The Giving Trees: Volunteers Harvest Fruit from CSUN Orange Grove

  • A dad and his two sons picking oranges.

    Some of CSUN's littlest ones are big helpers at the university's semi-annual Orange Pick, on April 28, 2019. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • Three women smiling for a photo with orange picking tools.

    Orange picking brings the smiles out. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • A woman up in an orange tree picking oranges.

    The best oranges are at the top. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • A woman and two men filling boxes with oranges.

    The boxes fill up pretty quickly for nonprofit Food Forward at CSUN's semi-annual Orange Pick, on April 28, 2019. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • Two men walking away with a box of oranges.

    Volunteers pick thousands of oranges at the CSUN Orange Grove, on April 28, 2019. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • A group photo of all those who participated in the orange grove picking.

    Volunteers celebrate a successful spring Orange Pick, on April 28, 2019. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • A family of ducks walking around the orange trees.

    A family of ducks checks out the commotion in the CSUN Orange Grove. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • A man and woman loading up boxes of oranges onto a cart.

    Volunteers for CSUN's Institute for Sustainability and Food Forward fill and load boxes of oranges at CSUN's semi-annual Orange Pick, on April 28, 2019. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

  • People picking oranges with long tools.

    Armed with pickers and other tools, volunteers harvest oranges from the CSUN Orange Grove, on April 28, 2019. Photo by Patricia Carrillo.

In what’s billed as the “biggest orange harvest in Los Angeles,” volunteers this past weekend harvested oranges from California State University, Northridge’s Orange Grove to help fight hunger in the community. CSUN Institute for Sustainability and Food Forward collected dozens of boxes of oranges to donate to local hunger relief organizations, including CSUN’s own Food Pantry. To learn more or sign up for the next orange pick on campus, visit https://csun.edu/sustainability/events/orange-pick-1.

Photos by Patricia Carrillo.

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