Harvest Programs
Portland Fruit Tree Project's harvesting events bring people together to pick fruit that would otherwise go to waste, and make it available to people in need. We offer three types of harvesting events:
Harvesting Parties
These events are open to anyone and individual registration is taken on a first-come first-served basis, with 50% of the volunteer slots reserved for people living on low incomes. Half of the fruit goes to a local food bank, and the rest goes home with harvest participants.The schedule is posted here at the beginning of each month, and in our e-newsletter.
Group Harvests
Our Group Harvest Program is designed to serve low income and food insecure populations through partnerships with organizations serving this audience. Our partners in 2010 included: Sisters of the Road Cafe, JOIN, Project Grow, the Ortiz Center, and Impact NW.
Benefit Harvests
These harvesting events are created for corporate/university/faith groups that want to provide a valuable volunteer service to the community, engage in a meaningful group activity, and support the unique work of the Portland Fruit Tree Project with a matching contribution. Our partners in 2010 included Moss Adams LLP, and Lewis & Clark College.
All trees are registered by their owners, and harvested only upon request. We work with tree owners to assess fruit ripeness, site accessibility, and harvest scheduling in advance of every event.
Upcoming Harvesting Parties:
Harvesting Parties bring people together to pick fruit that would otherwise go to waste, and make it available to people in need. Half of the fruit goes to a local food bank, and the rest goes home with harvest participants. Harvesting Parties are open to anyone, and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Half of the slots are reserved for people living on low incomes. Children are welcome! Suggested donation per participant: $5-$25 sliding scale (Donations are optional, but encouraged).
TO SIGN UP: Click on your preferred harvest date. Please sign up only if you can be for there for the entire time. Meeting location and other details will be provided after you sign up.
Tuesday November 8th, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Persimmons, SE Portland, Buckman neighborhood
Saturday November 12th, 10am - 1pm
Persimmons, Location TBA
Thursday November 17th, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Persimmons, Location TBA
Saturday November 19th, 10am - 1pm
Persimmons, Location TBA
Wednesday November 23rd, 10am - 1pm
Persimmons, Location TBA
Want to hear about harvesting events as they are published? Click here to sign up for our e-Newsletter!
Is your organization interested in a Group Harvest or Benefit Harvest?
We are now accepting Group Harvest & Benefit Harvest partner applications for the 2011 harvest season.
Please contact Katy for more information and/or an application form: katy[at]portlandfruit.org, 503-284-6106.
Want to join our 'Announcement List'?
Occasionally we have announcements about newly scheduled harvesting parties, volunteer events, and other opportunities that come up between monthly eNewsletter mailings.
In light of this, we created a new email list (in addition to our monthly e-newsletter) for people who want to receive mid-month announcements and updates about harvesting parties and other events as they arise. This will likely involve 1 to 3 additional email messages per month during the harvest season. If you would like to receive mid-month harvest and event announcements (in addition to this monthly e-newsletter) please send an email to janegray [at] portlandfruit.org with 'Announcement List' in the subject line.
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