Food Forward Needs Help From Woodland Hills Homeowners and Land Barons
Grace Kilzi, a Woodland Hills resident, recently contacted me and asked if I’d make a post about a charitable organization that she works with – Food Forward.
She writes:
Hi Hills of Woodland,
I follow you on Twitter and was wondering if you could promote this group on your website. As a resident of Woodland Hills, I see fruit trees in everyone’s yard. There has to be a way to get to these people other than my putting flyers in their mailboxes…
FOOD FORWARD
Got Fruit Trees?
Got a Little Time?
Food Forward is a non profit organization that harvests fruit trees and then provides local food pantries with all the fresh fruit picked by volunteers. FOOD FORWARD has partnered with SOVA to provide fresh fruit to thousands of families in need. If you have mature fruit trees with too much fruit to pick or if you are looking for a volunteer project to do with family or friends on a Sunday afternoon, contact FOOD FORWARD at 818-530-4125 or FOODFORWARD.ORG
HARVEST FOOD * FIGHT HUNGER * BUILD COMMUNITY
This is a no brainer people. Those of you who own fruit trees know that so much of the fruit goes to waste, feeds rodents, or creates a smelly mess in your yard. So, why not contact Food Forward, and they can arrange for volunteers to come out, pick some fruit off your trees, and get it to where it can make a difference.
Grace adds more about the process:
They really need lots of locations. I see so many full trees everywhere in the valley, especially in Woodland Hills. If you can just let people know about Food Forward, that would be great. Erica from Food Forward will come out and look at the property and then arrange a time that is convenient for the homeowner for volunteers to come and pick the fruit. It’s very simple for the homeowner and the food banks really need the fresh fruit. It’s an amazing group of volunteers.
Thank you for promoting it; I really appreciate it.
So, if you have fruit trees on your property, please contact Food Forward at 818-530-4125 or go fill out the donor form on their website.
Honestly, like I said, this is a no brainer. If you’ve got fruit trees, do this. If you let me know about it, I’ll even come out and pick some fruit myself and write about it for the blog. You’ll be the envy of your community, a virtual rock star. Can’t beat that.
Food Forward also has a nice and frequently updated blog (with pictures) about their activities at http://foodforward.wordpress.com/.
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