Is your company upgrading its equipment?  If the old equipment is still usable, why not donate it to us for a possible tax deduction and the satisfaction of helping us improve our operations?  Or perhaps you have some items around the house you're not using. The items on the list below are followed by the initials of the NJAS nature centers that have a need for them.  To find out if what you have matches what a nature center needs, please call the center.  And if you have something that’s not on the list, why not call your nearest nature center to see if they might need it.  Thanks!

• Air conditioners (window units) (rnc)
• Animal pelts (tanned) (rnc)
• Aquariums and terrariums (ls)
• Auger (gas-powered) (rnc)
• Batteries (AA or 9-volt) (rnc, wec)
• Benches (wooden) (cmbo-northwood, nccm, rnc)
• Bicycle (good condition) (nccm, rnc, shbo)
• Binoculars and spotting scopes of any kind (for use by nature center classes) (ls, nccm, pp, rnc, shws, wec)
• Book racks (retail spinning type) (rnc, wec)
• Bottled water (rnc,wec)
• Brush hog (heavy brush mower) (nccm)
• Bulletin boards (ls, wec)
• Camcorder (digital) (nccm, rnc)
• Camera memory cards (rnc, wec)
• Card rack (spinning type) (ls)
• CD burners (wec)
• Cell phone (pre-paid w/year’s minutes) (rnc)
• Chainsaw (ls, pp, rnc, wec)
• Chairs (children-sized) (ls, rnc)
• Coffee pot (banquet size) (ls, nccm)
• Coffee pot (office size) (ls)
• Computer (digital) projector (ls, nccm, rnc, shbo, shws, wec)
• Computer scanner (ls)
• Craft supplies (markers, crayons, glitter, glue, felt)
• (nccm, pp, rnc, wec)
• Cross-country skis and boots (rnc, wec)
• Digital camera (ls, nccm, rnc, wec)
• Dip nets (long-handled) (nccm, pp, wec)
• Driveway stone (ls, rnc)
• Field guides (for teaching) (pp)
• Fishtank equipment (ls)
• Flashlights (nccm, wec)
• Food cooking/serving equipment (nccm)
• Folding tables (ls, nccm, rnc)
• Forestry supplies (rnc)
• Forklift, tractor with 3-point hitch (shws)
• Freezer (small – 2’x2’x3’) (pp)
• Garden tools for maintenance of NJAS nature centers (ls, nccm, rnc, shws, wec)
• Garden gloves (rnc, wec)
• GPS units (handheld) (nccm, rnc, shbo, wec)
• Gravel (rnc)
• Jewelry/display cabinets (small) (ls)
• Kitchen utensils, silverware (shbo, wec)
• Laminating machine (for teaching materials) (nccm, rnc, shbo, wec)
• Laptop computer (for entering field data) (ls, shbo, shws)
• Lawn carts (ls, rnc, wec)
• Lawn mowers (push type) (ls, nccm, wec)
• Lawn mower (riding) (ls, nccm, rnc)
• Leaf blower (gas-powered) (rnc, shs, wec)
• Magazine subscriptions (nccm)
• Maps (rnc)
• Microphone/speaker system (ls)
• Microscopes (nccm, rnc)
• Microwave oven (small) (nccm)
• Mulch (wec)
• Natural history books (ls, pp)
• Nature slides for programs (ls, nccm, shbo, shws, wec)
• Painting & materials (wec)
• Pedometer (nccm)
• Photo/slide scanner (shbo)
• Picnic tables (ls, nccm, rnc)
• Refrigerator (undercounter) (nccm)
• Road work & materials (wec)
• Roofing work & supplies (wec)
• Rubber boots (high-top) (rnc)
• Sand (wec)
• Skid steer tractor/loader (shs)
• Slat wall fixtures (for store) (nccm)
• Snow blower (shs, wec)
• Snow plow & truck (wec)
• Snow shovels (wec)
• Soil-testing supplies (rnc)
• Stethoscope (rnc)
• Storage bins (plastic, 3’x2’x2’) (pp)
• Taxidermy and/or tannery (rnc)
• Tents & canopies (ls, rnc, nccm)
• Tree work (rnc, wec)
• Tools (power and hand) (ls, nccm, rnc, shs, wec)
• Typewriter (HQ)
• Vacuum cleaner (nccm, wec)
• Walkie-talkies (rnc, wec)
• Washing machine and dryer (wec)
• Water-testing supplies (rnc)
• Weedwacker (wec)
• Wet/dry shop vacuum (ls, nccm, pp, rnc, wec)
• Wetsuits and chest waders (nccm, rnc)
• Wheelbarrows (ls, nccm, shs, wec)
• Wood chipper (commercial > 1” branches) (wec)
• Wood chips (pp)
• Wood floor restoration (rnc)