Bismarck Urban Harvest

2009 Urban Harvest

Volunteer Duties

In the comments box (at the bottom of the page), please leave the following information if you are interested in volunteering to help with Urban Harvest:

Name 

(please email contact information to director@bismarckurbanharvest.org)

Dates and shift available (am or pm)

Duties (see list below)

2009 Urban Harvest Dates (Thursdays):

July 9^th                                                   July 16^th                                               July 23^rd                                               July 30^th

August 6^th                            August 13^th

Morning duties (8:30 am – will take about an hour depending on the duty you sign up for)

•1.       Electricity:

• Retrieve electricity carts from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Run power cords from stage to carts
• Tape down extension cords in walk ways

•2.       Prepare Community Corner Table

• Retrieve table and two chairs from Downtowner’s Office (on location)
• Set up table and chairs at Market
• Attach signage to table and indicate community organization that will attending (provided by director)

•3.       On site advertisements and garbage cans

• Retrieve sandwich boards from Downtowner’s Office (on location)
• Position sandwich boards on North end of 4^th Street and East end of Broadway
• Staple entertainment schedule (provided by director) onto sandwich boards
• Retrieve garbage cans, line with trash bags and place around market area

•4.       Urban Harvest Banner and Stage Banner

• Retrieve Urban Harvest Banner and stage banner from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Retrieve banner hardware
• Hang banners behind stage area

•5.       Seating

• Move picnic tables into the right of way (on location)
• Retrieve bistro sets from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Set up bistro sets around market area

•6.       Urban Harvest Booth

• Retrieve UH booth items from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Help UH board member set up booth items such as canopy, table, chairs, canopy weights, and merchandise materials

Evening duties (8:00 pm – will take about an hour depending on the duty you sign up for)

•1.       Electricity:

• Remove power cords from stage to carts
• Remove tape and extension cords from walkways
• Return electricity carts/extension cords to Downtowner’s office (on location)

•2.       Community Corner Table

• Take down Community Corner table and chairs at Market
• Remove signage from table
• Return table, two chairs, and CC sign to Downtowner’s Office (on location)

•3.       On site advertisements and garbage cans

• Remove sandwich boards from North end of 4^th Street and East end of Broadway
• Remove entertainment schedule from sandwich boards
• Return sandwich board to Downtowner’s Office (on location)
• Retrieve garbage cans and deliver garbage to designated location (on site)

•4.       Urban Harvest Banner and Stage Banner

• Remove Urban Harvest Banner and stage banner from hardware
• Tear down banner hardware
• Return banners and hardware to Downtowner’s Office

•5.       Seating

• Move picnic tables out of public right of way (on location)
• Remove bistro sets from market area
• Return bistro sets to Downtowner’s Office

•6.       Urban Harvest Booth

• Help UH board member tear down booth items such as canopy, table, chairs, canopy weights, and merchandise
• Return UH booth items to Downtowner’s office (on location)

Urban Harvest Book Club

Let us all just pretend that we didn’t see snow yesterday, ok? In less than a month, school will be out for the summer and Urban Harvest season will be upon us. To kick off this season, Urban Harvest is hosting a book club on May 28th and June 25th. We will be reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (discussion May 28th) and The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (discussion June 25th). The public library has copies, as does Barnes and Noble. Make sure you say “hi” to Lisa Kyes if you stop by – she’s our new board secretary and the manager of B&N (and a mom to two kids, and a dog, and a cat… whew!). She will also be facilitating the discussions. Don’t worry if you don’t have time to read the whole book; we are looking forward to having a discussion on how individuals are choosing to shop locally and investigate their food choices.

Please join us!

May 28th 7pm-9pm
Bismarck Veteran’s Library
Book: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

June 25th 7pm-9pm
Bismarck Veteram’s Library
Book: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Volunteers

We have a serious need for volunteers with Urban Harvest this year. We would love if you could commit to helping us out! It’ll be fun – I promise! We are looking for people that will be able to set up and tear down the market each week. This is a duty that requires one to admire the sunrise and a strong cup of joe. It requires a light jacket or sweatshirt before the beautiful morning air turns to the heat of the daylight sun. In the evenings, it requires commiseration with talented musicians and artists from the community. Think you can handle it? We’d really appreciate it. Contact director@bismarckurbanharvest.org if you have further questions.

Click here to sign up for volunteer opportunities with Urban Harvest

Vendor Information

The phone calls have started arriving from artists and food vendors which means… Urban Harvest is on the Horizon! And that has to mean spring will arrive soon, right?! please?!

I just posted all necessary Market and Food Vendor information and applications under Pages – Food/Market Vendor Information. Please read through the documents and leave comments or email director@bismarckurbanharvest.org with questions!

Urban Harvest Annual Meeting

The Urban Harvest annual meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday March 25th at 7pm. We will be meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church located at 818 East Divide Avenue in Bismarck. Urban Harvest members will vote on new board members and a new executive director. Your opinion and vote is invaluable! The public is encouraged to attend. We look forward to an environment of consultation and community. Please plan to join us! Email director@bismarckurbanharvest.org with questions.