Jefferson Award Winner - CBS5 Television, Lemon Lady feeds East Bay Families in Need. - The need is the same now, as it ever was . . .

 

Just an update: NATIONWIDE Campaign Against Hunger

NATIONWIDE Food Bank ZIP CODE SEARCH: CLICK HERE.

A special heartfelt thank you to the many volunteers who have helped haul produce to hunger relief organizations over the past couple of years! Without your help and the generosity of farmers and urban fruit tree owners, those in need may never enjoy fresh fruit at their breakfast table. It takes community awareness to increase fresh fruit and vegetable donations to local food pantries.

In any city across America, there are Share Project Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Salvation Army, Homeless Shelters. The poor and hungry will greatly benefit from your gift of fresh produce.

Join the fun. Pick some lemons, grow a garden.
 

Feed the hungry! 

SEARCH for your LOCAL food bank today! 

For more information, volunteer opportunities or to DONATE FRUIT, please call or email.

Anna, The Lemon Lady
Cell: (510) 406-1625
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

Fruit Harvesting For The Hungry in 2019. Celebrating my 11th year serving the community . . .

FREE Pick-up and Delivery. Harvest Help.
Register A Fruit Tree:

Contact:
Anna, The Lemon Lady
Jefferson Award Winner
Email: AnnaAndAva@gmail.com 
Cell: (510) 406-1625
www.thelemonlady.blogspot.com 

Donate fruit in California:

CLICK HERE for food bank locations accepting fresh fruit from local trees.

Donate fruit, zip code search the United States:
CLICK HERE for food bank locations across America accepting fresh fruit from local trees.

Donate fruit in Concord, California:
CLICK HERE for neighborhood food pantries accepting fresh fruit from local trees.

Donate fruit to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano:
CLICK HERE for website, warehouse, donation information, food bank resources.

Glean a little goodness.  HARVEST Fruit.  SHARE Fruit.  TAKE ACTION. Feed The Hungry!

Please Share and Donate Excess Fruit. Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit and other citrus fruit is ripe this time of year . . .

In Search Of - Fresh Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines . . . I collect and share fresh fruits to bring joy to others and FEED THE HUNGRY. Anyone have a local tree and would be so kind to harvest and porch pickup or I may help harvest, too? My humble project as "The Lemon Lady" has been helping harvest, transport and donate fruit to those in need for 12 years. Just don't want beautiful, healthy fruit to go to waste when we have families in our community in need for fresh food. EMAIL: AnnaAndAva@gmail.com. Happy Holidays!

Please Share and donate excess fruit. Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines and other citrus fruit is ripe this time of year, all over the Bay Area California.

Make a difference to families in need.

To schedule a harvest date or Fruit Pickup,

Please EMAIL:

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

Or,

Facebook Message:

https://www.facebook.com/annaandava

Bay Area California

Contra Costa County

Clayton, CA

Concord, CA

Pleasant Hill, CA

Walnut Creek, CA

Martinez, CA

Pacheco, CA

Lafayette, CA

Orinda, CA

Seed Catalogs FREE. Year 2021. Dream. Garden. Grow Inspired . . .

NEW YEAR 2020. I encourage parents, educators, schools, garden clubs, civic groups to order free seed catalogs; they're excellent teaching resources!

If we can inspire children (and adults) to learn about nutrition, biodiversity and self-sustaining agriculture, perhaps they will learn to make more intelligent food choices and promote healthier living. I have read many seed catalogs in their entirety. I believe and hope future generations will come to understand how wonderful growing our own organic food and saving seed truly is. My daughter Ava understood what a seed was long before her second birthday. It is never too early to give the gift of gardening to our babies.

Let us also teach our children what an heirloom vegetable is, how to save seeds, and which seeds can even be saved! Have fun. Grow something and happy harvesting!

FREE Seed Catalogs. NEW YEAR 2021
A few to get you started:

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
https://www.rareseeds.com/requestcat/catalog
(417) 924-8917

Seeds of Change
http://www.seedsofchange.com/catalog_request.aspx#.US6yk6WIyiY
(888) 762-7333

Bountiful Gardens
https://bountifulgardens.org
(707) 459-6410

Botanical Interests
http://www.botanicalinterests.com/heirloom-seeds-catalogs

Seed Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/CatalogRequest.aspx
(563) 382-5990

Territorial Seed
http://www.territorialseed.com/catalog_request
(800) 626-0866

Vermont Bean Seed Company
http://www.vermontbean.com/RequestCatalog.asp

Kitazawa Seed Company
http://www.kitazawaseed.com/catalog.html
(510) 595-1188

Potato Garden
http://www.potatogarden.com/pcatalog.html
(877) 313-7783

Wild Garden Seed
http://www.wildgardenseed.com/requestcatalog.php

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
https://www.southernexposure.com/request-a-catalog-c-215.html
(540) 894-9580

Select Seeds
http://www.selectseeds.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/mngmnt/catalog_request.htm
(800) 684-0395

Sow True Seeds
https://sowtrueseed.com/2015-sow-true-seed-catalog/

Johnny's Selected Seeds
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog.aspx

Urban Farmer Seeds
http://www.ufseeds.com/Garden-Seed-Catalog_.html

National Gardening Association
https://kidsgardening.org/garden-grants/
(800) 538-7476

Concord, California Food Pantry Locations - Clayton, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill - SHARE FRUIT or RECEIVE FOOD for families in need . . .

 

Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: 
www.foodbankccs.org
(855) 309-FOOD

GET HELP - Community Produce Program
Distributed by the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

East, West, Central Contra Costa County and Solano County

For ALL Locations: CLICK HERE

Local Food Pantries Distribute Food
and Accept Walk-in Donations.

Please call individual pantries to confirm hours for
food distribution or hours for donation drop offs.


Monument Crisis Center
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
1990 Market St, Concord, CA 94520
(925) 825-7751


SHARE Food Pantry - At The First Christian Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
3039 Willow Pass Road, Concord, CA 94519
(925) 827-4273


The Salvation Army - Concord Community Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
3950 Clayton Road, (at West street)
Concord, CA 94521
(925) 676-6180


NorthCreek Church
(non-perishable food only)
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
Tuesdays 10am-12pm
2303 Ygnacio Valley Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 210-9036


St. Bonaventure Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
Food Pantry Tuesday and Friday mornings only.
5562 Clayton Road, Concord, CA 94521
Phone: (925) 672-5800 * Fax: (925) 672-4606


Inside the: St. Francis of Assisi Church
860 Oak Grove Road, Concord, CA 94518
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
Operated by: St. Vincent de Paul (925) 682-5811
Mon-Thurs. 9 to 11 am,
Friday 1 to 3 PM, Sat. 9:30am to 11:30am


Christ the King Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
199 Brandon Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(925) 682-2486


Queen of All Saints
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
2390 Grant St. (near Almond St.)
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 825-0350


Church of the Nazarene
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
1650 Ashbury, Concord, CA
(925) 685-4343

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. Portable garden inspiration...

Tomato seedlings, Sunflowers and many other vegetables and flowers grow lovely in gallon milk jugs.

Perfect for growing and sharing with a friend.

Order some SEED CATALOGS and become inspired to grow something today.

CLICK HERE for my article about AWESOME SEED CATALOGS.

EMAIL:

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

NBC Bay Area - The Lemon Lady. Happy Thanksgiving...

NBC Bay Area, Joe Rosato, Jr. visited the Lemon Lady on location in Concord, CA. For other details about this story from Thanksgiving Day 2009 newscast, please CLICK HERE.

What do you do when you see a fruit tree with fruit rotting to the ground? Do Nothing. Nothing will ever get done.

Let us remember Thanksgiving Day as a day to help others less fortunate. Please help harvest fruit for the hungry. Apples, oranges, lemons, persimmons, peaches, pears, pomegranates. All grow in abundance along our urban sidewalks. Call the Lemon Lady to help harvest fruit for the hungry. Or, drop a flyer and make friends with a neighbor. SHARE Fresh fruit with a local food pantry. Hunger knows no season.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Anna, The Lemon Lady

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

Cell: 510.406.1625

Jefferson Awards Co-Founder Sam Beard and Anna Chan Receiving The Jefferson Award...

Jefferson Awards Co-Founder Sam Beard and Anna Chan, The Lemon Lady
2009 Jefferson Award Winner
Herbst Theater, San Francisco, California

To learn more about the Jefferson Awards, go to: http://jeffersonawards.org/

Jefferson Awards Co-Founders:

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr., and Sam Beard

The Jefferson Awards are a prestigious national recognition system honoring community and public service in America. The Jefferson Awards are presented on two levels: national and local. They began in 1972 to create a Nobel Prize for public service. Today, their primary purpose is to serve as a "Call to Action for Volunteers" in local communities. CLICK cbs5.com logo to view The Lemon Lady Jefferson Award Television interview.

Help Find Homes for these Sweet Orphan Kittens - Updated 12/02/2020 -

Anyone looking to adopt? PLEASE SHARE with friends you may know in search of an adorable kitten pair to adopt, or if you wish to support my continued efforts to help the hungry. Also accepting fruit donations! ;) All year long. Thank you so much. Happy Holidays! 💜🍼🐱🍋I'm creating this fundraiser because friends have asked how they can support my fostering kittens and ongoing feed the hungry families efforts. Thank you for your kindness and support. 💜🍼🐱🍋 ~ The Lemon Lady, aka Kitten Mom wearing bath robe covered in meat-milk bottles and kittens the past few months.

FB Fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/824213018365255/
FB Updates: https://www.facebook.com/annaandava/ These sweet orphan kittens were abandoned on a stone-cold, residential driveway in Walnut Creek. A true miracle for them - a caring family rescued kittens just in time, and they found their way to my home. Little did I know, these lil' fluff balls would SAVE ME during the tough times we are going through. Just what the Doctor ordered! So much joy! Beautiful. Playful. Loved. Adored. PLEASE SHARE with the BEST possible family to give these Lil' Milk Guzzlers a permanent home with a lifetime of love they've known and so deserve. READY FOR ADOPTION SOON! By the way, kittens are now 8 weeks old, thriving and have grown to be playful, healthy lil' fluff balls with velvet fur. Please visit my Facebook page to view updates, fun photos and videos of their growth and progress. https://www.facebook.com/annaandava/ #AdoptSweetCrewOfTwo

Fruit Harvesting For The Hungry in 2019. Serving the community for 11 years . . .

FREE Pick-up and Delivery. Harvest Help.

Register A Fruit Tree:

Contact:
Anna, The Lemon Lady
Jefferson Award Winner
Email: AnnaAndAva@gmail.com 
Cell: (510) 406-1625
Office: (925) 672-1988
www.thelemonlady.blogspot.com 

Donate fruit in California:

CLICK HERE for food bank locations accepting fresh fruit from local trees.

Donate fruit, zip code search the United States:
CLICK HERE for food bank locations across America accepting fresh fruit from local trees.

Donate fruit in Concord, California:
CLICK HERE for neighborhood food pantries accepting fresh fruit from local trees.

Donate fruit to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano:
CLICK HERE for website, warehouse, donation information, food bank resources.

Glean a little goodness.  HARVEST Fruit.  SHARE Fruit.  TAKE ACTION. Feed The Hungry!

Easy way to receive a FREE Nest Thermostat (valued at $129.00) and get paid for saving energy . . .

CLICK HERE: https://ohm.co/HappyEnergy2016 and learn about Ohm Connect.Program has been around since 2016.

Help save power this summer! This is a neat service that PAYS YOU to conserve on your PG & E usage. No software to install, nor is it required to install the free thermostat.

Simply earn free money on energy conserved for signing up.

I have a referral link to Ohm Connect - YOU get a free thermostat if you want it, and I get a referral bonus, too.

Thank you, friends. Have fun!

https://ohm.co/HappyEnergy2016

Apple Season. Donate Apples From Your Tree. Share Fruit. Join "the lemon lady" mission . . .

My daughter joyfully harvesting apples for the hungry.

Fruit Donation Contact:
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

🍏💜🍏💜 🍏💜🍏💜 🍏💜🍏💜 

Food Pantries and Hunger Relief organizations struggle to meet the demands of the poor economy. Sometimes the person struggling is the FAMILY NEXT DOOR. Together, we can SHARE THE LOVE. SHARE FRUIT. Locally grown fruits and vegetables are an abundant harvest, yet a real luxury for most on a limited food budget. Perhaps you know a family struggling with unemployment or a health crisis. Let's boost nutrition to our neediest neighbors! Please, I ask that you take action today. Join me. Find a tree. Share Fruit.

In Concord, California, donating fruit from Summer 2019 harvests is easy! Apples, peaches, plums, oranges, lemons, the summer fruit is endless.

Do you have a fruit tree? Do you wish to donate fruit?

Please Register your fruit tree before it is too late!

"The Lemon Lady Foundation" and Volunteers offer FREE Pick-up and Delivery service to our neighbors in need in Contra Costa County, California: Concord, Clayton, Danville, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Martinez, Pacheco and other cities by arrangement.

SHARE FRUIT / DONATE FRUIT

Fruit Donation Contact:
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/annaandava
Cell: (510) 406-1625

Office: (925) 672-1988

LOCAL FOOD BANK RESOURCES

CLICK HERE: Contra Costa County, Concord, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill Food Pantries and other local resources.

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For NATIONWIDE donation locations, Visit Feeding America.

The Lemon Lady Foundation's mission connects Gardeners and Tree Owners across America to food pantries and county food banks. Any Town, Every Town, USA. Where to deliver fresh garden produce:

Feeding America

Donate excess garden produce, tree-ripened homegrown fruit to any of thousands of food banks, food pantries, Salvation Army, Churches, Homeless Shelters, Soup Kitchens Nationwide. From California to the Carolinas, New York to Florida and every state in between.

CLICK HERE - ZIP CODE SEARCHING

PEOPLE Magazine Article - On Newsstands Nationwide Current Issue...

UPDATE:PEOPLE Magazine, Heroes Among Us
Once Hungry, She Now Feeds Others
May 30, 2011, page 74. CURRENT ISSUE.

April 2011, I was contacted by People Magazine to be included as a "Hometown Hero" for my volunteer work of harvesting fresh fruits and vegetables to feed the hungry. We finished the People Magazine Interview and photo shoot a few weeks ago. I understand the "lemon lady" article may publish in this week's edition of People Magazine.

Friends and Family, please keep a look out at newsstands nationwide for People Magazine.

More important - Have YOU walked on by a fruit tree today?
Do nothing. Nothing will ever get done. I can't harvest every fruit tree in America, all by myself.

FREE Fruit Harvesting for the Hungry.
FREE pick-up and delivery to local food pantries.

Any one of us can step up and make a difference to those in need. Any Town, USA. Please be inspired to help. Fruit truly matters. Thank you.

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
(510) 406-1625
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com

FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/annaandava

People Magazine Writers and Editors:
THANK YOU for your interest in sharing my story with your readers. This most definitely will inspire others to donate fresh fruit from their own trees to feed the hungry!

Diablo Magazine - On A Mission With The Lemon Lady

Diablo Magazine, November 2011 - Special Food Issue. 
On a Mission With the Lemon Lady, by Justin Goldman

http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/November-2011/On-a-Mission-With-the-Lemon/

Thank you Diablo Magazine, Susan Safipour, Justin Goldman and Mitch Tobias. You are definitely helping the hunger cause and getting the word out around our community! Beautiful work. Happy Harvest Season to all.

For Fruit Donations, Free Pick-Up or Delivery, to schedule a harvest date or volunteer opportunities:

Anna, The Lemon Lady 
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
Cell: (510) 406-1625

Food Pantry Locations - Concord, California, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek - Fruit and Produce Distribution and Drop-off . . .

Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano:
www.foodbankccs.org
(855) 309-FOOD

GET HELP - Community Produce Program
Distributed by the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

East, West, Central Contra Costa County and Solano County

For ALL Locations: CLICK HERE

Local Food Pantries Distribute Food
and Accept Walk-in Donations.

Please call individual pantries to confirm hours for
food distribution or hours for donation drop offs.


Monument Crisis Center
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
1990 Market St, Concord, CA 94520
(925) 825-7751


SHARE Food Pantry - At The First Christian Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
3039 Willow Pass Road, Concord, CA 94519
(925) 827-4273


The Salvation Army - Concord Community Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
3950 Clayton Road, (at West street)
Concord, CA 94521
(925) 676-6180


NorthCreek Church
(non-perishable food only)
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
Tuesdays 10am-12pm
2303 Ygnacio Valley Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 210-9036


St. Bonaventure Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
Food Pantry Tuesday and Friday mornings only.
5562 Clayton Road, Concord, CA 94521
Phone: (925) 672-5800 * Fax: (925) 672-4606


Inside the: St. Francis of Assisi Church
860 Oak Grove Road, Concord, CA 94518
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
Operated by: St. Vincent de Paul (925) 682-5811
Mon-Thurs. 9 to 11 am,
Friday 1 to 3 PM, Sat. 9:30am to 11:30am


Christ the King Church
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
199 Brandon Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(925) 682-2486


Queen of All Saints
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
2390 Grant St. (near Almond St.)
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 825-0350


Church of the Nazarene
For those who need food or assistance:
Call location first to confirm hours.
1650 Ashbury, Concord, CA
(925) 685-4343