Getting some help with those higher olives
Every October, the staff and volunteers of the Lutheran World Federation in Jerusalem begin the six-week process of harvesting the 800 olive trees that dot the hillsides around Augusta Victoria Hospital on the LWF’s Mount of Olives campus. For centuries the olive harvest has been a source of sustenance for the people of the Holy Land, and the LWF continues this tradition with its own harvest.
Getting some help with those higher olives
The annual olive harvest has volunteers from Jerusalem, the West Bank, and around the world.
AVH/LWF staff picking day 2008
AVH/LWF Staff Picking Day 2009
AVH/LWF Staff Picking Day 2010
AVH/LWF Staff Picking Day 2011
AVH/LWF Staff Picking Day 2012
AVH/LWF Staff Picking Day 2013
AVH/LWF Staff Picking Day 2014
AVH/LWF Staff Picking Day 2015
The olives are pressed into olive oil, which can be recieved with a donation to the Augusta Victoria Hospital Patient Assistance Fund. If you are interested in donating, please read more here.
