Thank you to everyone who helped to make our 2013 Orange Sale a success!

Your generous support has made it possible for Altadena Nursery School to continue to provide an exceptional preschool experience for the children of our community.

A special thanks to our sponsors listed on the left whose big-hearted participation helped make this a banner year for the Altadena Nursery School Orange Sale! A portion of your purchase is tax deductible. To ensure you take advantage of your tax-deductible donation, please download our tax reporting form. And please check back January 2013 for next year's sale! Use our sign-up form to be added to our list.

Thank you for your generous support!

Since 1953 the families of Altadena Nursery School have proudly offered gourmet quality California navel orange and Arizona ruby grapefruit. With your support our non-profit, co-op nursery school continues to enrich the lives of Pasadena area children.

These are the most delicious, freshest, juiciest oranges and grapefruit you can buy. They come to us directly from our growers in California and Arizona and are only a few days off the tree when you receive them. This fruit will last approximately 5 weeks if kept in a cool place where air is allowed to circulate. Our prices are below local market prices for top quality fruit.

This year's oranges will be bigger and sweeter!

A case of 2013 oranges (42 lbs.) holds about 72 navel oranges. These oranges are almost 20% larger than last year's harvest. We are working with our growers to ensure this year's oranges are sweeter than ever.

A case of grapefruit (36 lbs.) holds 36 to 40 sweet ruby grapefruit. We guarantee our product, and a portion of your purchase is tax deductible!

We are no longer taking orders for this delicious fruit, but you can find out more for next year's sale:

Navel Oranges About >>		Ruby Grapefruit About >>

History & Importance of the ANS Orange Sale

Since 1953 the families of Altadena Nursery School have proudly offered gourmet-quality California navel oranges and Arizona ruby grapefruit. In the first Orange Sale, 40 families in the school purchased the equivalent of 280 boxes of oranges. The oranges were obtained directly from an independent grower in Upland and were hauled loose in a borrowed truck to the school where members counted and packed them into their own boxes. Since then, ANS's annual Orange Sale has become the primary funding supplement to the school generating about 40% of our operating costs for the year. Because of the Orange Sale we can maintain lower tuition prices so that we are better able to serve the community while still providing the nurturing, high quality, nursery school environment that we expect for our children.

About Altadena Nursery School

Altadena Nursery School (ANS) is a licensed, non-profit, non-sectarian, interracial, cooperative nursery school in which each family shares in the school's planning and operations. ANS was started in 1950 by a small group of CalTech parents as a babysitting co-op and has grown into a nursery school that operates daily for up to 50 children from the ages of two to five years old. Since its beginning, ANS has made a unique and profound contribution to children and families of the Pasadena/Altadena community.

The philosophy of Altadena Nursery School is based on our belief in the capacity of human beings to grow in a positive way. We believe that children can learn to master themselves and that parents can learn to be effective. As a cooperative school ANS knows that the best education comes about when parents and children are closely involved in that education. Our professional teaching staff interacts with each child in light of the dynamics of his or her entire family. Parents and teachers work together to help each child grow and discover the world at his or her own pace.

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