Currently, GOFM receives support from local donations, community sponsorships, fundraisers, and market stall fees. Galveston’s Own Farmers Market will put your gift right to work for our local food system & community.
Here are a few ways your contribution affects change:
$10/month equals:
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1 wheelbarrow for a Young Gardeners Program garden site & 1 replacement wheel
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6 shovels needed for monthly Community Days at 1 Young Gardeners Program garden site
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MicroLife fertilizer needed for 1 Young Gardeners Program garden site
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500 flyers for advertising our free “Learn to Cook!” WIC cooking classes
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8 customers who will get $15 of FreshBucks for buying local fruits and vegetables when they spend $15 of their own SNAP (foodstamps)
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Ingredients supplies for 5 “Taste the Market” booths, held monthly at the market
$15/month equals:
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new pop-up tents for market
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100 reusable grocery bags that we give away to first-time food-stamp & WIC customers
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wifi at the GOFM office
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1000 flyers for advertising our free WIC Voucher program all year long
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supplies for 12 Young Gardeners Program “Diggin’ It” kids booths at GOFM (hands-on nature & science crafts)
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all the watering cans needed to manage Young Gardeners Program at 4 sites with an average of 140 kids
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creamer provided free to GOFM customers for every Sunday market (to go with the free coffee donated by Galveston Coffee Roasters!)
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replacement wheelchair ramp for market
$25/month equals:
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liability insurance for the market
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liability insurance for GOFM’s Backyard Growers Cooperative
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1 ipad for a Young Gardeners Program school site, used to access weekly garden activity plans and daily curriculum
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40 GOFM caps
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assistance with Spanish translation for new program info & advertising, marketing and the GOFM website
$50/month equals:
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our ability to offer free recycling to the community at every GOFM market all year-long
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coordination of 6 cooking classes at The Kitchen Chick, Galveston College & our area WIC clinics
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150 GOFM coffee mugs
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seeds needed for our Young Gardeners Program gardens at 4 schools
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average year of marketing design costs
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annual Young Gardeners Program Session Leader training
$75/month equals:
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ingredients for 12 community dinners, serving up to 30 people
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ingredients for 12 cooking classes, serving up to 15 people
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Director’s & Officer’s Liability Insurance
$100/month equals:
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Young Gardeners Program t-shirts for our Young Gardeners Program kids
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paying our Volunteer Coordinator, who manages over 200 volunteers for weekly market events and the Young Gardeners Program!
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rental of our OkraFest venue
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100 canvas GOFM tote bags
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4 Volunteer appreciation events + 6 market volunteer orientation trainings
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1 free “Learn to Cook” class at the Galveston & Texas City WIC Clinics
$2,000/year equals:
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training for our Young Gardeners Program leadership team in order to learn how to make our after-school gardening program even better
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Chef instruction of 40 Cooking Classes free to the public as part of our Real Food Project
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paying our live market musicians for 40 Sundays
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2 months of employing a stellar Market Manager
