Siloam Mission – Fruit Share

What a Pick!

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:25:21 +0000

Look at this amazing produce! Thanks to a very generous country gardener (my sister) for sharing this bounty with Fruit Share. Proof that we’ll pick and share any edibles we can get our hands on. All in all 140 lbs of fruits and veggies, all except the watermelon a few tomatoes and peppers went to…

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Vegetable Share

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:45:06 +0000

This week we received our first-ever vegetables at Fruit Share! One homeowner had piles of beautiful bok choy. It was a lovely harvest. Although we specialize in picking fruit, we’d hate to see any delicious and nutrition local produce go to waste. We welcome any local produce and do not discriminate against vegetables 🙂 Thank…

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Siloam Mission

Fri, 27 May 2011 15:58:57 +0000

If you have too much fruit, consider donating to Siloam Mission, another charity Fruit Share shares its fruit with. Siloam Mission Siloam Mission is a Christian humanitarian agency offering programs and services at no charge to those experiencing homelessness. Siloam Mission alleviates the hardships of the poor and homeless, assists in transitioning them into self-sufficient…

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WANTED – Food Charities

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:02:00 +0000

We’re looking for organizations that accept perishable food donations to share our fruit with and to feature in our “Guide to Backyard Fruit”. Fruit Share is expanding into six new neighbourhoods this summer. That means we’re going to have a lot more fruit to share. It also means we can help provide fresh, local, nutritious food to…

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Siloam Mission Gets Apples

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:58:00 +0000

On Friday, the kids and I loaded the van and took a huge load of apples to Siloam Mission. Once we got there, a group (they call themselves “Assassins”) from Elite Performance, who were there to help serve lunch, came out and within seconds unloaded the apples. Thanks Elite! Brought to you by the good…

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Biggest Harvest to Date recorded by Free Press

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:40:00 +0000

Today, we gathered 28 lbs of rhubarb from 5 different back yards. What a haul! The fruit owners, volunteers and Siloam Mission were equally thrilled. To make a great day even more special, journalist Melissa Martin and photographer Ken Gigliotti stopped by to write an article on Fruit Share for the Winnipeg Free Press. See…

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Rhubarb for Siloam Mission

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:20:00 +0000

It was a good day for Fruit Share. Today, I got up the nerve to knock on a stranger’s door and ask if we could harvest his rhubarb. He was thrilled to get rid of it. Five minutes later, Aidan and I were harvesting the biggest load of rhubarb yet. Chopping off the leaves…

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