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It's August already and I am still waiting for those ripe tomatoes!

It has been 6 weeks since our last update, 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".

Membership News

We have 43 fully paid Co-op members and 56 members who have made partial payment. We now have a total of 99 Co-op members! We are sure to sign up our hundredth member this weekend! Hurray! and thanks to everyone who has already become a member.

Since we have met our initial goal it is time to play NAME THE CO-OP! If you are a member we will be sending you a ballot this week. It is important that we have a final name when we file for incorporation, which is happening momentarily. More on that later.
 

HOW DO YOU BECOME A MEMBER?

It is not too late to sign up and cast your vote in the Name the Co-op campaign!
Pick up at membership form at Noah's or click on the link below to download a membership form:
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, September 11th 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! This event was successful in May, netting about $475.00. Support this event by donating your unwanted, gently used items.

Locavore Dinner:
September 25th, 2010 6:00-10:00 Save this Date!
This event will be held at the Motherlode Lions Club on Missouri Flat Rd. in Diamond Springs and will feature a menu solely consisting of locally produced food. There will also be a silent auction and a raffle. If you are a business owner and a supporter of The Placerville Food Co-op and would like to make a donation to this event please contact us at pvillefoodcoop@gmail.com.

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) to Noah's Ark. Please do not bring wine bottles, aluminum foil, tin cans or non crv plastic as we do not have a way to recycle these items. Also please rinse your glass and plastic recyclables and remove the lids as this has become a time consuming and messy part of the process for our volunteers. Leave them in the side yard by the dumpsters, and our volunteer will recycle them for cash. Cans for the co-op is currently netting about $70.00/mo. Only a very few people are participating so there is still untapped potential on this project. Don't be shy!

Change for the Co-op - Just drop your change in the canister  at the register at Noah's. If you own a business and would be willing to have a "Change for the Co-op" cannister in your store please let Melisa know and she will deliver one.

New Fundraising Projects

We are currently working on one new fundraising projects. If you want to get involved contact our new volunteer coordinator Janette Dodge at janette.dodge@gmail.com


Benefit Concert: Jorden Mingle is working on putting together an afternoon and evening of musical magic. We'll keep you posted as details become available.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Treasurer reported we have $ 674.00.00 in our general fund and$14,000.00 in our Membership fund.

Legal Committee has submitted the bylaws and they are under review by our lawyer.  Our goal is to file our Articles of Incorporation and bylaws with the State of California in August. This has been a longer process than we anticipated. Kudo's to our dedicated and tireless legal committee!

Finance Committee continues to work with lending institutions. This too has had some bumps and hurdles as there have not been any food co-operatives formed since the 1980's and banks are not familiar with the co-op model of ownwership. We continue to educate and spread the message and vision of co-ops!

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 between 4:00 - 6:00pm. This is the place to come if you have questions or if you want to get involved in the Co-op. Next meeting is August 14, 2010, that's tomorrow!
Our second meeting, on July 19th, was attended by about 20 people, six of whom became members before they left!

The next Steering Committee meeting is Monday August 16th.  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.
 

CHANGES

We are sad to report that Kelly Hodgkin has resigned from the Steering Committee because of other commitments.

We deeply appreciate her work on behalf of the Placerville Food Co-op project over this past year and a half, especially her help on the finance committe.
 

WHERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION

Visit our web pages are at:

http://www.pvillefoodcoop.org


Our email address is:
pvillefoodcoop@gmail.com
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.