Here are some of the items that are needed right now by Village Harvest
to run our programs. Please consider if you have any of these items to
lend or donate, or can make a contribution for us to purchase these items.
If you have preserving or garden related items that you'd like to free
yourself of and don't see it on the list, contact us as we can often find
good uses for many items. We're very resourceful.
Thank you for your support to grow Village Harvest.
| Program |
Item |
Purpose |
Quantity Needed |
Est Cost
(Total) |
| Harvesting for the Hungry |
Tree Shakers - Pole & Hook |
Harvesting French Plum orchards |
0 - Thank you! |
$40 |
| |
Harvesting Sleeves - Heavy Canvas |
Protecting volunteer forearms from thorns,
especially useful for lemons |
0 - Thank you! |
$45 |
| |
Cotton Work Gloves |
Volunteer use while harvesting fruit |
50 pairs each S, M & L |
$120 |
| |
Portable Freight Scale |
Weighing harvested fruit after community
harvesting events |
1 |
$150 |
| |
Tarps |
Harvesting Plum & Apple orchards |
0 - Thank you! |
$150 |
| |
Aluminum Orchard Ladders |
Equip gleaning volunteers |
0 - 8' Thank you!, 1 - 10', 1- 12' |
$150-200 each |
| |
Milk Crates (or Agricultural Crates) |
Distributing harvested fruit |
100 - 200 |
$700 - 1400 |
| |
Flat Boxes |
Distributing summer fruit |
1000's |
?? |
| |
Extension Fruit Pickers |
Volunteer use to harvest fruit |
0 - Thank you! |
$800 |
| |
Steel Picking Buckets |
Used to carry fruit while on ladders |
5 w/ hooks |
$125 |
| Preserving from the Garden |
16 Qt Heavy Bottom, Stainless Stock Pot |
Currently have one. A second pot
would enable multiple batches of preserves to be made in parallel. |
0 - Thank you! |
$45 |
| |
Cotton Aprons |
Volunteer use while making preserves. |
6 |
$50 |
| |
Canning Racks |
Hot Water Bath processing preserves |
0 - Thank you! |
$60 |
| |
Fabric for tablecloths |
Covering tables at preserve sales and
educational events |
8 tableclothes, matching |
$75 |
| |
22 Qt Pressure Canner (with calibratable
meter) |
Workshops and preserving non-acid foods. |
1 |
$90 |
| |
Kitchen Stools |
For resting our hinies during marathon
preserving sessions |
6 |
?? |
| |
Temperature controlled storage unit |
Storing preserve inventory and preserving
equipment and supplies (jars, caps,...) |
10'x10' |
$125/month |
| |
Use of Commercial Canning Kitchen |
Increase production and productivity of
making preserves for fund raising. |
monthly |
?? |
| |
Shrink Wrap Equipment & Supplies |
For creating gift boxes and baskets of
preserves |
|
$600 |
| |
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| Homeowner Education |
Copy Services for Fruit Tree Care
Instructions |
Educate homeowners on proper care and
pruning of their fruit trees |
0 - Thank you! |
$75 |
| |
Poster Frames |
Educational poster boards at public events |
6 matching - 3
purchased thank you! |
$120 |
| |
Easels |
Displaying educational posters at public
events |
6 matching |
$150 |
