harvest festival

[ket]

My daughter has a harvest festival at school next week. I want to send a donation of food, i was thinking maybe beans and fruit. Any suggestion please?

[Jules001]

normally schools ask for non perishable donations as these are then in turn donated to old peoples homes etc. I normally send in tinned fruit, tinned fruit or tinned soups

[CiderMonkey]

we always used to give tins of stuff. how about tea bags too?

[ursula62]

It's a shame nobody wants "real" food any more. My mum used to send us to the school harvest festivals with home made bread and fruit from the garden.

Thirty years on everyone wants packets and boxes of "non perishable items"  to celebrate the harvest in the fields.

How times have changed!

[ineedahobby]

they certainly have changed, my daughters had Harvest Festival on Wednesday and I'd got food ready for them to take in....however the school wasnt accepting food this year only money!??

[ursula62]

That will make a lovely display on the "altar" at assembly, won't it, ineedahobby?

I remember a while back when I was a guide leader and we ran a veg stall at the church bazaar. We had two unopened sacks of potatoes left over, which one of the mums took round to the Sally Army hostel - she was turned away saying they only took tinned and frozen goods these days. So the next week we had a combined Scout and Guide potato bake out to use up as many spuds as we could, and then the youngsters took the rest home to their mums.

[woofgang]

when I was at primary, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, we were asked for non perishable donations, but, those of us whose mums and dads (well dads then) had gardens or allotments were also encouraged to bring fruit, veg and flowers to decorate the church.

asking for money is a bit much though, although I do remember that the school used to "guide" us in what was appropriate in ther food line eg "now do we really think that the old people will enjoy a big slab of toffee??"

[Haggisdj]

Are we allowed 'Alters' any more or would that offend someone...