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 20th from 9am to 5pm, the Horn Farm Center will host our largest annual event: the 21st Annual York County Pawpaw Festival.
This outdoor, family-friendly event brings together local food vendors, artisans, native plant nurseries, and nature-based educators. The centerpiece of the festival is the pawpaw: the largest edible fruit indigenous to the Eastern United States, growing naturally throughout 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.
- Location: 4945 Horn Road, York, PA 17406
- Date & time: Saturday, 9/20, 9am-5pm
- Volunteer shifts are divided between morning times and afternoon times, each ~4-5 hours in length.
- Signups for specific shifts are available in the Horn Farm Volunteer Registration Form, included below.
- Volunteer responsibilities: Volunteers are stationed throughout the festival to support a variety of needs, including traffic management, admissions, pawpaw fruit sales, kids activities, and more. Current PRIORITY areas in need of coverage include:
- PARKING | both shifts (8am-12:30pm / 12-4:30pm)
- ROAD BLOCKS | 2nd and 3rd shifts (11am-2:30pm / 2-5pm)
- ADMISSIONS | afternoon shift (12:30-4:30pm)
- FLOATERS (flexible volunteer support) | afternoon shift (1-5:30pm)
- PLEASE INCLUDE WHICH SHIFT YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR IN THE "NOTES" SECTION OF YOUR RESPONSE
- 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, Education & Outreach Specialist, Horn Farm Center
- a.leahy@hornfarmcenter.org
- (717) 757-6441
^YCP volunteers assisting with Pawpaw Sales at the 2023 Pawpaw Festival.
