About the Horn Farm Center: The Horn Farm Center fosters learning through ecological land stewardship, experiential education, and community partnership. Learn more at hornfarmcenter.org/virtual-tour/
About the Pawpaw festival: On Saturday, September 28th from 9am to 5pm, the Horn Farm Center will be hosting our largest annual event: York County Pawpaw Festival, now a part of our four-day Wild & Uncommon Weekend. The Pawpaw Festival is an outdoor, family-friendly event that brings together local food vendors, artisans, native plant nurseries, and nature-based education. The centerpiece of the festival is the pawpaw: the largest edible fruit native to the Eastern United States, growing naturally right here in the Susquehanna Riverlands! Similar in taste to tropical fruits, the pawpaw is a unique, nutritious, and ecologically significant delicacy that ripens for a short period of time from mid-September to mid-October.
As an extension of the Pawpaw Festival, Wild & Uncommon Weekend (September 26-29, 2024) features regional partners across the Lower Susquehanna Riverlands to celebrate our diverse ecosystem of local foods, crafts, and natural wonders, including the pawpaw!
- Location: 4945 Horn Road, York, PA 17406
- Date & time: Saturday, 9/28, 9am-5pm
- Volunteer shifts are divided between morning times and afternoon times, each ~4 hours in length.
- Signups for specific shifts are available in the Horn Farm Volunteer Registration Form, included below.
- Volunteer responsibilities: The festival has become increasingly popular both within and beyond the region, so we're seeking ample volunteer support to oversee tasks like: parking and traffic monitoring, admissions, pawpaw fruit sales, and more.
- Volunteer perks: As a “thank you” for committing, volunteers enjoy perks like:
- FREE admission to the Pawpaw Festival and on-site parking.
- Free pizza lunch and snacks.
- Priority access to purchase pawpaw fruit.
- Signing up: Complete ALL 3 of the following steps to sign up:
- Click "respond" below. This will add you to the roster of YCP volunteers helping with this event.
- Complete the Volunteer Waiver Form attached to this signup.
- Complete the Horn Farm volunteer registration form to select a shift for the Pawpaw Festival.
- Supplies provided: All supplies provided by the community partner.
- Transportation: VOLUNTEERS MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION FOR THIS EVENT.
- Staff contact:
- Andrew Leahy, Community Engagement Coordinator, Horn Farm Center
- a.leahy@hornfarmcenter.org
- (717) 757-6441
^YCP volunteers assisting with Pawpaw Sales at the 2023 Pawpaw Festival. Other volunteer roles include admissions, parking/road block oversight, leading kids activities, trash and bathroom maintenance, and more.
