Fedco Fundraiser- Orders Due January 16th!

The Capital City Organic Gardeners (CCOG) presents our third Annual Fedco Seeds Fundraiser.  This is an opportunity for you, as an individual, to purchase seeds, tubers, and/or organic gardening supplies from Fedco Seeds in Maine for your garden at extremely competitive prices. If you do not already have a catalog, you can browse the Fedco catalog on-line at  www.fedcoseeds.com.

CCOG will combine everyone’s individual orders into a group order.  The larger the group order, the larger the discount that Fedco extends to CCOG.  The difference between the total of those individual orders and the final, discounted group order total becomes the fundraised amount.  In both 2010 and 2011, that discount was approximately $250, which was used to cover building rental costs for those two years.

We have worked to develop a more streamlined ordering system for this year:

First: Download the CCOG order forms:
Here are the forms that we’ve created that copy the forms in the Fedco seed catalog.  If you are familiar with Excel, you can download and use the three files that have the “Excel” suffix.  If you prefer to print out a form, fill in your order, and mail or deliver it back to us, you can print out the three files that have the “PDF” suffix.

2012 Fedco Seed PDF
2012 Fedco Organic Growers Supply PDF
2012 Fedco Moose Tubers PDF

2012 Fedco Seed Excel
2012 Fedco Organic Growers Supply Excel
2012 Fedco Moose Tubers Excel

Second: Fill out your CCOG order forms:
A. Seed Orders:
When you complete your order, tally the total price.  (Note that the Excel spreadsheet will do this tally automatically.)

B. Moose Tuber and Organic Supply Orders:
When you complete your order, tally both the total price and the total weight.  (Again, note that the Excel spreadsheet will do these tallies automatically.)

There is one final step for both the tuber and supply orders.  In the Excel spreadsheet, the shipping price will be automatically calculated and added onto the total tuber or supply price, resulting in an overall price owed to CCOG.  In the .pdf forms, you will need to determine the shipping price based on the weight of your order.  The table for calculating this cost is in the Fedco Seed catalog on the order forms (pages 74c and 74e).   If you cannot find the table or have difficulty calculating the amount, contact John Frasier at 224-8249.

Third: Send in your forms and payment by January 16th
When all of your forms are complete, take the grand total of the forms and write a check in that amount to “Capital City Organic Gardeners“.  Each form has John Frasier’s contact information, and you can call or Email him to work out the logistics of getting him the form(s) and your check.

E-mail, mail or drop-off your order forms and payment by January 16th to:

John Frasier
44 Millstone Drive
Concord, NH 03301

E-mail: jwfrasier@myFairPoint.net
Phone: 224-8249

As you browse the catalog, please consider purchasing seeds for donation to the Sycamore Community Garden at NHTI.  This is the garden utilized by the refugee population in Concord and it is managed by Cheryl Bourassa.  Cheryl has indicated that the refugees would greatly appreciate donations of mustard, radishes, carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower seeds.  If you wish to participate in this program, indicate on your form which seed packets you will purchase to be designated for the garden and we’ll do the rest.

CCOG will have a single drop-off point for Fedco, and as items arrive we’ll contact you to arrange pick-up.

Thank you for supporting the Capital City Organic Gardeners!

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