Partnerships

The UCCE Master Gardeners Fresno County continue to be our partners in providing members with learning experiences on how to become sustainable gardeners. The UCCE Master Gardeners and board members assist in advising, planning and developing our community garden and education component. Since 1981, the University of California Master Gardener Program has been extending UC research based information about home horticulture and pest management to the public. The UC Master Gardener Program is a public service and outreach program under the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), administered locally by UC Cooperative Extension offices. Please visit them at https://ucanr.edu/sites/mgfresno
Champions for Change once support our efforts to create a community garden that promotes healthy living through nutrition. Their primary goal was to help reduce obesity and chronic diseases in Fresno County by developing a multi-sector coalition made up of community based organizations, schools, businesses and local agencies.
We continue to cultivate our partnerships with the Reedley Middle College High School students and the Reedley High School Future Farmers of America Club. The staff support and volunteer assistance from the students has been tremendous. Their enthusiasm and energy continues to be the driving force that has enabled our garden to grow. With their help, we have created garden plots, planted seasonal vegetables, and built several garden benches. We are forever grateful!
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. ~Henry Ford

Supporters and Donors

RAISING FUNDS AND COLLECTING MATERIALS
We continue to raise funds in a variety of ways. We are encouraging membership to our garden. Members will enjoy many benefits as noted on our Membership page. Also, we have plots that can be adopted and rented. The rental fees will help offset the cost of operations.
We continue to seek grant and foundation funding to upgrade our irrigation system, build a Harvest Building, a Greenhouse and build other garden structures. These upgrades will enable us to continue to grow and ensure our long term sustainability.
We also continue to seek donors and supporters for the materials we need to build out our garden areas. We need lumber for our garden plots and structures, and we need garden compost material. Any old, used or cull lumber is appreciated. We will need lumber such as 2 x 4s, 4 x 4s and 2 x 6s in any length. We can pick up if needed. Please let us know if you have any materials to donate.
Donors and New Members can pay by check made out to "Community Life Garden" and send it to Community Life Garden, PO BOX 1582, Reedley, CA 93654.
You can also use our GuideStar Donation Page at https://www.nfggive.com/guidestar/81-0719567.We accept donations in any amount. However, any donation of $25 or more will entitle you to a membership for 2025-26, if you provide your name and email.
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CLG NONPROFITWe are a nonprofit 501c3 organization and have our IRS Nonprofit determination letter. We would be pleased to provide any donor or sponsor with a "Thank You for your Donation" letter.
Our Tax Identification Number is 81-0719567.
You can find our GuideStar Profile at https://www.guidestar.org/profile/81-0719567
A BIG THANK YOU to Adventist Health for providing a third community grant to enable us to provide our 2021 garden programs. Garden Programs include Open Garden Day events, Garden Workshops and Volunteer events. Community Life Garden is eternally grateful for their continuing support.
A BIG THANK YOU to Reedley Save Mart for providing us with ten tons of rich compost in May 2018. They also provided 15 tons of compost in December 2016. Their contribution will enables us to create additional garden areas for the 2018 & 2019 seasons. Also, the Reedley Save Mart supported us on February 11, 2017 by enabling us to collect used garden tools for our volunteers and member gardeners with a booth on their parking area.
A BIG THANK YOU to the Bank of the Sierra for their Community Grant that will support our garden building efforts and build our funding to upgrade our Ag pump to a drip irrigation system. Their donation in November 2016 is greatly appreciated and enables us to continue to strive towards sustainability. Please visit them for your banking needs.
A BIG THANK YOU to Reedley Lumber for providing a generous donation of lumber to build more garden plots on October 29, 2016 and March 25, 2017. Their generousity enabled us to create more garden plots and structures for 2018. Please visit them in Reedley for your hardware needs!
A BIG THANK YOU to Zweigle Septic Service for their comtinuous support at our Volunteers Day events. They continue to provide a nice place to go for our volunteers during our events. Their generosity enables our volunteers to work comfortably for the day. Please contact them for all your septic tank and porta potty needs!
A BIG THANK YOU to Dinuba Lumber for their generousity in donating their equipment to assist in the land clearing for Community Life Garden. They supported our efforts for our April 30, and October 29, 2016 Garden Building Events. Their equipment also helped in clearing the land for the community garden on October 24, 2015.
Please thank them by visiting their place of business for all your hardware needs. Also, check out their great equipment rental department. Finally, check out their Do It Yourself website.
We also want to thank WMJ FARMS for continuing to let us borrow picking bags so we can pick garden oranges at our Gleaning Day. They also assisted us by plowing the garden land to enable our garden building to occur. They provide cultivator services for small and large farms. Visit their link for more information.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.~Winston Churchill This webpage is dedicated to our donors and sponsors. As the development of the Community Life Garden moves forward, we hope to attract donors and sponsors for the various infrastructure projects that are planned. These projects include rebuilding the irrigation system, creating more raised garden plots, and building more garden structures. Corporate donors and sponsors will be recognized on our CLG Website, on our marketing materials and at special events. Corporate sponsorships will range depending on the types of support they can provide and the types of needs the garden will require.