This past summer, OFRE pitched an idea at a great Edmonton initiative put together by Next Gen called MEAET that strives to put micro-funding in the hands of people doing good for the city and community. Everyone who attends the event contributes a fee, and then after all the ideas are pitched, everyone enjoys a […]
Voting for the Aviva Community Funding Grant begins Nov 14th – Please vote!
Well, fruit season may be over, but OFRE volunteers have been busy this fall planning for the next season! OFRE has put together a funding proposal for the Aviva Community Grant competition and needs your support. This is a social grant and making it into the semi-finals depends on getting enough votes from people who […]
OFRE fruit captains turned farm gleaners for a day
As you may know OFRE rescues unwanted fruits from private property where homeowners have registered their trees/bushes with us. We have not rescued vegetables before, until now…We got an interesting phone call request from a farmer outside of Edmonton asking if we could come and rescue his vegetables. We excitedly said Yes! and turned this […]