James Harrald Thank you all who have helped in the previous years with our volunteer group, whether by sweat equity or by donation! Due to the current CDC guidelines and the unknown of the coronavirus, we will not be taking on any new homes this year. If you are on the database (picked previously,) you…
Tag: Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers
Generals, December 2020
To Pick or Not to Pick Is No Longer the Question!
James Harrald The Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers do intend to glean fruit once again in 2021, marking our 15th season! We have met with St. Mary’s Food Bank, and they are eager to get our donations. As you can imagine with the virus, it has been very difficult on the food banks, both in terms…
Generals, February 2020
Citrus Sharers Picking Season Underway
James Harrald Happy New Year and welcome to another season of gleaning fruit for the Sun Lakes community! The picking season began on Saturday, Feb. 1, and will be ending on Monday, March 2. We only pick on Saturdays and Mondays from 8 a.m. until noon. If you were picked in the past, you should…
Front Page, January 2020
Citrus Sharers Want You and Your Fruit!
James Harrald Happy New Year and welcome to another season of gleaning fruit for the Sun Lakes community! Our Kickoff Coffee for volunteer fruit pickers will be held on Jan. 25 at 10 a.m., and we have a new location. This year, we will be in the Saguaro Room at Cottonwood, not at SLCC. Please…
Front Page, January 2019
Fruit picking begins lucky 13th year
Now in our 13th year, the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers are once again ready to pick the surplus fruit in the Sun Lakes communities. We will have our annual Kickoff Coffee on Saturday, January 19, at 10:00 a.m. in the Navajo Room, located at Sun Lakes Country Club (aka Phase 1) to explain the entire…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Time to squeeze in some charity work
James Harrald The Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers are once again ready to pick the surplus fruit in the Sun Lakes Communities. We will have our annual “Kickoff Koffee” on Saturday, January 13, at 10:00 a.m. in the Navajo Room, located at Sun Lakes Country Club (a/k/a Phase 1). Now in our 12th year of…
Generals, April 2017
Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers have another record year
James M. Harrald All the volunteers with the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers would like to send out a huge Thank You to all the residents of the Sun Lakes community whom we picked for this year. Once again, we were able to donate well over 57 tons of fruit to St. Mary’s Food Bank. One bin…
Clubs & Classes, May 2016
Citrus Sharers celebrate
The Lemon Lifters (Rookies) The Grapefruit Grabbers (two-three years) The Order of the Orange (four or more years)Sarah Kelzenberg At the end of every citrus picking season, the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers have a year-end celebration of our labors, our laughs and our camaraderie. At the celebration this year we took the usual photos of…
Generals, January 2016
Looking for fruitful pickers
Sarah Kelzenberg As we have done for the past nine years, the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers will be picking surplus fruit in all Sun Lakes communities from January 30-Febrary 29. The fruit is donated to St. Mary’s Food Bank. Because of an invasive bug, we were worried that they wouldn’t let us donate, but, because…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Another citrus record! Over 50 tons of fruit donated to St. Mary’s Food Bank
Thanks to hundreds of Sun Lakers, the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers were able to donate approximately 100,000 pounds (50 tons) of fruit to St. Mary’s Food Bank. Most was picked by volunteers in our organization. And we are so grateful that many homeowners picked and delivered their own fruit. Most of it was picked by…