Community Partners
Our community partners are the recipients of our harvests.
Being a VFTP Community Partner means supporting local food security and efforts to reduce fruit waste, and being part of a growing network of organizations celebrating the importance of accessibility to fresh produce.
Our Current Partners
What Our Partners Are Saying
“Britannia Community Centre has always appreciated Vancouver Fruit Tree donations, helping to offset the costs and availability of fresh organic produce. Increasingly as food prices rise, the demand is increasing here at the centre and I often have the various programs inquiring about more fruit. We only wish more was available.”
— Britannia Community Centre
“We appreciate the flexibility that the VFTP has with regard to dropping off fruit at more than one location depending on where it is needed. The fruit that is donated through the VFTP goes directly to our program participants, many of whom are on fixed budgets, and helps to supplement their weekly groceries in the summer.”
— Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
“Our clients — families with young children — are always happy to eat fresh fruit when they are participating in our programs, or to take some home. Quite often they bring back cakes, pies or jam made with the fruit to share with other participants. The VFTP also helps us with an apple tree in our backyard so we can always be sure that no fruit is wasted.”
— West Side Family Place
Interested in becoming a community partner?
FAQs
Am I able to request certain fruit?
In your application, you can outline preferences for harvest size as well as types of fruit. Our Coordinator will do their best to accommodate these preferences as picks are scheduled.
How often will I receive a harvest?
Harvests are allocated based on the proximity of the pick site to your location as well as your listed preferences for fruit. Our Coordinator does their best to ensure harvests are equally distributed throughout the season.
Is there something we need to do in return?
As a partnership, we encourage and appreciate any effort to reciprocate the relationship for the benefit of our collective cause. Sending pictures of harvests in use, promoting our events to your community, or offering testimonies about how harvests have benefited your organization are all ways of giving back!