PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Land Trust is looking for a few good blackberry pickers to bring in about 50 gallons of the berries for cobbler to be served at StreamFest Aug. 30.
Volunteers can phone the land trust office at 360-417-1815.
Berries must be wild or raised organically, said the land trust’s volunteer communications specialist, Robbie Mantooth. She and her husband, Jim Mantooth, own the land near Ennis Creek where the annual StreamFest is celebrated.
Dee Gardner, an owner of Joshua’s Restaurant and Lounge, will cook the berries in cobbler she is donating for sales at the nonprofit agency’s fundraiser.
Cobbler and ice cream, priced at $5 per serving, will be available between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Beverages will be available for purchase from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tickets on site
Tickets to the annual StreamFest smorgasbord, served from noon to 3 p.m., can be purchased at the site until all 500 are sold.
They are available now during regular business hours from Port Book and News and Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, Pacific Mist Books in Sequim and Sunny Farms Country Store’s Farm and Garden Store between the two cities.
A form for purchasing tickets with e-mailed credit card information or mailed check will be available today on the land trust’s Web site, www.nolt.org, or by phoning the office.
Admission to StreamFest is free. Proceeds from food and drink sales enable the land trust to reduce or cover costs of completing permanent legal agreements for landowners who need financial assistance with related costs, said Greg Good, executive director of the organization, based in Port Angeles.
The entrance to StreamFest is opposite Peninsula Golf Club, 824 Lindberg Road, Port Angeles.
All Points Charters and Tours and 7 Cedars Casino will provide free shuttles from the Eagles parking lot at U.S. Highway 101 and Penn Street. Those who arrive on foot or bicycles will be eligible to enter a drawing for prizes donated by North Olympic Discovery Marathon and Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association.
The StreamFest site is one of some 60 properties that the land trust permanently protects.
In addition to the smorgasbord, StreamFest will offer nature walks, educational booths and other environmental awareness activities, a Procession of the Species parade for people who want to wear masks or costumes they make to represent favorite animals and plants, a silent auction and live music by Washington Old Time Fiddlers and Hurricane Brass Septet.
Information about making silent-auction donations for goods and services and volunteering at StreamFest is available from the land trust office.
