Meet our December Volunteer of the Month: David Komatz! David is a Community Ambassador, which is a pear-fect role for him because his passion and knowledge make him an incredible representative of Food Forward’s work. While he is based in…
Meet our November Volunteer of the Month: Araceli Schnaufer. Araceli is a Pick Leader who leads events all over Ventura County. She often brings friends or family to her picks, and always has a positive attitude. We thank her for…
Meet our September Volunteers of the Month, Lori and Steve Cameron, who have been lifting pounds on pounds of produce at the Thousand Oaks farmers market, rain or shine since 2018. Always eager to lend a hand, these stellar Glean…
After a few months of helping out at harvests as a general volunteer, Marin was subjected to an incessant slurry of requests to train as a Pick Leader. Staff and fellow volunteers noticed right away that she was, well, a…
Jeff has been a part of the Food Forward community for over 8 years, and in that time has become an invaluable and beloved member. He is full of so much gleaning knowledge and tips and is always happy to…
En español abajo In November 2021, Food Forward’s Volunteer Team released an online volunteer survey in both English and Spanish. The goal of the survey was to find out more about who our community is and learn ways to improve…
Congratulations to Sinead, our June Volunteer of the Month! Sinead has put in many hours of work since the end of last year to clean up our press contacts list, making sure we have accurate names and emails. This is fairly tedious work and…
Meet Calin, our May Volunteer of the Month! Calin is only 16 so his mom joins him on picks. Calin just recently trained to be a Pick Leader (he has done 10 events as a Pick Leader, picking more than 2400…
Celebrating April’s Volunteer of the Month: Ekta Garg! Ekta has volunteered over 90 hours with Food Forward so far! She volunteers in both our Farmers Market Recovery and Backyard Harvest programs, but has really been a staple of the Thousand Oaks Farmers Market throughout…
Since the start of the new year Ceci has led 20 harvests…as in, 20 harvests in 47 days…as in, there’s a 43% chance that she’s harvesting fruit on any given day. As new staff navigated their way through an onslaught…