Celebrating 10 Years of Service

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City Fruit is SHARING

In 2018, City Fruit members, donors, volunteers, and tree owners celebrated our 10th year of collecting and sharing Seattle’s incredible abundance of fruit! The generosity of our donors and funders drove our largest and most exciting growth to date – we grew to serve ALL of Seattle and expanded into South King County via our partnership with the International Rescue Committee.

46,758 lbs of fruit harvested in total 8,180 lbs of fruit harvested from public orchards24,099 lbs of fruit donated to meal programs & food banks2,659 lbs of fruit sold 29 Community partners who received fruit415 Tree owners participating in the annual harvest597 Total number of harvests450 lbs - largest harvest from a single tree380 lbs - largest harvest from a public orchard tree (a winter banana at Meridian Orchard) $30,123.75 - value of fruit donated to meal programs & food banks 163 Harvest Boxes requested at 72 different residences

South King County Expansion – a model for a more participatory harvestOver the past two years, we have explored an expansion into South King County, via our partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC). This partnership allows us to train refugee gardeners with the IRC to coordinate residential harvests. The harvesters then decide for themselves and for their community how to put the fruit to its best and fullest use, either by sharing it with their neighbors or developing value-added products. This partnership represents an opportunity to explore other ways in which the value of the harvest can be more directly designed by the community itself.

Many thanks to our grant funders & corporate partners for their support of the Great Seattle Fruit Harvest

Biel Family FoundationCity of Seattle, Neighborhood Matching FundCity of Seattle, Seattle Public UtilitiesFairlife FoundationFales FoundationKawabe Family FoundationLaird Norton Family FoundationLucky Seven FoundationNesholm Family FoundationPuget Sound EnergyTableau Foundation

City Fruit is SERVICE

Our volunteers showed up in a big way in 2018! We hosted more than 900 volunteers through 141 volunteer activities. Thanks to feedback from our supporters, we also made a big shift in the design of our volunteer activities, by integrating free education and workshops into our work parties so that volunteers could build skills while offering service to the public orchards. This resulted in a more engaged volunteer base and more direct service of Seattle’s public fruit trees.

910 volunteers contributed 2069 hours via 141 volunteer activities$51,083 - value of volunteer labor 325 hours dedicated to pruning public fruit trees13 new Master Fruit Tree Steward graduates8 Harvest Hubs with 53 participants3 hardy volunteers even watered trees throughout the summer at the Amy Yee Tennis Center orchard and the Burke-Gilman Trail.

Thank You Orchard Stewards:

Pipers Orchard: Don Ricks, Paul Brookshire, Bob BainesMeadowbrook: Terry VogelAmy Yee Tennis Center : Ellen BoothMartha Washington: Gavin MillerJose Rizal: Craig ThompsonFreeway Estates - Ruth CallardDanny Woo - Lizzy Baskerville

Susan BergeEthan BlakeEllen BoothNiko ButtJing ChenShan CrawfordAllison FontePolly FreemanSue HartmanBria HedahlHarriet HuberChris JacksonShawn MartelockJosh Martin Ross Mazur

Cal McCuneAntje MuellerCarter RaaenReingard RiegerFabiola RodriguezRachel SimonJude StoloffElli StricklinChigako TagamiMary TrothChris TrothLeslie WeltyLesley WerblinJoe Williams

A Salute to our Key Volunteers:

AccentureClarisonicCupcake RoyaleExpediaFierce IncGoogleLaird NortonLiberty MutualMicrosoftOstaraSeattle Bank

2018 Corporate Volunteers:

Many thanks to our grant funders & corporate partners for their support of our service education programming:

Ferguson Family Foundation

City Fruit is STEWARDSHIP

Andrew Smith-JonesAmber CasaliAllison FonteCarey ThorntonChris HofferEmelia WilliamsGavin MillerHans-Karl Frautschi

Bruce MacLeanJoanna StoddenKathleen ShermanMarco DownsNaomi CooperPaul BrookshireRoss Mazur

Congratulations 2018 Master Fruit Tree Steward Graduates:

Master Fruit Tree Stewards:

City Fruit’s Master Fruit Tree Stewardship program prepares community members to grow, cultivate and care for fruit trees in the greater Seattle community. This series of workshops combines classroom and urban orchard experiences to gain skills in identifying, planting, pruning, harvesting and sharing fruit from local fruit trees.

Save Seattle’s Apples

Unfortunately, pest damage is an increasing concern with Seattle’s fruit trees. Without protection, locally grown apples and pears are at high risk of damage from apple maggot fly and codling moth, invasive pests in the PNW. In addition, we are seeing a concerning increase in the number of trees affected by leafroller moths. The netting used to prevent codling moth and apple maggot damage is not effective against leafrollers, as they overwinter in the bark of the tree and emerge when the leaves open up, much earlier than codling moths or apple maggot flies. Leafrollers chew on developing tiny fruit, and a second-generation chews on fruit as it is ripening. The damage does not go to the core of the apple, but it can be extremely disfiguring.

In an effort to combat this increasing threat, in 2018 City Fruit launched our fourth year of Save Seattle’s Apples – a campaign to increase awareness of and protection against fruit tree pests. Many thanks to the tree owners who bagged their apples or netted their trees – this extra step can dramatically increase the quality of the fruit!

20,000 pest prevention bags distributed within the community63 public trees netted through Save Seattle’s Apples during 17 netting work parties2 P-Patches, Queen Anne and Interbay, netted apple trees for the first time2 retailers, Swanson’s and Magnolia Garden Center, sold netting by the foot

OUR SSA CASE STUDY

This year, a team of volunteers and staff conducted a case study analysis of the effectiveness of various nets on protecting against pest damage.

•11,652 apples were examined for pest damage during netting study

We will use the results of this study to inform the recommendations for our 2019 Save Seattle’s Apples campaign.

Many thanks to our grant funders & corporate partners for their support of Save Seattle’s Apples:

Charlie’s ProduceIn Harmony Sustainable LandscapesTown & Country MarketsWestern Cascade Fruit SocietyWhole Foods

City Fruit is ACCESS

Since 2016, City Fruit’s has offered a transformative experience for historically marginalized youth, by offering experiential learning on orchards and fruit trees to more strongly connect them to their community’s land, food, people, and place. In 2018, we went deeper into these connections through our Harvest Crew, which integrated professional and leadership development in order to more strongly connect underserved youth and youth of color to environmental resources and opportunities.

168 students participated in Harvest Clubs, which offered hands-on learning on Seattle’s fruit and orchards28 students trained through 3 Harvest Crew programs1 youth harvester hired through the City of Seattle’s SYEP program20 students certified as Master Fruit Tree Stewards, in our Harvest Crew program partnership with Unleash the Brilliance (UtB) and Walk Away City Collaborative (WACC)60 trees at 6 public orchards received direct stewardship from Harvest Crew students: Piper’s Orchard, Rainier Beach Urban Farm, Marra Farms, Maple Playfield, Meadowbrook Orchard, Miller Community Center.

Many thanks to our programming partners:Unleash the BrillianceWalk Away City CollaborativeSeattle Parks & Recreation, Good Food ProgramSeattle Youth Employment Program

Jeremiah B.Cortez C.Jeremiah D.KiQuanna G.Jaiona G.Chaya H.KhMerrion K.Zylon M.Jimmy M.Jalohn M.

Bruce M.George M.Keilen M.Lydia M.Nijawn S.Cashon S.Charlee S.De’Juans V.Sanaii W. Daizhon W.

Congratulations to 2018 Master Fruit Tree Steward, Youth Graduates:

Many thanks to our grant funders for their support of youth programming:The Russell Family FoundationThe Harrington Schiff Family FoundationTulalip Tribes Charitable Fund

City Fruit is COMMUNITY

Strategic Partners:Seattle Parks & RecreationInternational Rescue Committee

Grant Funders:

$10k +Russell Family FoundationCity of Seattle, NMF Community

Partnerships Fund

$5k+Biel Family TrustNesholm Family FoundationKawabe Family FoundationLaird Norton Family FoundationCity of Seattle, Seattle Public

UtilitiesLucky Seven FoundationTableau FoundationNorcliffe Family Foundation

$1k +Ferguson Family FoundationFairlife FoundationLes Dames d’Escoffier, Seattle

ChapterFales Foundation

Harrington Schiff Family FoundationChurch World ServicesTulalip Tribes Charitable FundWestern Cascade Fruit Society

Corporate Partners:

$1000+Capitol CiderCharlie’s ProduceLaird NortonPuget Sound EnergyMG2Seattle CiderWeyerhaeuserWhole Foods Markets

$500+BECUCentral Co-opCupcake RoyaleGlassybabyIn Harmony Sustainable LandscapesNew Seasons MarketReuben’s BrewsT-MobileTown & Country Market

MEMBERSHIP REDESIGNED TO SHARE SEATTLE’S HARVEST

In 2018, we re-launched our Membership program with the goal to share the harvest with even more neighbors across the city. The resulting growth was unprecedented for City Fruit! We will continue to increase member benefits and create alternative pathways to membership, so that we can continue to build a program that represents the diversity of Seattle’s communities!

• 399 members

• 4 Fruit for All Pop-ups

• Tree owners stepped up big time in 2018. They represented ¾ of our members.

• Multiple members were so excited about the new program that they gifted memberships to friends and even to the SE Seattle Senior Center, where one of the members volunteers

Many thanks to our incredible community of supporters:

$1000+Jingyang ChenMary DiorioMiss Beck HallmanLayla JudkinsBrian McGuiganDouglas PlaceCraig ThompsonAndrew GrafJohn BradenPatrick GordonMorgan & Jamison

LarsenRuth CallardMeggen ChadseyTony MartinelliJane & Brian

JespersonBetsy Moyer$250 - $1000Dorothy BullittPatricia CampKate CookIan & Dorothy

GardnerJulie KeelerBeth Miller

Rebecca MortonRoss TheilenDeirdre GabbayAnnie GagePaula JensonCatherine MuthYesler Inc Hazel SingerMatthew HallDon RicksChely SmithgallJodi DeWittJoshua FurmanKelly GodeErin HochschildHarriet HuberElli StricklinThomas O’ConnorPatrick ConlanRuth SanfordJeannette PlaceFrances PoselRachel StoermerGail SavinaMary TrothAmy WarrenCharlie Butt &

Jennifer Hodges

$1 - $250Melissa Minch &

Eldan GoldenbergLexa DundoreJohn ClotfelterGwen VernonMaryann WagnerJanet FarnessJennifer HarrisSara ShoresRosa VissersJulia BeersNatalie PlaceDina BetserLiz CunninghamLinda RobinsonFabiola RodriguezRebecca Von DueringSamantha WaehlteJanice PriceErin ResslerKelsey AanerudLeah AbellPolly AirdJean AlbrechtCassandra AllenVinia AmaralJulianne AndersenChristopher AndersonKristin Anderson

Aubrey PettyLeah BaltusMichael BaranLorraine BarnesCharlot BarneyShannon BartkiwRebekah BastianLeigh & Hank BeachBeth BeamLaurie BeckerScott BesshoMahsino BlahmohPatty BonnellAbbie BowenAndrew BowmanRob BrightCarol BrinsterClare BrooksJenny BrooksLaura BrownSyed BukhariEmma BurbankKathy BuzonJeniffer CallejaCarol OttenbergLauren CarrMelissa CarthumAmber CasaliJeanne CastleMargaret Certain

Vijay ChemburkarJill ChristensenMallory ClarkeShenoah CleggAmy CoeConnie CoffmanK CoghlanRennie CoitCarol-Ann ColeKim CopelandElaine CoretsJoshua CourteauKathryn CrandallBridget CulliganVirginia CumminsTracey DayRebecca DeboerAlex DeckonSydney DecotoHanna DenmarkSara DePasqualeGuy DevillierLara DouglassChris DrapeGwen DroletRebecca DugopolskiJessie DyeRandy EakinJoe EasterdayDave Edmundson

Kjersti EgerdahlHannah Elnan-DerseAmy ElyseTricia EnfieldKevin FanslerNancy FinkelsteinSusan FitchJac FitzgeraldAnnie Flansburg-SpiessDenny FleenorRobert FlorNancy FordMaggie FoxKris FrossmoBarbara FullerKat GiantisMarie GillMarj GillepsyMichael GilmoreAnnalise GironiSteven GoldsmithJulie ScheidFelicia GonzalezCorreigh GreeneMichael GreenePatti GuentherDaisy HallCarolyn HalleyCatilin HamerDana Hammer

Becky HandshewKarla HangslebenRuth HarperPhil HarrisonJessica HawkinsLeslie

Hazlewood-SpurrAmy HeydenMichele HillCathy HillenbrandMike HinrichsenJen HomerGreg HowardAbby HowellHelen HowellBu HuangAnna HurwitzRuth HuweShannon JakubowskiGregory JohnsonJenn JohnsonPeg JohnsonEmily JohnstonJerusha JonesKumuda KaliHye-Kyung KangStuart KaufmanLaurie KavanaghKeiko KawasakiSusan Keatts

Garriel KeebleHugh KelsoJulia KerrLizz KopecekMatt KowalczykEd KuernerLisa LaneAlex LangeMarianne LangenbachJennifer LangstonJerad LaveyJay LazerwitzAudrey LeeCarol LevinLindsay LockhartIsabell LubinKaren LundIngrid LundinAvril LuongoKelsey LupoleKaty LuxemColm MacCarthaighSean MacCorkleMeg MacDonaldKaren MakarJanelle MannsPat MarcusA MarshMillie MayJane McCullough

Katherine McdonoughSean McEwanLinda McFarlandJeanne McGradyElizabeth McGrathMegan McIntyreVonda McIntyrePeter MckeeEve McMullenBonni McNaughtonShannon MerrickCathy MishDan MiskiminAmy MooreAmy MorganPaul MorinKathleen MorrisRene MurryJena MyersKirsten NesholmChris Neufeld-ErdmanTheresa NeylonLennell NussbaumSara Ochs YeagerAna ParkeLeela PastalaCindy PearlmanPeggy PetrieRichard PettersMargaret Peyton

Virginia PlattKimberly PoweJeanie PowellSusan ProsserMelissa ReederKelly ReimerLisa RenoeSonja RivelandLucinda RoanokeKristine RobbLeonor RoblesRobin RoskindRay RuhlenMartha RussellDavid SauvionHernan SavastanoEmily SchaeferMary SchroederMargrit SchubigerKate SchuelerLenore SharpAnita SheltonJessica SkeltonShelby SkienaMarina SkumanichJulie Slocum-BennaniDavid SmithJennifer SobeckKelly SongBarbara Spear

Carrie StaffordHeather StapletonDave StappStacy StarkJerry SteinChelsea SteinerKaren SticklinPeter StockerTeresa StreetThomas StroudShine SunJim TalbotDavid TaricoDan TenenbaumDarcy ThompsonElaine ThompsonRachel TobinChris TobolaMai-Liis ToddSindy TodoSara TollefsonChristopher ToncrayJanis TravenLisa VernerKatee WaldmanCorrie WattersonSteven WellsMichael WengerJeanne WhitlarkAngela Whittman

Amy WilliamsJoseph WilliamsSarah WilliamsShirley WilliamsYiling WongJennifer WoodfieldBrittany WrightWSU Small FarmersMelanie WyffelsBeckon WyldAmber ZeddiesAndrew ZimmermanMichelle Bates-BenetuaSara ElmoreMike EwanciwJulia GiordanoDanielle GloverJohn HartNoah KayMani SomaGina MassoniElizabeth O’DonoghueDeems OkamotoSam OsborneJustin PaganSusan ParkerTheano PetersenSara Vander ZandenBlake DoepkerChris Luboff

Alexander DouglasJamie HascallPatsy HeaslyAmy KorverPete & Tara LawrenceNissa PenlandRoberta RuppinDavid SarjuEric SchlegelSanteri VoutilainenKaren ChinTerry FurchgottSuzana JankovicLindsey HendrenS OlickalLisa TrieschSarah Beth MillerSarah PalmerSagar RamachandraSharon RodgersSusan BallsunMichelle BeauclairKathryn BellBill BretscherBrooke BrodCarol BurtonChris Van LiewL ClarkMarianna ClarkClare Cooper

Lucas DuSablonTrent FehlJayne FoyCaitlin FullerSteven GaryDiane GlinnLindsey GretoSteve HaneyJohn HarrisKelly HickmanMarieka KlawitterRon LambAbbey LaningaMina LeM LongmanRyan McFarlandEileen MillerLisa MiyashitaBrianna MordickPatricia NakamuraDani NelsonTimmion NicholsPeter Geertz-LarsonArthur PetersonColleen PikeNatalie PowellMarni RachmielMerlin RainwaterMatt RittenhouseDaniel Sabath

John SandersSusan SanemSharon von

WolffersdorffBrooke WalkerLeslie WallRaleigh WattsSandra WhitingCandice WongGigi Yellen-KohnPeg AchtermanLaura AllenTracey BernalBarb BiondoLynn CheeneyDaniel ClarkeShelly CohenNancy EmeryMartha GroomSabrina HaworthKathleen LinnTara MacDonaldEunice MacGillJudy MaginnisEva NachmansonJoan RitzenthalerCaroline SimkinJessica GreenRita SmithRuth Shimano

Karen CowgillRoss MazurJames WalsethChristine WongCarl LeightyJune LiuCarol AndersonAlex ApplebaumWalker BohannanBetsy BrownCarol BrownBecky ChanCarolina ChangChristopher JaechStephen CzeckDaniel DahlJames DegelPeter DeweyPatrick DunnKristin FollmerChris GaspardCatherine GaylordSusan GilmoreEmily GordonDave HanowerAnna HenolsonJames HerndonTim HouseWendy HowardSarah Hufbauer

Terri IversonLaurie JergerDouglas KingstonLa Mer Kyle-GriffithsJames LenihanCynthia McWilliamsSheri NewboldMelanie PetersZack CookMelissa PoeChristine PorterMary PurdyJeff ReitmanJude RosenbergJesus SeguraSpencer SheridanRobert & Teri

StephensT StephensJudith G. StoloffNathaniel TalbotJohn ToutonghiLeslie UmansPamela WilliamsLaura WilsonJeff DubrulePolly FreemanMelissa HensleyJohn HirschelEmma LeDu

Mary MontgomeryEllen RatajakLibby SinclairAndrew SwayneMarcia WagonerDora RozisLinda BoydJeremy ErdmanMolly GorenMargarita MedinaJ DonoghueJulia BakerAnna GorenTamara GuytonElisabeth HarwoodAnnie JespersonM KrukarTerry VogelRachel SimonCarrie FerrenceDenice ChasePatrick Caffee & Sue

HartmanSteve HillBrad LarsenKim LokanStorie MadridAndrew O’BoyleTim Rudolph

City Fruit is GROWING

EXPENSES

General Operating $56,815

Personnel $213,898

Event $10,597

TOTAL $281,310

REVENUE

Corporate Partnerships $31,695

Government Grants $81,555

Foundation Grants $83,480

Individual Contributions $81,452

Earned Income $24,894

TOTAL $303,076

Over the past year, we dug into growing our support from the ground up and the response was incredible – we experienced more than 17% revenue growth, primarily driven by individual contributions. We leave the year with a lot of confidence in the strength of our diverse revenue portfolio and will continue to build onto last year’s work in strengthening our donor and member base.

City Fruit Team Carrie Ferrence, Executive DirectorBarb Burrill, Orchard Stewardship ManagerLuke Jesperson, Harvest ManagerLisa Miyashita, Communications ManagerNatalie Place, Education & Volunteer ManagerEmelia Williams, Member Stewardship ManagerChristian Brink, HarvesterJessca de Francia, Harvest & Youth

Programs AssistantSam Pickle, HarvesterAsya Snejnevski, Harvester

City Fruit Board MembersJeremy Erdman (Amazon), PresidentAndrew Thomas Graf (Starbucks), Vice PresidentBetsy Morgan (Sound Operation Solutions),

TreasurerBrandon Bills (MSR)Patrick Gordon (Seattle University)Morgan LarsenBrian McGuigan (Laird Norton)Amy Warren (Weyerhaeuser)Laura Wilson (T-Mobile)Caroline O’Callahan (UW Board Fellow)Annie Fadely (UW Board Fellow)