Over the weekend, my family and I volunteered for an organization called Harvest CROPS. Residential owners of fruit trees register their trees with Harvest CROPS and allow volunteers to come at a scheduled time and date to pick the fruit. The owners donate the fruit, volunteers help harvest the fruit, and Harvest CROPS makes the fruit available to low income families and seniors who otherwise have limited access to fresh fruits.
We spent the morning alongside about 30 other volunteers picking oranges from over 20 trees. This was a great experience. Not only did we have fun, but it was also a great opportunity for me to teach my kids the importance of giving back to the community. It was also good to see some of my PaperFree coworkers out there volunteering for the same purpose.