The St. J. Food Co-op is a cooperatively owned store for the community offering fresh, local, organic foods. Member or not anyone can shop.
Get your Working Member Opportunities here!!!
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So you want to be a working member?
Members are invited and encouraged to stop by the co-op any
time and offer help.
We also have other specific needs...maybe you have a talent you
think the co-op could benefit from? Let's talk about it.
Call (748-9498) or email Melissa if you want to help out in any of the following capacities.
In the meantime consider one of these many opportunities for working member credit...
Go to the column at the right, and scan the opportunities.
June
Working Member Opportunities for the week of June 9, 2008...and beyond...
1. MUSICIANS The Co-op is planning a fundraising concert to be
held the evening of Friday, July 25. Linda Warnaar and drummers have volunteered to
be a part. We are looking for 2 more musical groups to donate a 45 minute set for this event.
2. $500 challenge! Organize an event to raise $500 (or thereabouts) to
donate to the Co-op to assist in reducing historic vendor debt. Examples of on-going
challenges:
50/50 cash raffle.
Bottle Drive.
Contact members Amanda Weisenfeld (748-3189) or Vicki Moore (748-2655) if you think
you would like to do this--other ideas: car wash, yard sale, bake sales..
3. Donate Cash.
4. Bulk List Compiler. This task requires someone to come in and write
down all of our bulk numbers and item names. The list will then be added to our
website. Work at your own time and pace.
5. Bake a big birthday cake for 7/25 party.
6. Reporter needed to record photographically and in words all that we are doing here
and submit this to the media on a regular basis.
Community Links!
This is a collaborative program between 3 local food co-ops and a natural food store.
We print over 3000 brochures distributed through out Northern Vermont. St. J.
Food Co-op member, Deborah Goldberg, is leading this project and is looking for a
working member assistant to contact potential listers in the brochure. If you are
interested in helping please contact Deborah.
Knowledge Exchange
Interested in offering a workshop to community members around a topic of your
specialty? Workshops are Saturday mornings at 10 am. Participants pay $5 plus a
material fee if applicable.
Interested in leading a discussion program?
"Menu for the Future" Vermont Earth Institute Discussion Course
This six-week community discussion course explores the connection between food and
sustainability. The course will cover a range of topics from various
perspectives, including "From Field to Fork," "Farming for the Future," and "Local Food
Communities." Cost: $25.
DATES WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON INTEREST IN THIS COURSE. Please call (748-9498) or e-mail Melissa if interested. Also check out this site:
Vermont Earth Institute
Co-op News and interesting tidbits
Check out this article about the community garden project:
Community Gardens
And this one:
Discover St. J, the website of St. J. Works also has a story about our community garden.
Our Carden
Welcome New Co-op Members
Rebecca Hauff
Jane A. Stauffer
Kim Bertolini-Mier
Marion Classen
Pamela Eddy
Buy Local!
Woodstock Water Buffalo Yogurt is back as Bufala di Vermont
in Blueberry, Maple, Raspberry and Plain.
Local Greens from the Olde Barne Farm, Kirby and Pete's Greens, Craftsbury
Mark Levitt's Organic Pea Shoots
High Mowing Seeds
BOOKS ARE BACK!
Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening SRP$19.95 MSP$16.95
Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening SRP$14.95 MSP$12.95
Seed to Seed, Seed saving and growing techniques for gardeners SRP$24.95 MSP$21.95
Prescription for Natural Healing, 4th Edition SRP$24.95 MSP$20.95
MAGAZINE RACK!
Vegetarian Times
Vermont Magazine
The Progressive
Adbusters
UTNE Reader
Mother Earth news
The Herb Quarterly
Organic Gardening