BELLINGHAM – Northwest Youth Services’ We Grow Garden is getting ready to open, and as they gear up for the 2016 season, tool and item donations are needed and welcomed for working and cleaning up the garden.

The We Grow Garden is located at 1020 N. State Street in Bellingham. COURTESY PHOTO

Do you have any of the following items, or would you be able to donate gift cards to help NYS purchase these items?

• 6 cubic foot wheel barrow

• 3-5 garden trowels

• Hand clippers for harvesting vegetables

• 2 hoes for digging and planting

• 2 rakes to aerate soil

• 1 pitchfork for turning compost

• Twine or nylon netting (i.e. commercial fishing nets)

• Colorful paint (pints, gallons)

• (2) 6-foot plastic folding tables for pop-up market

• Cutlery set good for cutting vegetables

• 1 large cutting board (plastic non-porous preferred)

• Paper plates and towels

• Plastic cups, utensils

Northwest Youth Services and garden is located at 1020 N. State Street in Bellingham. The organization collaborates with at-risk, runaway and homeless youth in Whatcom and Skagit Counties to foster self-reliance. Call (360) 734-9862 or visit http://www.nwys.org.