WHITEFISH, Mont. — This Saturday, the North Valley Meals Financial institution invitations neighborhood members to select fruit off timber in Whitefish as a part of a free, household pleasant occasion.
The meals financial institution’s Harvest Fest runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with apple selecting from 10 a.m. to midday.
Volunteers should meet on the meals financial institution, at 251 Flathead Ave., to be assigned a tree within the metropolis.
The apples picked in the course of the occasion might be made into roughly a yr’s value of applesauce.
From midday to 2 p.m., organizers will maintain a harvest celebration, that includes face-painting, crafts, cider urgent, together with dialog and meals entry advocates.
“The entire level of it’s to forestall human and bear interplay whereas additionally bringing the apples again to the meals financial institution,” stated Maddie Culhane, neighborhood outreach and partnership coordinator for the North Valley Meals Financial institution. “We’ll course of them. So it is each stopping bear and human interplay and likewise feeding our neighborhood.”
The meals financial institution will even provide a pay-what-you-can-restaurant in the course of the occasion.
FAST Blackfeet and Fish, Wildlife and Parks host interactive academic cubicles, in addition to a bear conscious data and training section.
FWP will take any broken apples from the meals financial institution to a bear sanctuary.
To seek out out extra concerning the North Valley Meals Financial institution’s Harvest Fest, click here.
