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Grand Finale in photos

FS Coordinator — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:46:55 +0000

The celebration began with a fun cider press building workshop, led by Fruit Share volunteer Darby Jones.

Everyone really enjoyed building their own cider presses to take home. And they looked great!

: Between the cider press workshop and the potluck, everyone had the opportunity to give input on a book which will be released in the spring (all about prairie/backyard fruit!) – written by our very own Getty Stewart.

We even got a sneak preview of pages of the book!

The sneak peek of the book was accompanied by a Fruit Share presentation area.

The book will feature all kinds of things regarding backyard prairie fruit, as described here.

And of course, we had to thank our sponsors and partners

We also sectioned off an area for our own lovely marketing materials.

The recipe swap station was located right beside the buffet. The food looked so delicious, however, that we forgot to photograph it! But it was every bit as good as it looked.

After we had all filled our bellies, I gave a little presentation to demonstrate how everyone's contributions led to an incredibly successful harvesting season. All in all, our Grand Finale was a great time!

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A successful harvesting season

FS Coordinator — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:35:23 +0000

Thank you very much to everyone who came out to Fruit Share’s 2011 Grand Finale yesterday afternoon – we had a lot of fun building cider presses, enjoying a tasty potluck and getting to know other volunteer fruit pickers.

We also made an exciting announcement yesterday: not only did we succeed in meeting our goal of rescuing 7,000 lbs of fruit, we actually surpassed that goal! In fact, the grand total of all of our harvests this year resulted in…

7,386 lbs of fruit!

Thank you everyone so much for your participation and contributions – we couldn’t have done any of this without your support and your willingness to take part in rescuing fruit and distributing it to others in the community. Congratulations on a very successful year!

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End-of-year wind-up event

FS Coordinator — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:03:49 +0000

Our wind-up event is less than a week away, on Sunday, October 23! Come to the Riverview Community Centre (90 Ashland Avenue) at 4pm for a potluck celebration. Bring any dish you like to share with fellow Fruit Sharers and have fun with your friends! You can also watch the completion of the cider press workshop.

The “feast” will begin at 5pm, with a short presentation about Fruit Share and the Guide to Backyard Fruit taking place at 6pm.

We would also love to be able to share and swap recipes – be sure to bring any recipes using fresh local fruit you’ve picked this summer to share with other Fruit Sharers!

Click here for more information.

RSVP at [email protected].

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