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Many items don't have to be new. A few things do have to be new.

Please contact us before making a large purchase.

Funding in lieu of an item below is also appreciated.

Hurricane Helene Relief


Creative Fundraising Ideas

Creative Fundraising

Support us from near and far: organize a fundraiser in your neighborhood. Here are some creative fundraising ideas:

  • Booksale
  • Yardsale
  • Art/Craft Fair
  • Concert
  • 5k run
  • Read-a-thon
  • Silent Auction
  • Volunteer-a-thon
  • Restaurant fundraiser
  • Birthday fundraiser
  • (ask for donations instead of gifts)

If you're local, check out Books for Good, a nonprofit used book store in Fletcher. Each book sold raises funds for the nonprofit specified by the person that donated that book.

Summer Programs

  • Garden Carts
  • Wheelbarrows
  • Five-gallon buckets
  • Watering Cans
  • Stretchy hoses
  • Contractor Hoses
  • Hammers
  • Shovels
  • Garden Tools
  • Plain tote bags 
  • Rolls of butcher paper
  • Misc Art Supplies
  • Funding for additional two full-time staffers
  • Volunteers
  • Interns

Adapted Programs

(Camp Lakey Gap &

Sunshine Retreats)

  • Hydraulic Chair Lift for Pool
  • An Adapted Playground
  • Small Shipping Container
    • for storage
  • Multi-passenger vehicle
    • Mini-van or larger
  • Additional electric golf cart
  • Canopy
  • Craft pompoms
    • A variety of sizes, colors, & textures
  • Large/oversized "popsicle"/craft sticks
  • Glue sticks
  • Poly spots
    • round & small rectangular
  • Funding - Donate here
    • to lower the cost to our campers
    • to increase staff pay
    • for additional full-time, year-round staffer
    • to make the pool able to be heated
  • Contributions to CLG's GoFundMe
  • Summer staff - Apply here


Materials not currently needed

  • Crayons
  • Standard-sized "popsicle"/craft sticks
  • CDs
  • Beads
  • Ribbon
  • Construction Paper
  • Yarn
  • Clothes Pins
  • Chenille sticks (pipe cleaners)
  • Glue bottles
  • Shipping Container(s)
    • Ask for details
  • 25x food-safe 3-gallon buckets with lids
    • for food waste collection
  • 10 wooden pallets in good shape
  • Volunteers
  • Interns

Housekeeping

  • 102 Sheets, Queen White Fitted
  • Must be new
  • Sleeper sofa for
  • Guest House East Apartment
  • Guest House Room #2
  • Queen-size preferred. Full-size may be possible.
  • 2x 33-gallon "trash can" with locking lid

Maintenance

  • Bucket Truck
  • Small, portable construction/road barriers
  • Traffic cones
  • Funding for additional full-time staffer
  • Volunteers

Food Services

  • Transparent Bread Box
  • Commercial Blender
  • Commercial Food Processor

Office

  • Various office supplies
    • Ask for details
    • not currently needed: pencils and pens
  • 3x rolling mug carts - for coffee mug storage
  • Funding for additional full-time staffer
  • Volunteers

"Miscellaneous"

  • 2x Club Car, 2004 or newer
    • electric
    • for conversion to a mobile microgrid
    • estimated cost to convert: $6,000-$7,000
  • Lightweight tables
    • 10x 6' rectangular
    • 10x 72" round
      • Purchased 11 round tables. If you would like to help with the cost, please donate $75 per table.
  • Lumber for boardwalk to Shady Stage
  • Multi-passenger vehicle
    • Mini-van or larger
  • Music stands
  • Big ice coolers
  • Pickleball paddles
  • Funding - Donate here
  • Funding to become Living Wage Certified
  • Sponsorship of brick pavers for Watters Garden
  • Have the money to endow a staff position you'd like to see us add? Let's talk.
  • Fundraising Coordinator
  • Volunteers
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