Harvest Fruit with us!

Our Community Fruit Tree Harvest is gearing up for the 2011 harvest season and we need your help! 

Be a Harvest Leader
This is a great way to get to know your neighbors, share food with your community, and keep that beautiful, organic fruit in your neighborhood from going to waste!

Harvest Leaders coordinate 1-2 harvests per week in their neighborhoods and make sure the fruit is donated to local food banks, shelters, and meal programs. Mileage is reimbursed and fresh fruit abounds.

Please see the position description for more details. To apply, submit a volunteer application and a short statement of interest to Molly at fruitharvest@solid-ground.org by Friday, July 8th. Please save the date for a Harvest Leader orientation on Thursday, July 14th, from 6-7:30pm.

Volunteer
There are lots of ways to help out! We need volunteers who can do one or more of the following:
- "Scout" trees ahead of time to see if the fruit is ripe
- Harvest at scheduled work parties
- Be on-call to harvest fruit in their neighborhoods
- Provide garage space for storing ladders, picking buckets, and/or fruit
- Deliver fruit to food banks and meal programs

To get started, please fill out a volunteer application and join us at a volunteer orientation:
Tuesday, July 19th, 6-7:30 pm, Douglass-Truth Library (2300 E Yesler Way)
Thursday, July 21st, 6-7:30pm, Solid Ground in Wallingford (1501 N 45th St)

To RSVP, or if you'd like to volunteer but can't make it to an orientation, please contact Molly at fruitharvest@solid-ground.org or 206-694-6751.

Donate your fruit
If you have fruit to donate, please contact Seattle Tilth's Garden Hotline at 206.633.0224 or help@gardenhotline.org. Depending on where you live, they can connect you with us or one of the other fantastic groups harvesting fruit in Seattle!