City Fruit Hosts Virtual City Fruit Celebrates After Another Strong Harvest

Celebrate and support this local non-profit!

On Sunday, October 25^th, at 5p, the non-profit City Fruit will celebrate another strong harvest, done in the extraordinary year of challenges that has been 2020. While the organization faced budget cuts, they still managed to accomplish much of their mission to

This year, the City Fruit volunteers netted nearly 80 trees. Photo provided by City Fruit

Overcoming the logistical hurdles caused by observation of COVID-19 transmission precautions and volunteer scarcities, City Fruit still managed to:

Net nearly 80 fruit trees to protect them from pest damage
Welcome and train six Neighborhood Ambassadors who collectively harvest thousands of pounds of fruit
Donate fresh, nutritious fruit to over a dozen community partner organizations
Host 12 ‘Fruit for All’ pop-ups, and served 743 community members
Host a youth program with the Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) at the Marra Farm

City Fruit volunteers harvested thousands of pounds of fruit for those in need. Photo provided by City Fruit

Help City Fruit celebrate these accomplishments, and toast the amazing community of volunteers and supporters that made it happen. Most importantly, fund the harvesting, orchard stewardship, and education programs of City Fruit with the proceeds from your tickets.

Join in an hour of fruit-centered trivia hosted by Ken Jennings, and learning more about this community based non-profit. Buy tickets, and find out about the cider packages, at CityFruit.org (click here.) Even if you cannot attend the virtual City Fruit Celebrates, consider donating to support the work of caring for and caretaking the fruit of our urban orchard.