Last week we had a great harvest of two 4-litre buckets of red currants.
It took our dedicated volunteers nearly two hours to pick all of the currants! One of the volunteers, a social worker, brought one third of the fruit back for her clients. Thank you to our volunteers and to the homeowner for their hard work and contributions.
Jun.8,2011Check out the article in the Winnipeg Metro today! Click here for link – Fruit Share in Metro June 8
May.17,2011Today, our 50th volunteer fruit picker registered!
Volunteers from across the city are signing up and letting us know that they love Manitoba backyard fruit and are willing to roll up their sleeves to pick, enjoy and share some fruit.
We also have 39 fruit picking locations registered. Based on last year’s experience we can expect even more calls from fruit owners when the fruit is ripe and ready to be picked.
Just 20 more volunteers and another 20 fruit picking locations and we’ll be right on target for picking around 7,000 pounds of fruit this summer!
Got rhubarb?
Got neighbours with rhubarb?
If you or someone you know has more rhubarb than they know what to do with, let us know. We looovvvve rhubarb and will put it to good use.
Pass on the message and help us make the most of local, nutritious, and delicious fruit.
Email us at [email protected].
Today, we gathered 28 lbs of rhubarb from 5 different back yards. What a haul! The fruit owners, volunteers and Siloam Mission were equally thrilled.
To make a great day even more special, journalist Melissa Martin and photographer Ken Gigliotti stopped by to write an article on Fruit Share for the Winnipeg Free Press. See if you can be one of the first to spot a glimpse of some of our volunteers in action in the Free Press sometime this week.
Jun.26,2010
An announcement in the Reflector (our community newspaper) is resulting in a bit of interest in Fruit Share. We have new volunteers and more rhubarb registered. How exciting!
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