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Fruit is Food: Help us Harvest!

Get involved in your community and participate in a fruit harvest with Harvest Sacramento - it's a great way to meet your neighbors and provide food for those in need!

Help us find and harvest extra fruit this winter! 

Make a New Year's Resolution to get involved in your community and participate in a fruit harvest with Harvest Sacramento - it's a great way to meet your neighbors and provide food for those in need.  

Fruit that is harvested is donated to local food banks and non-profit organizations.  If you have a tree and would like to donate your fruit, please fill out the Fruit Donation Form so that we can contact you!  

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What happens during a fruit harvest?

Volunteers are put into groups of 5-10 with a trained harvest leader. Each group will have a list of 3-5 tree sites (depending on the number and size of trees at each site) and will be provided with all necessary harvesting materials, including gloves, picker-poles, ladders, clippers and boxes.

Children are welcome to join us, but will be asked to focus their energy on sorting, packing and transporting the fruit. Children under the age of 15 are required to have supervision from a parent/guardian, while youth 15-17 can attend without adult supervision, but must have a volunteer waiver signed by their parent/guardian. 

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Upcoming Events

Please register online in advance (click here to register)

East Sacramento and River Park Fruit Harvest

Saturday * January 7 * 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Meet at East Portal Park (near bocce ball court on Rodeo Way)

Oak Park Fruit Harvest 

Saturday * January 14 * 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Meet at McClatchy Park Arbor (next to the large stage)

Citrus Season Celebration
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
 

Monday * January 16 * 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fruit harvest in Oak Park, Curtis Park and downtown & post-harvest celebration with food and live music! Meet at Sierra 2 Center's Curtis Hall

Oak Park Fruit Harvest 

Saturday * January 21 * 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Meet at McClatchy Park Arbor (next to the large stage)

South Land Park Fruit Harvest 

Saturday * January 28 * 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Meet at Belle Cooledge Library (5600 South Land Park Dr.) 

Thanks from all of us at Harvest Sacramento. See you at a harvest event soon!

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