Lower Nehalem Community Trust

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Jan 23, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$189,030

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Coastal Food Ecology and Community Events. We sponsored a Community Garden program with 32 gardeners. Gardeners grow produce and tend the orchard without pesticides and donate 2000 pounds of fresh produce to the local North County Food Bank. Our poultry demonstration program (ducks) now includes a partnership with a local 4-H program. Volunteers also care for a permaculture demonstration garden. Our garden area and greenhouse received major improvements with the aid of grants funds allowing us to extend our growing season for the food bank and provide raised beds for our older gardeners. We held our annual Harvest Festival for the community with music, cider pressing, children's games, local farmers market, and tours of the gardens and greenhouse.

Activity 3

Watershed and Nature Education. We provided watershed education and gardening education for 400 school-age children through individual class trips to our Alder Creek Farm conservation site and other local natural areas. For adults, we provided presentations on elk and beaver. We provided a workshop on mushrooms including collecting & eating them and a workshop on evergreen huckleberry propagation.

Filer

EIN

74-3052925