Volunteer & Donation Opportunities

Join your friends on the farm!

Our Volunteers Volunteers are a key component of the New Entry project. New Entry has opportunities for groups of volunteers at its farm sites in Dracut, MA. In the past, volunteers have helped with pre-season and post-season projects, including clearing land to prepare for planting, brush control and rock removal, and site clean-up after the end of the season. New Entry has received volunteer help from church groups, corporations, and youth groups who are interested in community service activity. Learn about sustainable farming and discover diversity while volunteering with your friends on the farm! We have accommodated groups up to 100 individuals, but no group is too small to help! Contact us to learn about volunteer opportunities.

Donations

New Entry relies on the support of individuals and organizations for its operations.

Cash Donations:
Tax deductible donations are accepted on-line through the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF). Please visit our fund page and you will be directed to our endowment fund called the John A. Ogonowski New Farm Families Fund. Please specify that you would like your donation to be directed to the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project.

Let us know how you would like to help!

**What your donation means to us**
$25	—	Purchases one current agriculture publication for New Entry library, accessible to farmers and the public.
$40	—	Provides for two hours of translation services for Khmer or Spanish speaking farmers during technical assistance sessions.
$40	—	Provides complete set of training materials for the seven-week training course, for a low-income beginning farmer.
$60	—	Provides work gloves for 12 volunteers for annual clean up days at the training farms.
$70	—	Provides for two hours of custom tractor service for forming beds or tilling soil
$75	—	Allows for one low-income farmer to attend the New England Direct Marketing Conference
$155	—	Covers printing costs for 500 outreach brochures to connect future potential farmers to New Entry programs.
$320	—	Buys cover crop of winter rye for New Entry training farms in Dracut, MA
$500	—	Buys a new set of tires for our marketing /passenger van or pickup truck to carry farmers to conferences, haul produce to the markets, and to carry farm supplies between training farms.

2007 Catalogue for Philanthropy

The New Entry has been chosen for inclusion in the prestigious 2007 Catalogue for Philanthropy. The purpose of the catalogue is Donor Education, to raise public awareness of, and respect for, philanthropy; to increase and improve charitable giving, for more and more cost-effective, benefaction and satisfaction.

Please visit: New Entry listing on Massachusetts Catalogue for Philanthropy

In Kind Donations:

New Entry has need for pro-bono services in the areas of:

Graphic design & layout: development of marketing materials for outreach and layout of training publications
Marketing: messaging and strategy to reach broad audiences of prospective farmers, consumers, and supporters
Fundraising!
Farming Mentors — Experienced farmers who wish to work one-on-one with New Entry beginning farmers in the classroom and in the field, to pass on skills and knowledge about farm business planning, production, and marketing.

New Entry also has need for donations of items. Our current wish list includes the following items:

Storage Tubs / Harvest Crates
Hoses and Wash Tubs
Irrigation Equipment (pumps, pipe, connectors, sprinklers)
Picnic Tables
Bookshelves
Hand Tools and Work Gloves for Farms
Wheelbarrows
Pop up Tents and Plastic Tables for Market
Conference Table and Chairs to seat 35 trainees
Box Truck