1) Appeal 2) Assembly 3) Collection 4) Harvest 5) Petition 6) Postulation 7) Request 8) Request for a sum of money 9) Solicitation 1) Assemblage 
• (n.) The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.
In'gath`er·ing noun The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest. « Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering .» Ex. xxii. 16. 
noun request for a sum of money; `an appeal to raise money for starving children`
a gathering in, esp. of farm products; harvest. · a gathering together, as of persons; assembly.