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Existing Projects

Big Stuff (All Programs)

• Good Truck to pull the Solar Trailer (ours will not!)
  
• Lawn Mower
  
• Weed Whacker
  
• Stone (driveway fill)
  
• Fencing
  
• Office Equipment- Computers, Printers, Paper, Display Cases, Tables, Chairs, Desks, Furniture, anything for offices, really!
• Copier!!!!
  

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All Buildings:

• Lumber! We have lots of buildings that constantly need repairs.
• Tools, hardware or anything left over from construction projects can help us maintain our buildings.

The Cordwood Cabin:

• 2 gallons white paint for ceiling - THANKS!!!!!
• Cots for Service Learning Participants and Hikers
• Wicker chairs/love seat
• Set of pots and pans
• Indoor/Outdoor Decorative Rug, indoor/outdoor pillows

The Mary E. Fritsch Nature Center:

• Taxodermic specimens, pelts, bones, teeth legally collected
  
• Solar Panel Batteries - THANK YOU, MACED!!!!

Picnic Pavilion:

• Lumber and Roofing

Mt. Vernon Office:

• Insulation and Lumber for ceiling

Solar House and Mt. Vernon Office:

• Solar Panels (currently there are used panels from the early 80's)

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Outdoor Education Programs Always Need:

• String, twine, and rope
• Clay

Currently Need:

• Dissecting Microscopes
• Two air- and watertight containers for geocaching
  

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Garden Programs:

• Lumber
• Row Cover
• Canning Supplies
• Portable Tables
• Hoses & Attachments
• Seeds
  
• T-posts
  

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New Projects

Sponsor:  Ecosystems

Give a Learning Experience

1 Field Trip for 75 Students

$375.00

Field trip opportunities for rural students are usually far away and cost and/or time prohibitive.  ASPI offer south-central-eastern Kentucky students an opportunity to study in the forest.  Pre-K students use their sense to explore ecosystems with their senses; middle schoolers collect data on our Solar System Trail and throughout the woods; and high school students collect and analyze river and energy data.

You can see more details about the field trips ASPI offers on our Field Trips page.

Update the Exhibits in the Mary E. Fritsch Nature Center

Create an Exhibit Installation

$700.00

The Appalachian mountains are among the oldest in the world.  The Mary E. Fritsch Nature is planning an installation of how they formed and the unique flora and fauna found in their ecosystems.  This is interesting to the general population, but is also a particular subject local teachers want to teach their students in a more hands-on manner.



Sponsor:  Food Systems

Create an Educational Opportunity for a High School Student

Provide an Energy Research Internship

$900.00
ASPI will provide a paid internship for rural youth to learn to grow, preserve, prepare, and market food.  Students will learn basic plant biology and local marketing.  Students receive an intense hands-on gardening course and produce for their families.  In rural areas, summer jobs for high school students are virtually non-existent as are opportunities for activities appropriate for college applications.  This internship can be a crucial part of a young person's life.

Increase the Energy Efficiency of ASPI Facilities and Provide Demonstration Technology

Install Solar Tubes and Create a Tech Paper

$2,000.00

ASPI is always looking for appropriate technology to design and test, and to provide instruction and insight for anyone wishing to build the technology themselves.  In addition, ASPI wants to have the smallest ecological footprint possible.  While we are working on our new ceiling, we want to install solar tubes for natural lighting - this will reduce our dependence on electricity - and update an aged and expensive lighting system.