What do we need you for?
It’s citrus season here in Southern California, which means there are fruit on the trees ready to be harvested! We are lucky to have hundreds of homeowners who are ready to donate their fruit to local hunger-relief agencies, but we cannot do it on our own. We need more volunteer leaders to help us pick fruit and make sure it gets to people who can use it! Can you help us by becoming a Pick Leader for our backyard harvests?
What are Food Forward’s Backyard Harvests?
How do Backyard Harvests work?
Every fruit harvest is led by a Pick Leader, who are amazing volunteers who wanted to get more involved with Food Forward! Pick Leaders choose to lead harvests from a list of pre-vetted properties in neighborhoods all throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Food Forward staff coordinates the logistics, and Pick Leaders bring the Food Forward equipment and oversee volunteers at each pick. Some are small harvests with only a handful of volunteers, and others are large, with over 50 volunteers!
Why become a Pick Leader?
Interested? Here are some next steps to help YOU become a Pick Leader.
We would LOVE to have you join us! Anyone can apply to be a Pick Leader, and it’s an easy process. After volunteering two times, submit an Event Leader Application to our program staff. Then, you just need to attend a training session and shadow an experienced leader. Following those few steps, you are ready to start leading events and harvesting fruit! If you have any questions along the way, we are always willing to chat and help you out.
This post was written by Food Forward’s Volunteer Management Program Assistant, Elise Froebe.
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