There are many opportunities to give hands on help through volunteering here at Crown Point. Your donation of time helps us to meet our goals of caring for those in need through the Foodbank Farm, flower gardens and providing unique educational opportunities. Please contact Amy Berens at (330) 668-8992 ext. 101 or with any questions.
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Our 2008 Volunteer of the Year, Verna Vanderkooi
2010 Farm Volunteer Needs
Harvest Help
Time range: From mid-May through October
Days & Times: Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 until Noon
Responsibilities Include: Under the direction of the Harvest Manager, assist with harvesting, washing, prepping and packing vegetables for the CSA, Farmer’s Market and/or Foodbank. Other duties may be assigned as necessary and as time permits.
Field Work Assistance
Time range: From May through October
Days & Times: Thursday and Saturday mornings from 8 until Noon; Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 1 until 4
Responsibilities Include: Transplanting, Irrigation set-up, hoeing, hand-weeding, crop thinning, covering crops with row-covers, greenhouse work, washing containers and other various tasks as needed and the day requires
Farmers' Market Assistance
Time Range: From June through October
Days & Times: Saturday mornings from 7am until 2pm
Responsibilities Include: Assisting with the packing, transport, set-up, sales and tear down for farmer’s market
Flower Garden Assistance
Time Range: From May to Oct.
Days & Times: Monday through Friday; 8am until noon and 1pm until 3pm
Responsibilities Include: Hoeing, hand weeding, transplanting, seeding, picking flowers and packaging bouquets
Tomato Trellising
Time Range: Late June to Sept.
Days and Times: Thursday and Saturday mornings from 8 until Noon; Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 1 until 4
Responsibilities Include: cutting ties for trellising, stringing twine between stakes, tying tomatoes to trellis, and minimal pruning
Garlic Harvest
Time Range: 1st week of July until completed (usually a couple of days)
Days and Times: Will vary
Responsibilities Include: Assisting with pulling up garlic plants and hanging in barn to dry
Potato Harvest
Time Range: Late August to mid-September or until completed
Days and Times: Will vary
Responsibilities Include: Picking up potatoes and bagging, gathering cut and rotten potatoes for composting
Onion Harvest
Time Range: Late July until completed (usually a few days to a week)
Days and Times: Will vary
Responsibilities Include: Pulling up onion plants, laying plants out to dry in greenhouse
Garlic Trimming
Time Range: Late July or Early August until completed (usually several weeks)
Days and Times: Monday through Saturday, any time
Responsibilities Include: Trimming stems and roots from dried garlic, cleaning outer skin, sorting by size, bagging and making ready for sale
Onion Trimming
Time Range: Mid-August until completed (usually a couple of weeks)
Days and Times: Monday through Saturday, any time
Responsibilities Include: trimming stems from dried onions, bagging, sorting and labeling
Taste of the Earth Prep
Time Range: August 8-August 13
Days and Times: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of said week
Responsibilities Include: Assistance with harvesting, washing and packaging food for use by the caterers for Taste of the Earth, cleaning of lower portion of barn and outside of barn to make presentable for public viewing, scrubbing containers, and other duties as necessary
Winter Squash Harvest
Time Range: Mid or Late September until completed
Days and Times: Will vary
Responsibilities Include: Cutting squash from vines, gathering squash up from field, spraying dirt off with hose, and laying out in greenhouse to dry
Fall Cabbage Harvest
Time Range: Early to mid October
Days and Times: Mondays from 8am until 4pm, Tuesday mornings
Responsibilities Include: Assisting with harvesting, washing and packing cabbage for the Foodbank
