HIDDEN HARVEST HONORED AT DRUCKER INSTITUTE AWARD GALA IN LOS ANGELES

October 27, 2008

Coachella, Calif., October 27, 2008 – The executive director and staff
members of the Coachella-based nonprofit Hidden Harvest will be guests
of the Drucker Institute at an LA gala Tuesday, October 28. Hidden Harvest
won second place – out of more than 500 contenders – in the 2008 Peter
F. Drucker Awards for Nonprofit Innovation.

Hidden Harvest is a nonprofit that employs low income farm workers to
“rescue” produce that is left behind in the fields after harvest. The produce is then given to agencies serving the poor and hungry throughout eastern Riverside County. The Drucker Award celebrates the work of nonprofits that demonstrate innovation and effective business practices.

“We are very honored. It is one thing to be recognized for your charity work,  but it is uncommon in the nonprofit world to also be recognized for your business acumen”, said Hidden Harvest Founder and Executive Director Christy Porter.

The Drucker Award is named for Peter F. Drucker, a late business consultant known as “the father of modern management”. Drucker believed that nonprofits should aspire to the same high levels of performance as the for-profit business world. “This years’ crop of winners illustrates precisely what Peter was talking about,” says Rick Wartzman, director of the Drucker Institute. Hidden Harvest’s second place award comes with a $7500 cash prize.

The award winners will be feted at a dinner at the Music Center in downtown LA on October 28th. The dinner is preceded by an all-day conference on nonprofits at the California Science Center. Both events are sponsored by the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate School. For more information on the Institute, the conference and the award winners, please see Drucker Institute.