CODE OF CONDUCT for Fruit Pick Volunteers and Fruit Growers
Fruit Pick Volunteers shall
- Respect the property and persons of any place entered into as an OFRE volunteer
- Respect the personal information of co-volunteers and homeowners received through Fruit Rescue volunteering
- Harvest fruit in a safe and responsible manner
- Leave the homeowner’s lawn free of fallen fruit and tree debris(leaves, twigs) resulting from fruit rescue
- Alert the other pick volunteers and the homeowner via email, at least 12 hours in advance, if they are unable to attend a fruit rescue
- Make reasonable effort to ensure that one volunteer from each fruit rescue donates at least ¼ of the fruit to a charitable organization, and /or ¼ to OFRE
- Make reasonable effort to ensure that fruit donated to charity on behalf of OFRE is fresh and free of disease or infestation
Fruit Growers shall
- Respect Fruit Pick Volunteers, understanding that they are volunteers with limitations
- Respect the personal information of volunteers acquired through OFRE
- Alert OFRE if they know their fruit is diseased or infested with a fruit pest
- Provide containers for the amount of fruit they want to keep from the harvest (up to ¼)
- Endeavour to remove windfall fruit from lawn prior to a fruit rescue, if possible.
- Endeavour to make the backyard reasonably safe for volunteers entering the property
- Alert the pick volunteers via email, at least 12 hours in advance, if the fruit rescue needs to be cancelled
If, as a Fruit Pick Volunteer, or a Fruit Grower, you need clarification or feel that another party has not adhered to the Code of Conduct, please alert OFRE at: info@operationfruitrescue.org