Mr. Banh recieving the generous check from ACE.
Monetary and equipment donations for this project would be greatly appreciated, for the garden receives no school funding. The money would go to seeds, books, tools, edible plants (raspberry, strawberry,etc.), rain-barrel parts, hoses, landscape fabrics, and treated wood for the rain barrel stands and raised beds.
Checks can be sent to:
Prentice High School
Greenhouse Fund
1025 Town St.
Prentice WI, 54556
Donations received so far:
2012 Donations
Prentice Education Association: $400
Optimist Club: $50
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $3000
Hanson's Garden Village: 15% on our purchase of apple trees, grapes, strawberries, asparagus, and rhubarb
Kennan Millworks: 12% on lumber for raised beds
Complete RainGutter Service in Kennan: 11% off gutter supplies for catching rainwater
United Pride Dairy: 55 gallon and smaller plastic barrels for making rainbarrels
Makovsky Brush Service (MBS): Many loads of mulch for all of the walkways
Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill: Red pine bark chips for mulching around the apple orchard
Prentice Hardware: Garlic bulbs and seed potatoes for planting
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
Rick Holm Family: Sheep manure
Martha Danowski Family: Horse manure
Other: Parisi family and an anonymous friend for use of their rototiller to till the garden
Time from Mr.Banh and the Prentice Girl Scout troopsters for work setting up the garden
2013 Donations
Security Health Plan Grant: $3000
Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station: Gave seed potatoes, most went to Feed the People in Prentice Program in the Prentice Area.
Smithsonian Institute National Zoo: Kirsten won $1000 grant towards her gold project for Girl Scouts with rain barrels.
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
Rick Holm Family: Sheep manure
United Pride Dairy: 55 gallon and smaller plastic barrels for making rainbarrels
Ladysmith Area Garden Club: $100
Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill: Red pine bark chips for mulching
These donations below also went to support the banquet dinner before the students leave for Holiday break: Franz $25, Gilroy and Swanson $25, Cassano and Toebe $200, Mary and Ken Thums 40lbs of roast beef, Mike Spagnolo 1qt of honey
2014 Donations
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
Makovsky Brush Service (MBS): A load of mulch for plants
2015 Donations
Cassano and Toebe: Hog panels for use as trellis
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $4000 for the greenhouse to extend the growing season
Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellowship:$3000 (Mr.Banh got)
Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill: Treated lumber for the greenhouse to extend the growing season
Makovsky Brush Service (MBS): A load of mulch for plants
2016 Donations
Doug Hagen: $221.64
Sharyn Friedell: help us save $1000 in polycarbonate sheet cost for the greenhouse
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $2000 for the greenhouse to extend the growing season
2017 Donations
John Krause : 5 gallons of greenbeans and 6 very large sibley squash
Price County Farm Bureau: $500
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $1000
2018 Donations
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $1000
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
Checks can be sent to:
Prentice High School
Greenhouse Fund
1025 Town St.
Prentice WI, 54556
Donations received so far:
2012 Donations
Prentice Education Association: $400
Optimist Club: $50
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $3000
Hanson's Garden Village: 15% on our purchase of apple trees, grapes, strawberries, asparagus, and rhubarb
Kennan Millworks: 12% on lumber for raised beds
Complete RainGutter Service in Kennan: 11% off gutter supplies for catching rainwater
United Pride Dairy: 55 gallon and smaller plastic barrels for making rainbarrels
Makovsky Brush Service (MBS): Many loads of mulch for all of the walkways
Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill: Red pine bark chips for mulching around the apple orchard
Prentice Hardware: Garlic bulbs and seed potatoes for planting
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
Rick Holm Family: Sheep manure
Martha Danowski Family: Horse manure
Other: Parisi family and an anonymous friend for use of their rototiller to till the garden
Time from Mr.Banh and the Prentice Girl Scout troopsters for work setting up the garden
2013 Donations
Security Health Plan Grant: $3000
Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station: Gave seed potatoes, most went to Feed the People in Prentice Program in the Prentice Area.
Smithsonian Institute National Zoo: Kirsten won $1000 grant towards her gold project for Girl Scouts with rain barrels.
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
Rick Holm Family: Sheep manure
United Pride Dairy: 55 gallon and smaller plastic barrels for making rainbarrels
Ladysmith Area Garden Club: $100
Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill: Red pine bark chips for mulching
These donations below also went to support the banquet dinner before the students leave for Holiday break: Franz $25, Gilroy and Swanson $25, Cassano and Toebe $200, Mary and Ken Thums 40lbs of roast beef, Mike Spagnolo 1qt of honey
2014 Donations
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
Makovsky Brush Service (MBS): A load of mulch for plants
2015 Donations
Cassano and Toebe: Hog panels for use as trellis
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $4000 for the greenhouse to extend the growing season
Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellowship:$3000 (Mr.Banh got)
Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill: Treated lumber for the greenhouse to extend the growing season
Makovsky Brush Service (MBS): A load of mulch for plants
2016 Donations
Doug Hagen: $221.64
Sharyn Friedell: help us save $1000 in polycarbonate sheet cost for the greenhouse
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $2000 for the greenhouse to extend the growing season
2017 Donations
John Krause : 5 gallons of greenbeans and 6 very large sibley squash
Price County Farm Bureau: $500
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $1000
2018 Donations
Adults Concerned with Education (ACE): $1000
Doug Erickson Family: Cow manure
