Fruit Tree Harvest Contributes to Classroom Snacks

Michelle Perkin's holds a bowl of fresh plums ready for delivery.

Orca's Snack Committee has been hard at work to provide local fresh fruit as part of the Snack Program. The Community Fruit Tree Harvest program (part of the Solid Ground Organization) and Sustainable South Seattle work with neighborhoods to harvest fruit from backyard gardens.

Orca's own Michelle Perkin's states that "tons of fruit goes un-picked each year that could benifit countless individuals and organizations." Both the Community Fruit Tree Harvest program and Sustainable South Seattle coordinate contact, harvest and distribution of pesticide free fruit to local food banks, churches, shelters and Orca's Snack Program. Thus far Michelle and Kate Malkin have averaged 2 deliveries of fruit each week to augment Orca's Snack Program.

Special thanks goes out to Michelle, Kate, Tiana Colovos and Gabe from Sustainable South Seattle and Gail from The Community Fruit Tree Harvest for all their efforts to bring fresh fruit to Orca.

If you know of fruit in your neighborhood that is going unpicked please contact either Michelle or Kate.

cbmp13@comcast.net

Kate.malkin@gmail.com