Our Wish List

We appreciate all contributions! Your donation helps us to provide quality environmental education programs for families, children, and adults. All donations are tax-deductible.

2 Office Chairs
Children's Rain Jackets/ponchos
Kitchen Cabinets
Area Rugs
Bead Loom
Boy/Girl Scout Badge books
Scanner
Passenger Van
Camera
Vacuum (new or gently used)
Potting Soil
Loppers
Shovels
Leaf rakes
Picks
Garden/Work Gloves
Children's Storybooks or Nature Books
Children's tables, shelves, etc.
Sensory tables (i.e., water tables)
Microscopes
Video microscope
Arts and craft supplies
Paint (tempera, craft, floor/wall)
Frames and mats for student art
Handheld GPS
Night vision binoculars
Dissection tools
Plastic tote bins
Rain Barrels
Composting Bins
Paper: 8.5"x11" (print on one side ok!)
Manila folders/files
Subscription to Green Teacher magazine
Gift certificates to Acorn Naturalist, Amazon, or Environments, Inc.
Gift cards to: Staples, BJ's, Petco, Shaws, Michaels

Items needed for our Barn Museum renovation

Exciting News! The Norman Bird Sanctuary staff is beginning a redesign of the historic Barn Museum and could use help gathering supplies and expertise for new exhibits. Any ideas, suggestions, materials or resources you may have that could help us to improve our currentnature and educational exhibits would be greatly appreciated. Here are some materials we could use:

Beekeeping equipment (suits, tongs, honeycomb and panels)
Material for exhibit construction: Masonite, plexi-glass, foam core, balsawood, palette/composite board, matboard, image framing materials, etc.
Wooden stands or pedestals
Animal mounts - local bird species, local mammals, insects, plants, fish
Animal biofacts - deer antlers, seal pelt, skulls, bones, etc.
Native American/Colonial artifacts - tools, clothing, woven rugs/fabrics
Geological specimens
Telescope/viewing scope
Large magnets
Microscope
Hand-held magnifying lenses
Mat board cutter
Plexi-glass cutter

Recycling Closet

Help us be Naturally Crafty! Bring in your reusable materials for our recycling closet, and watch us create earth-friendly works of art!  We use these materials in school, camp, and public programs.

Please drop off clean, washed items at the front desk. Here are some materials we could use:

Glass Baby Jars
Clothespins
Rope, string, ribbon, yarn