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COASTAL HARVEST GLEANERS COMING EVENTS!!   Bandon Feeds the Hungry Variety Show at Sprague Theater Saturday October 1 at 7 p.m. possible live and silent auction, snack bar and door prizes. To be a performer for our show or to donate for the silent auction, please call Lyn Silverman 541-347-1585 Coastal Harvest Holiday craft faire/bake sale, Friday December 2 and Saturday December 3 to be held at the Bandon Harbortown Event Center 9 a.m. - 4 p.m both days. Vendors welcome. Call Lyn Silverman 54-347-1585

The Variety Show held on Saturday, October 2, 2010 was a great fundraising success.  Thank you, Bandon, for all your support.  Click here for more information.COASTAL HARVEST GLEANERS

MISSION STATEMENT

• to provide opportunities for lower income citizens and volunteers to build community food security through gleaning, community gardening, advocacy and other community building activities.
• to provide the opportunity for "every one" of our members to actively participate, donating their time and resources, to further our efforts. We give a hand up, not just a hand out.
• to create a network of people by which food, that may otherwise be wasted or tilled under, is recovered and distributed by and for our members.
• to distribute weekly supplemental groceries and, for those that need it, firewood.
  

DESCRIPTION*

• Coastal Harvest is a gleaning organization that was started in the summer of 2003 to help low income people with food security.
• Those interested in joining are asked to give up to eight hours a month in volunteer service in exchange for a box of food each Wednesday. “We give a ‘hand up,’ not just a ‘hand out’ to low income people living in the Bandon area and up to 15 miles outside of city limits,”
• Coastal Harvest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is a part of the South Coast Food Share network, under the Oregon Food Bank and is an equal opportunity provider.
  *quoted from Bandon Western World article, June 2010.