Harvesting
for the Hungry - Persimmons!
Harvesting
for the Hungry - Persimmons!Here are all scheduled persimmon harvests; we especially need volunteers as indicated.
| Sat Nov 7 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | H4H Persimmons -
Palo Alto - Meet at Conexions, Palo Alto. Help! volunteers needed |
| Mon Nov 9 | 8am – 12pm | Sunnyvale -
Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Sunnyvale Community Services Help! volunteers needed |
| Tue Nov 10 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sun Nov 15 | 8am – 11:30am |
Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvest - Meet at Community Services Agency Help! volunteers needed |
| Tue Nov 17 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Wed Nov 18 | 12:30pm - 3:30pm |
Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvest - Meet at Community Services Agency Help! volunteers needed |
| Sat Nov 21 | 9am – 12:30pm | H4H Persimmons - Los Gatos - Los Gatos Hills, off Summit Road Help! volunteers needed |
| Mon Nov 23 | 8am – 12pm | Sunnyvale -
Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Sunnyvale Community Services Help! volunteers needed |
| Tue Nov 24 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Tue Dec 1 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sun Dec 6 | 9am – 12:30pm | Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvest - Meet at Community Services Agency |
| Mon Dec 7 | 8am – 12pm | Sunnyvale - Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Sunnyvale Community Services |
If you plan on joining in these fun harvests, RSVP by email to events@villageharvest.org indicating the event date, your name, and number of people. Details, such as the meeting place, will be emailed a few days before the event to confirmed volunteers.
All first time volunteers need to fill out our Volunteer Registration form online first so we have your contact info, then RSVP by email to events@villageharvest.org.
General Instructions for harvesting volunteers:
Late season apples to be harvested in the most
beautiful organic apple orchard in Pescadero. If you love tree ripened
Newtown Pippins you'll enjoy tasting them fresh (yes, they really do ripen to a golden yellow. The green
ones in the stores are harvested "green".)
| Sat Nov 14 | 11:30am – 3:00pm | Organic Apple Orchard in Pescadero |
See above for instructions on joining in. This is a terrific event for friends that would like to have an outing to the coast. Details on location will be provided to volunteers a few days before the date.
The San Mateo Farmer's Market has offered to do a Village Harvest promotion in the month of November, the season of thanks. There will be encouragement to have the public bring in excess produce from their gardens, farmers to donate excess produce, and school children to bring donations collected in classrooms. All will be passed on to an local agency serving those in need.
Here's a convenient opportunity for Peninsula residents to to volunteer; we need people to coordinate deliveries with the agencies and to staff the information tables during the hours of the Farmer's Market.
Dates: Saturdays, Nov 7, 14, 21 & 28
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Place: College of San Mateo, 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo.
Bring: Smiling disposition, grateful heart, outgoing enthusiasm
We will have an organizing meeting and details will be provided to those that are interested. Please respond to joni@villageharvest.org
Village Harvest volunteers - over 800 participating this year - have blown past all previous harvests, already beating our best full year of 124,627 lbs. VH South Bay has picked over 131,000 lbs, and the new VH Davis team is approaching 9,000 lbs after only 6 months. Our food agency partners and their clients are grateful to Village Harvest volunteers for this much needed fresh fruit. An amazing bounty at a time of such great need.
Upgrading to Windows 7.0? New computer for the school year? Planning on purchasing a new computer during the holidays? Behind the scenes, VH relies on lots of computers and custom software to manage thousands of homes and volunteers, and coordinate hundreds of harvests each year. We're in need of at least one PC laptop - an 5 year old model with Windows XP would be fine, plus more memory for one of our existing old laptops (geek speak: PC100 SODIMM 256MB). If you have equipment to donate, please contact craig@villageharvest.org for more information. Donations are tax deductible.
Visit the online calendar at
www.villageharvest.org/events.htm. Events do fill up, so sign up early to ensure a place.
How to volunteer:
South Bay Online calendar as of 11/3/09, additional events are being scheduled. Details and sign up online.
| Sat Nov 7 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | H4H Persimmons - Palo Alto - Meet Conexions, Palo Alto |
| Sat Nov 7 | 9am – 1pm | San Mateo Farmer's Market - College of San Mateo |
| Mon Nov 9 | 8am – 12pm | Sunnyvale - Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Sunnyvale Community Services |
| Tue Nov 10 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sat Nov 14 | 9am – 1pm | San Mateo Farmer's Market - College of San Mateo |
| Sat Nov 14 | 11:30am - 3:00pm | Pescadero - H4H Apples |
| Sun Nov 15 | 8am – 11:30am | Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvest - Meet at Community Services Agency |
| Tue Nov 17 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Wed Nov 18 | 12:30pm - 3:30pm | Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvest - Meet at Community Services Agency Help! volunteers needed |
| Sat Nov 21 | 9am – 12:30pm | H4H Persimmons - Los Gatos - Los Gatos Hills, off Summit Road |
| Sat Nov 21 | 9am – 1pm | San Mateo Farmer's Market - College of San Mateo |
| Mon Nov 23 | 8am – 12pm | Sunnyvale - Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Sunnyvale Community Services |
| Tue Nov 24 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sat Nov 28 | 9am – 1pm | San Mateo Farmer's Market - College of San Mateo |
| Tue Dec 1 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sat, Dec 5 | 10:00am - 4:00pm | History San Jose Holiday Event |
| Sun Dec 6 | 9am – 12:30pm | Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvest - Meet at Community Services Agency |
| Mon Dec 7 | 8am – 12pm | Sunnyvale - Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Sunnyvale Community Services |
| Tue Dec 8 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Mon Dec 14 | 8am – 12pm | Sunnyvale - Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Sunnyvale Community Services |
| Tue Dec 15 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sun Dec 20 | 8am – 11:30am | Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvesting - Meet at Community Services Agency |
| Tue Dec 22 | 8:30am – 12:30pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
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