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08/22/2026

Summer may be winding down, but the Produce Party is still very much turned up ☀️

Last Saturday, 125+ volunteers moved 11,244 lbs of fresh produce — 🌽🫑🍓🥬🧅 — reaching 1,500+ families across 22 communities throughout The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

🔥 Shoutout to:

• Ardis Carlos (Ardis Carlos-Alim) — a true Produce Party Animal who rallied her August birthday crew to celebrate ALL the August birthdays with a morning of service 🎂

• Curriculum Kweens (Curriculum Kweens) — bringing their signature joy, curiosity, and love of learning straight to the Produce Party 📚

And cheers to our service leaders — the green-vest crew who bring the energy whenever something needs doing 🦺

One HUGE shoutout to student service leader and photographer Grant Knight (Grant), who heads off to Middlebury College this fall after lending his incredible talent to Grassroots Grocery. We’re going to miss having him behind the camera — and in the lot! 📸

One of the final summer Saturdays, and still plenty of party left.

08/15/2026

The summer Produce Party streak continues 🌞

Last Saturday, 150+ volunteers helped move 12,233 lbs of fresh produce — 🫑🍌🍐🍆🥬 — reaching 1,300+ families across 18 communities throughout The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

🔥 Shoutout to:

Elmwood Day Camp — back for their second Produce Party of the summer and continuing a tradition we love seeing year after year. Can’t wait to welcome them back this winter! 🏕️

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine — future doctors showing up for their Bronx neighbors 🩺

And a big salute to our service leaders — the green-vest crew who somehow make 12,000+ lbs of produce feel organized, welcoming, and fun 💚

Another Saturday, another parking lot full of people doing something good together.

📸 Photos by service leader Lana

08/13/2026

One of our favorite summer traditions 💚

Last week, our founder & CEO Daniel Zauderer visited Camp Echo Lake to talk with the Leaders in Training about Grassroots Grocery and the power of neighbors helping neighbors.

Huge thanks to Emily Belkin Stein and Tony, the best sleepaway camp directors around, for making this happen every summer!

Next up: the CEL Produce Party this November. It’s going to be epic 🍇

08/08/2026

A whole lot of green vests and a whole lot of produce 💚

Nearly 100 volunteers joined us last Saturday to move 10,046 lbs of fresh produce — 🥦🥬🌶️🍓🫑🥒 — reaching 1,400+ families across 20 communities throughout The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

And this week, our service leaders get the spotlight!

These are the Produce Party Animals who keep coming back, learning the ropes, taking ownership, and becoming the people others can count on when Saturday morning gets moving.

They started as volunteers. Now they’re part of what makes the whole thing hum.

Another summer Saturday in the books ☀️

📸 Photos by student service leaders Lana and Jonah!

07/31/2026

A birthday celebration with a side of 10,076 lbs of produce 🎈

Nearly 100 volunteers joined us last Saturday to move cabbage, cucumbers, raspberries, strawberries, broccoli, and mangoes — 🥬🥒🍓🥦🥭 — reaching 1,600+ families across 23 communities throughout The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

🔥 Shoutout to:

• JCC Engage UES (Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan) — celebrating co-chair Deb’s birthday the Produce Party way: surrounded by friends and serving neighbors 🎂

• Albert Einstein Graduate School ( ) — proudly repping The Bronx and putting service into practice 🧬

And to the service leaders who return week after week: you’re the familiar faces people look to, the first hands raised, and the reason new volunteers quickly feel at home 🦺

Six varieties. Twenty-three communities. One awesome Saturday!

07/25/2026

Summer Saturdays are for mangos, neighbors, and getting things done 🥭

Last Saturday, 125+ volunteers helped move 10,147 lbs of fresh produce — 🍇🍎🍐🍆🥒🫑 — reaching 1,200+ families across 18 communities throughout The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

🔥 Shoutout to:

• Olmstead 2nd Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — showing up ready to serve and bringing plenty of energy with them 🙌

• Friends from Pelham, NY — brought together by Tara Harned Weishaupl, who rallied the crew for a summer Saturday of service ☀️

And to the service leaders who already know where to jump in, what needs doing, and how to bring everyone else along — we see you 🦺

Mangos, tomatillos, green beans, and a parking lot full of people who came ready to help. That’ll do!

📷 Photos by student service leader Lana!

07/18/2026

☀️ Summer Produce Party season is officially underway!

We’re combining our first TWO Produce Parties of the summer into one celebration—and what a way to kick things off.

Over two Saturdays, 300+ volunteers helped distribute 24,240 lbs of fresh produce — 🍇🥑🍓🥦🥒🍊 — reaching 2,713+ families across 26 communities throughout The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

🔥 Shoutout to:

• Girl Scouts Troop 1275 — bringing the Girl Scout spirit of service to the Produce Party 🍪

• Jonah & Ami’s Mitzvah Project — making Tikkun Olam happen right here in our own backyard ✨

• Olmstead 2nd Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Church of Jesus Christ) — returning once again with an incredible commitment to serving their neighbors 🤝

• Elmwood Day Camp — back for their FOURTH Produce Party and showing that camp can make an impact far beyond its own campus

• Albert Einstein Graduate School — future scientists stepping out of the lab and into the community 🧪

And a big thank you to our service leaders who continue to lead by example and help make every Saturday stronger 🦺

Here’s to a summer full of neighbors helping neighbors ☀️

07/01/2026

Last Tuesday, two of our youngest volunteers stood on the field at Citi Field ⚾️

Not because they play for the Mets, but because they volunteer with Grassroots Grocery.

We had the incredible honor of accepting the New York Mets Spirit Award during Together Tuesday, thanks to our technology partners at Fundraise Up and Stripe.

Seeing two young service leaders represent Grassroots Grocery on the field felt exactly right. This is the future we’re working to build, where young people grow up knowing that making a difference isn’t an add-on, but a part of who they are.

The Mets Spirit Award may have had Grassroots Grocery’s name on it, but it belongs to every volunteer who keeps showing up for their neighbors 😍 🥬 🎉

06/27/2026

One person invites a friend. A friend brings a family. A family brings a community 💚

Last Saturday, 125+ volunteers helped distribute 10,194 lbs of fresh produce — 🥦🥒🫐🥬🥕 — reaching 1,300+ families across 21 communities in The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

🔥 Shoutout to:

• Devastating NYC — bringing together Uptown and Downtown State NY Sorors for a powerful morning of service ❤️

• Hastings High School — huge shoutout to student leader Will Andrus for rallying the troops and making it happen 🎓

• Eastchester Cultural Celebration Committee — bringing the best of Eastchester to the Bronx 🎉

• Natalie and her family — thank you for celebrating your mitzvah project by helping make Tikkun Olam happen in our own backyard ✨

And a special shoutout to the service leaders 🦺 who keep saying “yes”

Every Produce Party starts with someone deciding to invite someone else. We love watching those ripples grow 🌱

06/20/2026

Last Saturday was a pretty good day to be a New Yorker 🏀

Before the Knicks brought a championship back to NYC, 175+ volunteers came together to move 10,568 lbs of fresh produce — 🫑🍇🍈🥬🫐🍑 — reaching 1,500+ families across 22 communities in The Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan.

🔥 Shoutout to:

• PS 527 PTA — showing up in a BIG way and bringing the school community with them 🎒

• The Greenfield Family — thank you Bari, Matt, Mira, and Tessa for rallying friends and family to the Produce Party 💚

• Citadel of God Almighty — representing the Boogie Down with pride 🙌

• Young Men’s Service League LoWestCo — moms and sons serving side-by-side, as always 🌟

• Neighborhood Charter Schools— representing the Bronx strong 📚

• East Side Middle School PTA — proving middle schoolers know how to show up and get the job done ✨

• Port Chester Rye Brook Girl Scouts — bringing their trademark spirit of service and leadership 🍪

And a special shoutout to the service leaders who keep coming back, taking on more responsibility, and helping welcome the next generation of Produce Party Animals 🦺

A kid in a Knicks jersey. A parking lot full of neighbors. A championship later that night. Not a bad day to be a New Yorker 🗽

📷 Photos by student service leader Lana!

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