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THE EDUCATIONAL FARM
At JOPPA HILL, Inc.
a 501 (c) 3 organization
"Connecting Community to Land and Agriculture"
FRIENDS OF THE EDUCATIONAL FARM
THANK YOU CARRABBA'S!
A Special Thanks to Carrabba's Italian Grille! The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill held its First Annual Wine-tasting Dinner, Tuesday night November 9th at Carrabba's Itallian Grille in Bedford. The dinner featured a four course meal with five wine pairings, made especially for the Farm guests by Carrabba's talented staff. Additional funds were raised thanks to a special gift basket raffle filled with donated items from Horizon Beverage Company and Carrabbas. Many thanks to Carrabba's Patrick Devlin and Emily Ecker for fabulous food and service and to all who helped make this first annual dinner such an overwhelming success. We raised over $2,500 for the farm!
PANERA and BLAKES donate to SPRING FAIR 2010
June, 2010: Panera Bread donated 250 cookies, and Blakes Ice Cream donated ice cream for our Spring Fair, scheduled for June 6th, from 2-6pm. The Spring Fair is one of our large fundraising events and helps support the farm and it's animals.
JOE GAUCI LANDSCAPING DONATION
October 2009: Joe Gauci Landscaping of Bedford, generously donated several days worth of labor and materials to landscape the caretaker's cottage at The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill. Crews dug out the overgrown planting beds, put in new shrubs and mulch and repaired the stone walkway. The cottage landscaping was in very poor shape and Joe Gauci's help was very much appreciated.
NH SHEEP & WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION DONATE
July, 2009: The New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Growers Asociation donated 8 handmade drop spindles and $300 towards the purchase of fiber arts materials for summer camp teaching and learning. The campers will have the opportunity to learn to clean and dye wool, handspin their own yarn, and do weaving and felting. The materials and check were presented to Executive Director Lin L'Heureux by NHSWGA Board members Liz Conrad (Riverslea Farm) and Jen Connolly (Fiber Dreams Farm). For more information, click http://www.nhswga.com/.
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LOCAL SCOUT EARNS BRONZE AWARD HELPING FARM
May, 2009: 10 year old Molly Callahan, a member of Junior Girl Scout troop 10804, completed over 30 hours of volunteer community service in order to complete the requirements for her Girl Scout Bronze Award.
Molly designed and put together 100 "planting kits" for her project, which she named "Learn to Grow, Grow to Learn". Each planting kit contains a hand-painted pot, potting soil, northeast wildflower seeds, and directions.
Each kit is individually wrapped in a floral cellophane bag with hand made tag. Molly donated the planting kits to the Educational Farm's Spring Fair and summer camp.
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NEW ENGLAND PAINTING BRIGHTENS OUR BARN
May 2009: Tony Ward, owner of New England Painting, donated several hours of his time on a Saturday morning to paint portions of the barn at The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill that were much in need of a fresh coat of paint. Old barns need constant maintenance and Tony's help was much appreciated.
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HALEY'S BIRTHDAY WISH FOR THE FARM
June 2008: 7 year old Haley Klingseisen of Bedford had a birthday party at the Educational Farm. Instead of presents, this thoughtful and generous little girl asked for money to be used to purchase and donate something that we needed at the Farm.
Haley then brought us a battery operated weedwacker, a 150 ft garden hose, a couple of flat back buckets, some cat food, and some bleach. Thanks, Haley!
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BEDFORD WOMEN'S CLUB CHARITABLE DONATION
May, 2008. The Bedford women's club gave the Educational Farm a donation of $855 to go towards the construction of a new pen for our dwarf goats.
The Bedford Women's Club is dedicated to friends and friendship, and members work together for the bettermentof the community.
More information: http://www.bedfordwomensclub.org/
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JOHN SCHEETZ EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT
Fall, 2007: Bedford Resident John Sheetz from Bedford's Troop 5 completed a large run-in shelter in our horse pasture. The shelter was finished just in time for winter!
The shelter protects the horses and ponies from all kinds of weather: wind, snow, rain, hot sun, and even provides protection from some biting insects during the summer.
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HORSE STALL SPONSORSHIPS
Many thanks to all of you who helped us improve our Equine wing by sponsoring a horse stall. Each $750 donation allowed us to purchase materials and build a 12 x 12 box stall with a rubber mat floor. Every stall has a customized brass plaque on the front of it displaying the names of those who donated.
Robert and Susan LaMontagne, Manchester, 5/07
Thomas Holliday, Bedford, 7/07
Richard and Graciemarie Hayner, South Windsor CT, 9/07
Rheya, Belinda and Stanley King, Bedford, 10/07
Russell-Merriman Family, Bedford, 3/08
Andy and Melissa Crews, Bedford, 6/08
Dorothy M. Czopek, Bedford, 7/08
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PELLETSALES.COM HELPS KEEP US WARM
2007, 2008, 2009: Pelletsales.com donated many pallets of soft wood pellets to the Educational Farm. This extraordinary gift will be used as bedding for our animals. It also allows us to heat our Discovery Room through the winter, so we can continue to run programs and meetings year round, and gives our staff of dedicated volunteers a place to warm up on cold winter days.
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BEDFORD MEN'S CLUB: DEDICATED TO HELPING THE EDUCATIONAL FARM GROW
October 11 2006: The Bedford Men’s Club donated $1,000 to The Educational Farm towards the purchase of a portable handicap ramp for wheelchair bound children. The ramp will enable the children to be put directly on a horse's back as part of our future therapeutic riding program.
Summer, 2007: A group of Men's Club volunteers painted and installed the fencing around our new 100' x 100' Riding ring. We can now use the ring for horsemanship lessons and pony rides at special events.
Spring, 2008: Some Bedford Men's club members came to the farm for our Spring Clean-up day, and helped us demolish and remove an old out-building at the end of our Equine Wing
The Bedford Men’s Club is a true partner and has been a long time supporter of the Farm. They have always been willing to help us either monetarily or through manpower, and are a truly caring organization. The Bedford Men’s Club is a non-profit organization designed to promote the betterment of the community.
For more information about the Bedford Men's Club, go to www.bedfordmensclub.com
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TIMBERLAND LENDS A HAND AT THE FARM
November 13, 2006: The Timberland Company sent a crew of 16 employees to volunteer at the Farm on November 7 as part of their community service program. The various chores included indoor painting of the barn and old fence removal.
Timberland is a strong proponent of making an impact in the community through service. Their community service program offers employees time to complete 40 hours of paid volunteer service.
We have a great relationship with Timberland. This generous company has sent folks out to help more than once and we really appreciate it. Volunteers are the backbone of the Educational Farm.
Goedecke Paint and Decorating donated paint and supplies.
Spring 2008
Suzy Goyette of Bedford donated a beautiful Courbette saddle to our Riding Program.
Fall 2007
The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill, Inc.
174 Joppa Hill Road,
Bedford NH 03110
(603) 472-4724
Michael Sampson donated a Lawn Boy gas mower, with side shoot, mulch, and grass catcher.
August 2008.
Paullette Dearborn donated several hundred pounds of grain and a special diet supplement for our elderly Arabian mare, Shirley.
2009
May, 2009: Volunteers from Stonyfield Farm spent an entire day cleaning and reorganizing our tack room, and everything in it.
Volunteers are always welcome at the Educational Farm!
Help feed and care for the animals, paint, light repair work, painting and carpentry.
There is always something to do at the Educational Farm!
Call 472-4724 for more information.
