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Welcome! Notes from the Membership Desk
By Laura Long,
from the February newsletter
Hey! Guess what? If you haven't heard already WE'RE MOVING! Okay,
I think I used enough exclamation marks to get you all excited,
now for the hard part. We need to raise about $1 million to make
this all happen, and this is where you come in. How many times
have I mentioned in my articles that your member dollars are used
to buy equipment and improvements for our Co-op? Well, it's true.
That $10 you pay every year, or that check you wrote for $150 two
years ago is called member equity. It's not a fee, it's actual
capital that we put back into our business to make the store what
you see when you come shopping.
Now
there's a big cinder block building about two blocks from here
that is sitting empty, waiting to become your beautiful new Co-op
(yeah, go peek in the windows, it's huge!). Part of the $1million
we need to raise will come in the form of new and renewing memberships.
Every $10 will help, and $150 would be even better. I have a
really great prize drawing this month for one lucky person who
joins or
renews in February. Putumayo World Music has given us a great
prize that includes a T-shirt, and World Groove CD.
As
an added incentive, I have ordered 100 canvas shopping bags with
our cool Co-op logo on the side. Any member who would like
to pay off their lifetime membership of $150 will receive one
of these bags as a "thank you" for paying off early. This
offer will be good until the bags are all gone, and we are asking
for a minimum contribution of $20 to help generate the magical
$1 million figure. Bags will be available at the cash registers
sometime after the first week in February so please see cashier
for details.
"But
wait. I'm already a Lifetime member, and don't need to renew.
But I'd really like to keep helping," you say. Well,
for you I have a very special idea. Why not "re-membership." Just
like married couples that reaffirm their wedding vows at
special anniversary dates, why not reaffirm your commitment
to the Co-op
by joining again. It's not required, of course, but all those
membership dollars go toward the $1 million mark and help
us buy new equipment
like ovens, bulk bins, freezers, and comfortable chairs for
the deli just to name a few of the items on the Co-op's wish
list.
So,
ask not what your Co-op can do for you, but what you can do for
your Co-op (OK, I stole that from President Kennedy,
but he
was an incredibly talented man), whether it's volunteer
work, paying membership dues, or bringing in a friend. It will
all
help to make
our move down the street that much more successful. |
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