Membership News - February, 2008

—by Naomi Jackson, Membership Coordinator

Many excellent volunteers

At last count, our small co-op has around 400 volunteers. That’s a lot of people coming and going! Volunteers at our store accomplish a wide variety of tasks that help our co-op run more efficiently. Stocking shelves, chopping vegetables, cleaning, writing for the newsletter, delivering bread orders, cashiering, providing music, and weeding and watering plants are all ably done by our volunteers. Thank you!

As you can imagine, assigning tasks for 400 volunteers takes some planning on the part of our coordinators. You can help the process run more smoothly by showing up on time for your shift, giving us as much notice as possible if you have to cancel, and not cutting your shift short go shop. To help you plan your volunteer time, sign-up calendars are posted at least a month ahead of time. We tend to be short of volunteers the first week of each month, so that’s a good time to get the shift of your choice.

New cards

By now, all volunteers should have filled out a 2008 Rolodex card. If you haven't done so, blank cards are in the back of the Rolodex file. If you didn’t receive a 2008 wallet card, leave me a note in the membership coordinator envelope in the entryway. This would also be a good time to let me know about address changes and additions to or subtractions from your household.

If you are no longer volunteering and would like a pink shareholder card, or turned 65 and would like a senior card, fill out a New Card Request form (available at the checkout counter and in the entryway) and leave the form in the membership coordinator envelope.