing programs
- Dry erase board, multiple sizes
- Children's garden gloves
- Child sized wheelbarrows, garden tools (high quality, for early elementary)
- Enviroscape watershed model
- Dog or cat crates, large for traveling animals
- Baby fences for animals
- Kitchen blender
- Crock pots
- Clean, empty glass baby food jars
- Clean, empty 1 gallon transparent milk jugs (for mini-greenhouses)
- Empty 2 liter pop bottles (for rain gauges)
- Large cardboard boxes
- Outdoor children's clothing (gloves, coats, jackets, hats, socks, etc.)
- Rain gear or ponchos (all children's sizes)
- Warm snow boots (all children's sizes)(used is fine)
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Volunteers to:
- Office support tasks
- Demonstrate spinning/weaving at future Sheep to Sweater programs
- Lead volunteer committees for Pumpkinfest 2021
- Mentor a 2021 Advanced Stewards Sustainability Teen Leader