2pm- 2:45pm

• Volunteer roles
  • Food Forward
    • Property scouters; pick leader; volunteers
      • Limited by system that won’t support any more picks
      • No limited by roles – e.g. scout can do 5 properties/month
      • Solo picking –
        • Considerations: safety issues when working alone or being bored alone.
        • Need to follow same procedures followed before/during/after pick that would be followed on a group pick.
        • Can create their own schedule (more control)
        • Generally do three 40-lbs boxes/pick
      • Some volunteers can do everything  (pick; drive; store)
      • Provide pick leaders with post-event surveys
      • Thank you to volunteers (including pick leader) and home owner
  • Village Harvest
    • Planners – More flexible vs. Harvest leaders – Homeowner contact; paperwork
      • Roles used to be centralized and now roles exist within each geographic chapter.
      • Intakes and events are independent
      • Pro-active outreach to existing homeowners; drive to website to complete forms.
      • Visual mapping of homes to be picked on team harvests
      • Contact (email) to confirm availability/interest for a homes to be picked; “work order” generated.
    • Nominal leader – “I pick the fruit; I drive the van”
• Usually one house at a time (1.5 hours)
• Receipts for home owners
  • Some don’t have email
  • Cards can be helpful
  • Calibrations on standard containers/fruit type (w/in 5% accurate enough)
  • Issue on the spot when picking occurs
    • VH asks for people being willing to help underwrite the costs (1 page doc – envelope provided as well as online option)
    • Agency receipts done at time of drop off or electronically
    • Reconciliation happens in the back office
    • If you’re not already a non-profit yourself, the food bank you partner with may allow you to distribute their receipts.
• Urban Farmer
  • Contact annual fruit tree planning workshops. Creates loyal followers
  • Work with schools to plant fruit trees (provide mentoring). Over 1100 planted in 3 years.
  • Work with subdivision to put in 10 x 60 space in open space to plant fruit trees
• SUGGESTION: Share information across orgs about production, pestilence(?), things to anticipate.