Portland Fruit Tree Project
provides a community-based
solution to a critical and growing
need in Portland and beyond –
access to healthy food.
By empowering neighbors to share
in the harvest and care of urban fruit
trees, we are preventing waste,
building community knowledge and
resources, and creating sustainable,
cost-free ways to obtain healthy,
locally-grown food.
Because money doesn’t grow
on trees… but fruit does!
We bring people together to gather
fruit before it falls, and make it
available to those who need it most.
We register fruit and nut trees
throughout the city, bring people
together to harvest and distribute
thousands of pounds of fresh fruit
each year, and teach tree care
and food preservation in hands-on workshops.
www.portlandfruit.org
The Portland Fruit Tree Project
is made possible with grants
from Meyer Memorial Trust
and City of Portland's Office
of Neighborhood Involvement
And generous contributions
from people like you!
Thank you!
Portland Fruit Tree Project
1912 NE Killingsworth St.
Portland, OR 97211
info@portlandfruit.org
503-284-6106
www.portlandfruit.org
Dear friends,
As trees around the city begin to burst with ripening fruit, the Portland Fruit Tree Project is busy preparing for our most bountiful season yet!
This is a very exciting time for our blossoming organization. We plan to double the number of harvesting events this year! With your help, we aim to harvest 10,000 pounds of fresh fruit that would otherwise go to waste, and make it available to those who need it most. There are many ways for you to get involved -- see below for details! We also plan to double the number of food preservation workshops this year. Plus we recently moved into a wonderful new site in NE Portland, where we are starting a new community orchard and demonstration garden!
In these tough economic times, the work of the Portland Fruit Tree Project is needed more than ever! Please consider a gift to support our important work. Your support is much-needed, and any amount is greatly appreciated!
In this update:
We've moved!
The Portland Fruit Tree Project is pleased to announce that we have moved to fabulous new site at 1912 NE Killingsworth Street.
Our humble new headquarters will is already making a huge difference for the PFTP as we continue increasing our program and organizational capacity! It includes a meeting room, on-site tool storage, kitchen (for workshops), and a big garden! Plus enough space to accomodate a new intern and future Americorps staff.
We are happy to be sharing the site with 3 wonderful community organizations: NE Portland Tool Library, Soltrekker, and Friends of Family Farmers!
Want to see the new place?
Come to our Anniversary Celebration and Open House
Or volunteer for a garden work-party
New! Community Food Forest
The Portland Fruit Tree Project is creating a demonstration orchard and garden at our new site. This Community Food Forest will incorporate fruit trees and edible perennials along with organic veggies as a demonstration site for home-scale food cultivation, and to produce healthy food for people in need. With support from many local businesses and dedicated volunteers, we are quickly transforming a neglected lot into a valuable resource for the community.
Want to help out?
Join us for a volunteer work party! This Wednesday, July 1st, 6:00-8:00pm
To sign up, please send an email to info@portlandfruit.org with 'Garden work-party sign-up' in the subject line. We will provide more information after you sign up.
PFTP Anniversary Celebration and Open House
Saturday, August 1st, 6:00-9:00pm
Mark your calendars!
Join the Portland Fruit Tree Project in a grand celebration of our anniversary, our new location, and the start of the 2009 harvesting season! Stay tuned for more info...
Want to contribute?
We are seeking silent auction items, food and drink donations, skilled entertainers, and more...
Email katy@portlandfruit.org for more info...
Volunteer as a Harvest Leader!
<< Application deadline extended to July 3rd! >>
As a Harvest Leader, you will co-lead group harvesting events in your own neighborhood! It’s a fun way to meet your neighbors and help make locally grown produce available to all. The Portland Fruit Tree Project will provide all of the necessary training, materials, and support. Each Leader is expected to lead 3 or more harvesting parties in the 2009 harvest season (July – November).
Residents of Southeast Portland are especially encouraged to apply!
As a Harvest Leader, you will co-lead group harvesting events in your own neighborhood! It’s a fun way to meet your neighbors and help make locally grown produce available to all. Harvest leaders are responsible for overseeing and leading harvest participants, distributing harvested fruit, and keeping accurate harvest records. The Portland Fruit Tree Project will provide all of the necessary training, materials, and support. Each Leader is expected to lead 3 or more harvesting parties in the 2009 harvest season (July – November). Residents of Southeast Portland neighborhoods are especially encouraged to apply!
To apply, As a Harvest Leader, you will co-lead group harvesting events in your own neighborhood! It’s a fun way to meet your neighbors and help make locally grown produce available to all. The Portland Fruit Tree Project will provide all of the necessary training, materials, and support. Each Leader is expected to lead 3 or more harvesting parties in the 2009 harvest season (July – November).
Residents of Southeast Portland are especially encouraged to apply!
To apply: Send an email to katy@portlandfruit.org, with ‘Harvest Leader Application Request' in the subject line. We'll send you an application right away. Applications are due Friday, July 3rd.
Harvesting Parties & Workshops
Only 3 weeks until the start of the 2009 Harvest Season!
The first harvesting parties will be announced in July... Stay tuned!
Our July eNewletter will contain the schedule and instructions for signing up.
Food Preservation workshops begin in August. Details coming soon...
PFTP is hiring! Harvest & Stewardship Coordinator (AmeriCorps)
Click here for a full position description and application instructions
The Harvest and Stewardship Coordinator (HSC) will enhance the capacity and impact of our Harvesting and Tree Registration programs. Working collaboratively with volunteers, tree owners and staff, the HSC will register trees whose fruit would otherwise go to waste, coordinate harvesting events and fruit distribution, and lead and train volunteers to assist in each of these activities. The HSC will facilitate activities to increase stewardship of urban fruit trees, including tree care workshops, pruning parties, and site visits with tree owners. This position is in partnership with the Northwest Service Academy (NWSA), an AmeriCorps program of ESD112.
Applications will be accepted until Thursday, July 2nd. Apply now!
Wish List
Are you able to donate any of the following? If so, call 503-284-6106, or email katy@portlandfruit.org Donations are tax-deductible, and greatly appreciated!
- Soaker hoses
- A-frame sign (aka sandwich-board sign)
- First aid kits (2 of them)
- 5-gallon buckets (with handles and lids)
- Pruning tools: Loppers, pruning shears, saws, pole pruners
- Orchard ladders
- Chipper/shredder
- Fruit picking poles
- Pitchfork & spading fork
- Pickup truck
- Cargo Bike
Support us
In these tough economic times, the Portland Fruit Tree Project is poised to make a big difference for hundreds of families in need. But we can't do it without your help.
Please take this opportunity to support the unique and much-needed work of the PFTP.
Donate now!
Your gift will help us make lasting change in your community, improve the health and sustainability of Portland neighborhoods, and enable hundred of low-income families to put fresh fruit on the table this year...
$5, $50, $500... Any amount would be greatly appreciated.
Make a secure contribution through PayPal.
Or send checks to: Portland Fruit Tree Project
1912 NE Killingsworth St.
Portland, OR 97211
Your donation is tax-deductible, and greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
