Who Volunteers at Garden Harvest?

Garden Harvest's volunteer program attracts people of all ages, of every ethnic background, and every income bracket. Volunteers include: individuals, families, schools, universities, corporations, congregations of religious organizations, other non-profit staff, shelter residents, emergency food agency staff, community groups, clubs, special organizations, camps, scouts, and senior citizen centers. October 25, 2001, the Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's annual Americorps Launch was held at Garden Harvest with over 500 Americorps volunteers from all parts of Maryland participating. In the 4 hours they harvested over 60,000 lbs. of fall produce, including collards, turnips, turnip greens, and beets.

A large number of educational institutions help out at the farm. Garden Harvest is equipped to host hundreds of volunteers at one time, a perfect service opportunity for an entire grade, or indeed for an entire middle or upper school. The photo here depicts just a few of the eighth graders from Bryn Mawr School, whose entire Middle School of over 250 6th.7th, and 8th graders harvested almost 50,000 lbs. that day! Just as Garden Harvest is perfect for large school groups, so also for large Corporate Groups that want a productive staff building day combined with meaningful service. Such organizations as T. Rowe Price, Wells Fargo Bank, Northrop Grumman, Fila, Inc., McCormick, The Jewish Communitiy Times, MBNA, B,G,&E, Pfizer, among others, have been outstanding in their help, not only of farm work, but also in painting farm buildings (Northrop Grumman), and constructing buildings (Wells Fargo Bank), and performing complicated mechanical repairs on our delivery Truck (B,G,& E's fleet management team)

Northrop Grumman bolunteer harvesting beets