Outreach & RecruitmentTabling at volunteer fairs, plant sales and harvest fairs, food- and urban agriculture-related events, and events held by organizations with similar missionsEmailing city or neighborhood listservs about specific volunteer opportunitiesNeighborhood outreach including door-to-door flyeringProviding service learning and internship opportunities for local studentsPosting on...
Growing Food, Growing Community (GFGC) is the product of a motivated group of neighborhood volunteers who wanted to put a backyard greenhouse to good use. Over the past few years, they have connected with Lettuce Link to grow high-quality plant starts for P-Patch food bank gardeners. In...
Lettuce Link is one of over 30 programs of Solid Ground, a large social service agency that serves Seattle and King County. In keeping with Solid Ground’s mission of “building community to end poverty,” Lettuce Link seeks to create equal access to nourishing, healthy, and culturally appropriate...
Molly Woodring Fruit Tree for Resource Guide from Harvest Against Hunger on Vimeo.Donor Outreach and RecruitmentLettuce Link recruits new fruit donors in several ways:Word-of-mouth – current donors and volunteers outreach amongst neighbors and friendsTabling at plant sales and harvest fairs, food- and urban agriculture-related events,...
Molly Woodring P-Patch for Resource Guide from Harvest Against Hunger on Vimeo. Growing and GivingThis video was developed by an AmeriCorps member and is intended to accompany the information on the online produce recovery guide.Each year, Giving Gardeners grow and donate over 20,000 pounds of fresh,...
Community Fruit Tree Harvest (CFTH)The best way of recruiting donors and volunteers for Lettuce Link is word of mouth. CFTH produces quartersheet flyers that people can easily give to neighbors and friends who are interested in participating in the project. In addition, the season kick-off and...