Autumn a Time to Clean and Glean
By agreenfield. Filed in House to home, Lifestyles in Real Estate, Real Estate |
While I am accustomed with the notion of Spring Cleaning I have recently been made aware of two very worthwhile causes that required me to actually do Autumn cleaning and gleaning. On Sunday I boxed a bunch of miscellaneous broken and outdated electronic hardware including an obsolete printer, 2 cell phones and a non functioning monitor all to be donated to an E -Waste Fundraiser for The Child Development Institute and the CDI Parents Association. You too can pull out all your old electronics (i.e. computers, cell phones, old laser cartridges, printers, cables) and drop them off at my office and by doing that you will be helping a great cause! All proceeds will go towards the purchase of planting materials in the Children’s Garden located at CDI’s future Early Learning Center in Canoga Park. Or plan your own E-Waste Fundraiser for your own favorite cause. What a novel way to rid of this annoying clutter.
As for the gleaning, Sunday morning with my 13 year old daughter and 8 other volunteers we picked, sorted and packed over 200 pounds of persimmons for a remarkable organization called FOODFORWARD . FOOD FORWARD is an all volunteer grassroots group of Angelenos who are dedicated to easing urban hunger by literally gleaning produce from neighborhood trees to provide fresh produce for local food banks. Their current receiving partners are SOVA and MEND POVERTY. Combined, they distribute the produce they glean to over 30,000 “clients” a month across Southern California. Do you have a large amount of fruit on a fruit tree that you can’t use or can’t pick? Please contact me so I can help you coordinate with a picking specialist at FoodForward.
Trust me besides making your property less cluttered this Autumnal cleaning and gleaning can make you feel virtuous for the worthwhile charities you are benefiting.
