Communities Take Root

Win an Orchard for Your Community Receive A Free Starter Orchard Just for Participating!

WEBSITE: http://www.communitiestakeroot.com/

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation and Dreyer's Fruit Bars are planting orchards across the country and your town could be next! We invite your community to apply for this exciting opportunity to grow fresh fruit, beautify neighborhoods, strengthen relationships, and build community food security—all through the simple act of planting fruit trees. In 2011, twenty communities won large orchards through an online vote process for public parks, community gardens, food banks, and homeless shelters. In 2012, we’ll do it again! And this year, the first 100 qualified applicants will receive a starter orchard of three fruit trees, guaranteed, just for participating!

“From the start, the online voting process generated immense community enthusiasm... Communities Take Root inspired a whole community ...” –Kimberly Olsen, Director, Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara

“The contest provided a focal point for an outreach campaign that helped us get the word out all over the U.S. about our relatively new and unique nonprofit care farm ... our number of Facebook fans more than doubled over the last few months.” –Robert Casserly, Sanctuary One

“The community is so proud of the orchard...it is a blessing.” –Nicole Wright, Planner, Yurok Tribe

APPLY:

• Go to www.ftpf.org/application.doc to download the Orchard Grant Application; submit your application via email as soon as possible! Only the first 100 qualified applications will be accepted.
• All approved participants will be awarded a starter orchard of three fruit trees and instructional materials at the program’s end, guaranteed!
• Please note, schools are not eligible to apply, but see www.ftpf.org for information about our school orchard program.

VOTE:

• All approved applicants will vie for one of 17 orchards at: www.CommunitiesTakeRoot.com
• Use your social networks to get the word out; get the whole town involved! Use Facebook, email, websites, and any way you can get out the vote.

WIN:

• Every month for four months, winners will be announced. Will your community be among them? For more information, visit: www.ftpf.org/ctr.htm or contact Robyn du Pré: robyn@ftpf.org.