[DEHC] Earthworks: Pick Fruit for a Cause, deadline June 27

[Rosanne.Foley at dotwell.org]

   Volunteer to Pick Fruit with us and support City Fruit!

   Dear EarthWorks Supporter,

   This summer, we are proud to introduce a new project to promote our
   trademark program, Urban Orchards. We believe that fruit trees are a
   great tool to help solve many urban and global problems. By planting
   and caring for fruit trees, Urban Orchards is providing high quality
   nutrition to undernourished city residents, environmental benefits like
   cleaner air and water, beautifying neighborhoods, and creating
   opportunities for learning and the experience of food growing close to
   home. Through the City Fruit project, we are working with partners such
   as Haley House Bakery Café, Hyde Square Task Force and Food Project to
   improve and distribute the harvest from our orchards. The City Fruit
   brand is being used to identify fruit and products containing fruit
   from our urban orchards.

   In addition, throughout the summer of 2008, we will be working with JP
   Licks to make EarthWorks flavors of their products with fruit from our
   urban orchards . This is a great promotional opportunity for our new
   City Fruit program. In addition, proceeds from the sales will benefit
   our Urban Orchards program.

   We need your help to make it happen. We need volunteers to pick fruit
   that will be used to make the JP Licks sorbet and ice cream. The first
   flavor will be a sour cherry sorbet. Sour cherries are almost ready.
   Tentative dates for picking include:

   June 28 @ 9am
   June 30 @ 6pm
   July 1 @ 6pm
   July 7 @ 6pm

   Here is how it works. Sign up for as many dates as you think you can
   make yourself available to pick. If the fruit is going to be ripe on
   those dates, we will do our best to call you 2 days before the picking.
   As a token of our thanks, all volunteers will receive a voucher for a
   free cone or dish of a JP Licks EarthWorks flavor and a small portion
   of fresh fruit to take home. You must sign up by June 27 in order to
   participate.

   Please call or email me to sign up . Thanks for your continued interest
   and support for EarthWorks.

   Sincerely,

   Benjamin Crouch
   Program Director
   617-442-1059
   [1]ben at earthworksboston.org

References

   1. mailto:ben at earthworksboston.org