It takes a village

This morning, as I do every other week, I picked fruit with Village Harvest. We pick fruit from backyard trees and small local orchards, and distribute it to the needy via local food pantries, meal programs, and community service agencies. This morning. we were lucky to have with us students from Pinewood School in Los Altos Hills, performing a day of community service.

Three huge orange trees kept us all busy for about 2.5 hours.

The students were enthusiastic and hard-working. They seemed to have a good time.

And we ended up with about 900 lbs of oranges to distribute.

Fresh produce is an especially welcome addition to the dry and canned goods that make up the bulk of food pantry supplies.