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Got Fruit? Give Fruit!
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to harvesting excess fruit off of homeowners’ trees and donating it to a local food bank or mission.
Tangerine and Avocado Grove!
On the 25h and 31st of April, a homeowner in Bradbury let Fruit For All come pick her grove of tangerines and avocados. Over the two weekends we managed to pick 4,871 pounds of tangerines and 736 pounds of Avocados for a total of 5,607 pounds of fruit. We are so grateful to her for allowing us to do this. So many people have had fresh tangerines and avocados because of her.
Couldn’t Do It Without You!
Ever since February of 2011, Sam’s Club in El Monte has been providing Fruit For All with much needed banana boxes to put harvested fruit in.
Without them we would be having a hard time finding alternatives. On February 4, 2012, they really out did themselves by giving us over 130 banana boxes in one trip.
One of our 2011 clients connected us with Sam’s Club and we have been forever grateful to them and the guys in produce.
Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles
On October 12, 2011 Zach Selby, founder of Fruit For All, was recognized as an Unsung Hero of Los Angeles.
The California Community Foundation and The Eisner Foundation recently honored Zach Selby for his extraordinary philanthropy to the community at the 2011 Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles Awards, an event celebrating the power and impact of philanthropy in Los Angeles. Selby received The Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles Awards to Extraordinary Individuals. Pictures and video footage from the ceremony are available at www.calfund.org/unsungheroes.
Contact us at 626-359-6666 or
fruitforallkids@gmail.com
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Arcadia Chapter Leader
I am Founder and CEO of PUENTE Learning Center. This morning I learned about your project from my sister who lives in Arcadia. She said that the two students who stopped by her home were “terrific” and represented your organization very well.
Through my Center I have made many contacts and may be able to help in some way. Please keep me posted on your project.
Question……how do high school students get involved?
Thank you for helping life to be a little better for others.
Sister Jennie
Thanks for your great comments, Sister Jennie!
To answer your question, high school students can get involved through email, this website, or by giving us a call. Since we are a non-profit, we keep track of their service hours and give them a record of their work.
Our biggest need is finding homeowners with trees and then getting volunteers to pick them!
Thanks,
Zach Selby
Founder
I’d like to donate. I have a whole tree of excess oranges. How do I donate? I don’t see a phone number here?
Hello Jennifer. Our phone number is 626-359-6666 or you can email us at fruitforallkids@gmail.com. Whichever is better for you.
Do you have a contact for San Marcos, CA 92078? I have 2 orange trees and one lemon tree full of fruit.
Let me do some research and I’ll get back to you by email. We do sometimes work in Hacienda Heights, so I’ll see what might be available. Thanks for contacting us. I’ll be in touch.
Judith
Zach, I’m a college instructor in Ventura County. Your work is inspiring and I’d like to congratulate you on your commitment to making a difference. I’m going to use your website to inspire my students to make a difference. Thank you! P.S. In November the persimmons on my backyard tree will be ripe and ready for picking. You and your staff are more than welcome should you find a need for the bounty. Sheryl Leonard
Hello Ms. Leonard. Thank you so much for the acknowledgment. It means a lot.
I’d love to come pick your persimmons when they are ripe. Ventura County maybe be out of our realm though; but if you send me your address when your persimmons come ripe I will check.
Just curious, how did you hear about our organization? We must be spreading the word if it is all the way out in Ventura!
–Zach
Hi Zach,
The persimmons are ripe! Yes, it’s a bit of a trek for you so I understand if you’re unable to come out. I heard of your organization through micro-documetaries.com who filmed your work. Contact me should you decide you need/want persimmons. The migrating birds and local crows are having a feast!
Hi Sheryl Leonard, not sure if there’s any interest in making this or seeing if any schools would pick your persimmons and make this in home ec or for an afterschool project – but it is only persimmons & lemon juice and makes what kids call “Fruit Rollups” – just a thought.
http://weelicious.com/2012/01/05/persimmon-fruit-leather/
Many other recipes when you google too!
Z, you are my hero!
I love Fruit
Zach, I had the television on for back ground noise and heard a little bit of your project and stopped what I was doing and sat down and watched the entire program. What a great project we don’t have much fruit in Springfield, Illinois. So is there any help I can give to you? If there is please let me know.
Gregg Donaldson
Springfield, Illinois
I like this, so what can i work with us guys? … : )
Hey Zach, I just saw a feature of your work on Sunday AM TV in South Florida and thought this is an incredible idea for this location, too. Do you know of anyone in the Ft. Lauderdale area doing the same thing? Thanks, Snorkelatlantic
i think this is a great idea do you know if there is anyone with a program like this in the inland empire? We were just look at our back yard at all the apples on the ground.
Dear Zach, I saw your story on Live life to win and I was very moved by your sense of compassion for others. You truly inspire others to reach out and move beyond their own life and into the hearts and souls of those in need. I commend you for your efforts. My non profit is http://www.livingforacause.org and I so understand your motovation. Keep up the loving work you are doing. Mary
U guys rock!!
Looking Great!! People helping others are just better!
Thank you. It’s rewarding — and fun!
Kudo’s Zach & coworkers & volunteers for doing such a needed community service where fruit that might’ve been wasted is now going to people who could use it as we all know times are tough in this economy. I learned about your organization by watching Live Life Win today on 5/11/13 which must be a repeat since others saw you on TV in May & August 2012 by reading comments. VERY MUCH WORTH REPEATING TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO HELP OTHERS OUT! I live in Dunstable, MA on the border of Southern New Hampshire in a rural town with vegetable & animal farms & even a working dairy farm. I even have a sizable veggie garden of my own. I am thinking of networking with others who have excess veggies/fruits & eggs to help out local soup kitchens. By attending local farmers markets I shall encourage people who have blemished veggies that they can’t sell and people who have fruit trees with “dropped fruit” to donate them as they can make breads/soups/pies/fruit purees to make lower calorie breads etc. If I can just get a dozen to start, then more people will find out about this project too. I shall even visit the farm in Dracut, MA that allows people to grow in thier “community farm” and let them in on what they can do to help out local soup kitchens as well. I’ve also noticed the only school in our small town that only goes up to 4th. grade has a few raised garden beds with just weeds right now, so I shall ask local grocery stores & Home Depot & Lowes stores that sell building materials & veggies & herbs to donate a few plants each and see if the school will let me show some students how to prep, plant, weed & pick the veggies & herbs. If they will allow that, I’ll even ask to teach recipes with what the gardens produce as one of the things the kids would love is fresh salsa & maybe lasagna with “zuccini noodles” & stuffed tomatoes & stuffed peppers! Thanks so much for the inspiration as I am unemployed and have the time now to “give back” to my community!
KEEP ON PICKING!!! So nice to hear teens do more than texting while driving – LOL!
Hi Lisa Marie,
Thanks for the kudos. It sounds as if you have some wonderful ideas for your area. We have a group here in California that also runs a Farmers Market Recovery Program. They pick up all of the leftover, unwanted fruits and veggies at the end of the market and take it to food banks and soup kitchens. Many of the farmers don’t want to haul the remaining produce back to their farm and are happy to donate it, getting a receipt for a donation to a non-profit. You could definitely organize something like that in Massachusetts. Keep your ideas flowing.
all it takes is one good thought to get the ball rolling to help other’s and will definitely take your idea and ask people at farmers markets to help out feeding those who are having a hard time by donating if they don’t want to haul thier unbought fruits & veggies back home!!
Keep up the good work you all are doing, I am sure it’s appreciated. Hugs…..