Gleaning Project Hits Milestone

Earlier this month, the Concord-Diablo Rotary surpassed an important milestone in its .   

One ton.

That’s one ton of fruit collected in the project—in which members of the club work with Diablo Valley homeowners to collect fruit on trees and donate it to local food pantries.

It was on March 10 that Rotary Community Services Director Edi Birsan, member Karen Mahshi and homeowner Solvig McDonald collected 450 pounds of grapefruits from Mahshi's trees.

That brought the total “weight” of the Rotary Club’s harvest for the year to 2,400 pounds.

The haul of grapefruits was divided between the , Share, and the

If you have fruit trees that are bearing fruit in excess of what your household can use, contact the Concord-Diablo Rotary or email Birsan.