Donations

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Donate Funds

Turtle Island Preserve is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit. Most donations are tax deductible! If you are making a donation for a specific project or need, you may state so during the donation process. Otherwise, your monetary donation will go toward the most currently pressing needs of the preserve. Thank you for your contribution! Just click the Donate button below or above .

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Donate Items

Often, supporters donate an item of value to be auctioned or raffled during camp fundraisers. Preston Roberts started the tradition of auctioning off his personal knife at the end of each season of Mountain Men. If you would like more info on how to make a donation to be auctioned or raffled to raise funds, let us know. There’s also an extensive wish list below.

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Sponsor a Camper

Becoming a camper sponsor is one of the most helpful ways you can support our work. These funds can be issued to a camper of your choice or one that we select based on need. You can even do a small monthly donation. You can easily use our secure "Donate" button, or send any amount in check or money order through snail mail, or simply call for more details.

The Turtle Island Donation Wish List

We love old adages around here. Maybe you've heard: "One man's trash is another man's treasure" or "One man gathers what another man spills." Our personal favorite is: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!" No matter how you put it, we can put a lot of "stuff" to good use, that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Many people have a lot of valuable "treasure" sitting around in garages, basements, or closets that are just waiting to be upcycled, and repurposed.  Our wish-list below isn't about purchasing new items from a store, as much as it is about repurposing, or saving useful items from landfills.

Current top items are in no particular order:

  • Snap-Traps to dispatch mice

  • Cider Press

  • Gas Powered Leaf-Blower

  • Canvas Tarps

  • Old Cook Stoves

  • Food Storage Containers (bigger is better)

  • Used - worn out horse shoes

  • First aid supplies of all kinds

  • Small generators to run a variety of small power tools

  • Lamp-globes for kerosene lamps - any and all

  • Surveyor's transit

  • Old telephones - not cordless -or ones that rely on electricity

  • Long Distance Walkie Talkies

  • Ham Radio

  • Camera - High Quality professional camera

  • Load of gravel ( or $250 donation)

  • Diatomaceous Earth - 10 - 50 lb bags of powder

  • American Chestnut Trees

  • Safety Glasses & Safety Glasses with Bifocals for the old geezers

  • Salt (for people and/or animals)

  • Hay for Horses

  • Dog, Cat, and Goat Food

  • "Pet Meds" - De-wormer, flea and tick meds, etc...

  • Mountain Bikes

  • Large Deep Cycle 6V Batteries

  • Golf Cart

  • old dog leashes and collars

  • kitchen towels

  • Candles

Items to assist with ongoing Micro-Hydro Electric and renewable energy projects: 

  • Screen - Chicken wire and fine mesh (1/16" or less)

  • Hot water tanks

  • Cement

  • Cinder blocks

  • 6" pipe for inlet to silt trap

  • Webbing

  • Stakes

  • Valves

  • Pressure gauges

  • Glue

  • Wire connectors

  • Junction Boxes

  • Make a sign demonstrating power produced CO2 displaced

  • Locust post for stakes to support pipe on hillside

  • Batteries

Other items that would still be greatly appreciated and greatly used:

  • Tools: i.e. hammers, saws, axes, loppers, pry bars, pliers, auto mechanic tools (even tools with broken parts that we can fix!)

  • Boxes of nails, screws, washers, nuts, bolts, ropes, string, paints, thinners, varnish, oils, etc.

  • Containers: canning jars, barrels, large cast iron or stainless steel cookware, etc.

  • Other: Lanterns, large chalkboards, whisk brooms, and wool blankets

We hope that you get the picture: We can use most anything for the farm and our educational programs. We mean use! Our tools get worked every day. Thanks for considering giving to our efforts. We value your support!