UPCOMING & ONGOING EVENTS
Volunteer! We need volunteers to help "table" at the following events: FARMERS MARKETS
Throughout the region! Placerville, Saturday mornings.All Summer long! Know other events we can share Co-op information or distribute brochures? Call 530-626-7794 or email pvillefoodcoop@gmail.com if you can help!
Become a Member!
Membership forms are now available at Noah's or by download:
Print out both sides, fill out completely and return with your full or partial membership payment to the address provided on the form. It's that easy to become a member! Donate!
We can take donations! They are not tax-deductible (Co-ops are not "non-profits"), but are essential in these formative days as various legal, printing, and other expenses come in. Your donation, no matter how small (even $1 helps us buy essentials like printing for surveys and brochures, paper clips, etc) help grow the Co-op. You can call as at 530-626-7794 for more information on Member Loans and Donations to help make your Co-op grow! Spread the Word! Tell your friends, point them to the website (under construction - see our temporary pages linked below), invite them to our FaceBook page, get them to take the survey, sign them up for membership! The Co-op is its membership, and that means you! You can familiarize yourself with the FAQ (frequently asked questions), our history, etc, at our temporary web pages: Yes, it's the 21st century and we're on Facebook. Become a "friend" and follow our posts at 
Follow us on Twitter! Do you Tweet? Check out PvilleFoodCoop on Twitter for meeting notices and other updates.
Organize! Friends in the area on Facebook? Belong to a club or organization? Get together with friends for a party or dinner? What's more exciting than letting people know about the new Food Co-op, or having someone come to your meeting to share more about the Co-op and answer questions. (Take our Online Survey right in your browser!) 
Take Our Online Survey!
It should only take you about 10 or 15 minutes.
Our online prospective member survey is strictly confidential and is an essential tool for us to gather the critical information we need in preparing the Co-op business plan, feasibility study and marketing analysis. The information we collect is strictly confidential and will only be used for assembling aggregate data, other than what you indicate re volunteering, email list, etc, or offering other resources you may indicate in the survey towards creating the Co-op. You may also fill out an abbreviated paper version of the survey available at Noah's or the Cozmic, but the online survey is much more thorough and valuable.
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Latest News from the
Placerville Food Co-op
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Hi there! I hope you're enjoying the fabulous Spring weather.
Our apologies for being out of touch for a few weeks, but remember you can always check out our Facebook "Placerville Food Coop" for short and current updates or follow us on Twitter - "Pville Food Coop". WHAT'S NEW? We have 14 fully paid new Co-op members and 17 members who have made partial payment. We now have a total of 31 Co-op members! Our Goal is to have 100 members by June 1st!
HOW DO YOU BECOME A MEMBER?
Pick up at membership form at Noah's or download a membership form at:
Pville Food Co-op Membership Form
You can drop your completed form & payment at:
Noah's Ark Natural Foods
535 Placerville Drive
Or mail your membership to our new mailing address at:
Placerville Food Co-op Organizing Group
619 Canal Street
Placerville,CA 95667
FUNDRAISING EVENTS Rummage for the Co-op - Saturday, May 22 at 2900 Cold Springs Rd. 8am to 3pm (across from the DMV behind Noah's). Your donations will be used to fund general expenses for the Co-op. Small items may be dropped by Noah's Ark, larger items may be brought on the morning of the sale to the location of the sale or dropped by Melisa's house (874 Green Street, Placerville) to be delivered on the morning of the sale. To drop off large items for for more information, call Melisa at 530-626-7794. Tell all of your friends to stop by!
Cans for the Co-op- Bring your "CA CRV redemption" (California Redemption Value) recyclables (most often plastic, glass or aluminum bottled or canned water, soda, drinks, or small juice bottles) by Noah's Ark. Leave them in the side yard by the dumpsters, and Melisa will recycle them for cash.
Change for the Co-op - Just drop your change in the canister at the register at Noah's.
COMMITTEE REPORTS Steering Committee met on Thursday May 13th. The Treasurer reported we have $1079.00 in our general fund.
Legal Committee presented sample drafts of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. We will have these looked at by other co-ops and a lawyer before we finalize them.
Finance Committee is pursuing "due diligence" (meaning we're looking into the background information and details) regarding the sale of Noah's Ark Natural Foods to the Placerville Food Co-op. We are making steady progress towards a fair market purchase offer from our side. We will keep you updated on this as more information is available. INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS Melisa Clark, General Manager at Noah's Ark and Steering Committee member, will be hosting an informational meeting upstairs at Noah's Ark every second Saturday of the month beginning in June. This is the place to come if you have questions or you want to get involved in the Co-op project.
The next Steering Committee meeting is Thursday, May 27th. If you are a fully or partially paid member of the Placerville Food Co-op and would like to attend the next Steering Committee meeting, please contact Melisa and let her know.
For more information on the time of the Informational Meetings, or to attend a Steering Committee meeting, contact Melisa at 530-626-7794 CHANGES We are sad to report that Tripp Mikich has resigned from the Steering Committee because of other commitments.
We deeply appreciate his organizational work on behalf of the Placerville Food Co-op project over this past year and a half, especially his facilitation of our big March 27th community meeting, and our recent e-newsletter, FaceBook and Twitter pages, and our temporary web pages.
We would not have made this much progress without Tripp's monumental effort on our behalf. We are deeply indebted to him for his contributions. WHERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION
Visit our web pages are at:
http://www.pvillefoodcoop.org
Our online survey link is:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7VY99K3
Our email address is:
pvillefoodcoop@gmail.com
And here's one new addition, a download link to our Membership Application! Yes, you can fill it out and send it in with your partial and full payment and become a member! Download at:
Pville Food Co-op Membership Form
Other resources and links are listed in the column to the left.
Thanks everyone for your support!
Melisa Clark - Placerville Food Co-op Steering Committee.
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