Volunteer at the All About Fruit Show 2016

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The Home Orchard Society's ALL ABOUT FRUIT SHOW is Saturday and Sunday, Oct 15-16 from 10-4 at the Clackamas County Fairplex in Canby, Oregon. As always, this will be a well attended and lively event.

Our talented and generous volunteers pitch in and help run the tables at each event, a real group effort. These events fulfill our mission of encouraging people to grow fruit at home. if you'd enjoy helping with this event, we've got volunteer slots open that need filling.

FRIDAY SETUP -- from 10:30am-2:30pm or whenever we're done. Many hands make light work and last year we were all done at 2pm. Let me know if you can make it and we’ll put you to work. This is totally fun with lots of tasks being done by the kind of people you'd like to hang around with -- nimble-thinking, problem-solving, giggle-filled, helpful folks who love fruit.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY -- Volunteers on Saturday and Sunday help out from 9:30 to 1 or from 1 to 4:30. Here's where we can use you:

1. Admission -- Can you smile and make change? Can you handle the onslaught that comes for the first few hours. Are you a quick thinker with a sense of humor who can tell attendees where to go and what to do? We need 3 people each morning and another 3 in the afternoon.

2. Membership -- Help Stan tout the benefits and joys of being a HOS member. Smile! Two people in the morning, two in the afternoon.

3. Raffle -- Hand each person a ticket when they come in and ask them to write their name on it and put it in the bucket for the drawings in the hope Bob will announce that they’ve won a nifty prize. This is how we keep a head count for the event. We draw for prizes through the day and that's got to be fun, right? Are you exuberant? We need two in the morning and two in the afternoon.

4. Books -- Surround yourself with fascinating books and make recommendations. Work with Sherry who can fill you in. Be good at making change. Need 2 in the morning, 2 folks in the afternoon.

5. Tasting -- Cut slices for people to taste from our bounty of apples, pears, grapes and exotics. This position is big-time fun -- everyone enjoys eating fresh fruit, especially flavors they’ve never imagined before. If you have a favorite paring knife, bring it. Bring an apron (if you have one). And did I mention fun?

• APPLES -- TEN volunteers for each shift
  
• PEARS -- SIX volunteers each shift
  
• UNUSUAL FRUIT -- TWO volunteers each shift
  

6. Sell Arboretum Fruit with Tonia -- doesn't that sound like a good way to spend your day? Need one for each shift.

Reply to me directly and let me know the day and what shifts you’d like to take for which task. We DEEPLY APPRECIATE all of you who help out. The best reward each year is how many new people get excited about the bounty of fruit that can be grown in our area and start planting their own.

Any of these positions sound like fun to you? If so, please let me know -- EMAIL ME (so I have everyone's requests all in one place). Tell me
1) Your name
2) What table you want to help out at
3) Which shift

Click here to send me your info:

bob@portlandfruit.org

If you have questions, you can call me between 10am and 6pm at 646-335-3731. I'll get right back to you to confirm it and there will be a name tag waiting for you at the volunteer station at the fair.

All volunteers have free admission to the event!

warmly,

Bob Hatton
HOS Board Member & 2016 AAFS Volunteer Coordinator