About the Horn Farm Center: The Horn Farm Center fosters learning through ecological land stewardship, experiential education, and community partnership.
About the Pawpaw festival: On September 23rd and 24th from 10am to 3pm, the Horn Farm Center will be hosting our largest annual event: the York County Pawpaw Festival, entering its 19th year. The Pawpaw Festival is an outdoor, family-friendly event that brings together local food vendors, artisans, native plant nurseries, and educational nonprofits in a celebration of the wild and uncommon in scenic York County, Pennsylvania. 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.
- Location: 4945 Horn Road, York, PA 17406
- Date & time: Sunday, 9/24, 9a-3:30p
- Volunteer shifts are typically 3 hours long. Start times & end times vary.
- 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 both days of the Pawpaw Festival.
- Free lunch.
- A goodie-bag containing pawpaw merch and foraged wild pawpaw fruit (supplies depending).
- Priority access to purchase pawpaws before the festival opens (FULL-DAY volunteers only).
- 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. Keep in mind that there are registration slots listed for both Saturday, 9/23 and Sunday, 9/24.
- Supplies provided: All supplies provided by the community partner.
- Transportation: Delaney will be driving car pool. You can meet her at the creek crossing bus stop if you need a ride. Try to get there before 9:30 so you can leave at 9:30.
- Team Leader contact information: There is not a Team Leader for this event. Please contact us at volunteer@ycp.edu as needed.
- Staff contact:
- Andrew Leahy, Community Engagement Coordinator, Horn Farm Center
- a.leahy@hornfarmcenter.org
- (717) 757-6441
