Help us to promote and support educational gardens in every school in Maine.
What is the most important thing your students learn by participating in their school garden project?
To love the earth. How can we ask them to be caretakers of our world if they don’t fall in love with it first?
– Kate Smith, Central School, South Berwick
How To Donate
To make a donation or become a sponsor, either:
Levels of Giving
Supporters
Seed Supporter
$25
Your name displayed on our website.
Sprout Supporter
$50
Your name displayed on our website.
Seedling Supporter
$100
Your name or logo displayed on our website.
Blossom Supporter
$250
Your name or logo displayed on website and newsletter.
Fruition Supporter
$500
Your name or logo displayed on website and newsletter.
Harvest Supporter
$1000
Your name or logo displayed on website and newsletter.
Sponsors
Sponsor of the Month
$500
The option of a donation of your product for school gardens plus logo on our website and newsletter publicity.
Annual Meeting Sponsor
$1000
Your name or logo displayed on our website and newsletter plus event publicity.
Garden Directory Sponsor
$1000
Your name or logo displayed on our website and newsletter plus Directory publicity
Maine School Garden Day Sponsor
$1000
Your name or logo displayed on our website and newsletter plus event publicity.
School Garden Coach Manual Sponsor
$1000
Your name or logo displayed on our website and newsletter plus Manual publicity.
School Garden Grown Sponsor
$1000
Your name or logo displayed on our website and newsletter plus event publicity.
Annual Sponsor
$5000
Your name or logo displayed on our website and newsletter plus all publicity.
Questions? For more information about how you can support the Maine School Garden Network, please contact Susan Joy Sager, Coordinator at susan@msgn.org. Thank you.
Easy Ways You Can Help MSGN!
Although donations rank high among our greatest needs to carry out our mission to promote and support youth gardens in Maine, not everyone has extra cash to donate at this time of year…so check out the following suggestions for ways you can help!
- Use PayPal? Sign up for the PayPal Giving Fund and use your option to donate $1 by selecting MSGN as your charity when you make a purchase.
- If you own a business or sell something of interest to school gardeners, give a discount to school gardens with a listing in our Welcome Packet for school gardens in the Garden Directory.
- Share your hard earned gardening and teaching wisdom and write an article for our monthly newsletter. Check out our 2024 themes!
- View and share our new 5 minute VIDEO!!! View It
- Join a committee and volunteer at an event like Maine School Garden Day in May or our Annual Meeting in November.
- Watch for updates on when MSGN is the charity of the month for Hannaford’s Bloomin’ 4 Good Bouquets or Community Bags or Shaw’s Give Back Where It Counts Bag Program for stores in your area in 2024 and make a purchase!
- Make a cash donation to our Annual Appeal. No gift is too small!
- Sponsor an event such as Maine School Garden Day or our Annual Meeting.
- Join the Board of Directors and attend bimonthly Zoom meetings on Tuesdays 10 am – 12 noon.
Won’t you join us?! For more information, contact Susan Sager at susan@msgn.org. Thank you.
