Membership News

New to HPC and want to know more? This information will get you started.

by Naomi Jackson, Membership Coordinator

Mayfest follow-up

Thank you to all the people who volunteered their time for the Mayfest weekend. The plant tenders and mini-fair volunteers bravely endured bone-chilling temperatures, and the cashiers deftly worked their way through a mind-boggling list of plant prices. Your contributions are very much appreciated!

After adding up the number of Mayfest weekends that have been cold, rainy, or both, we are looking at a change in format for next year, with more focus on indoor sales and food-sampling.

—by Naomi Jackson, Membership Coordinator

2010 Member Cards

If you are a volunteer and have not yet picked up your 2010 wallet card or filled out a new Rolodex card, please do so soon. If you have questions, or there is something wrong with your cards, drop me a note in the Membership Coordinator envelope in the entryway.

If you are a shareholder or senior and your card is getting frayed around the edges, or you’ve lost your card, fill out a new card request form (available at register 1, or ask any staff person). Drop the form in the Membership Coordinator envelope, and new cards will be made for you.

—by Naomi Jackson, Membership Coordinator

There have been many changes at our co-op during the past year. Our store has expanded, and everyone is enjoying the added space and the new products we are now able to carry. We bought the building that we’ve rented space in for so many years, which means we now have a firm control over our future, but we also have mortgage payments.

Helen DuFault has retired after many years as general manager (don’t worry, you can still find her in the kitchen four days a week!). We have hired a new general manager, Matt Hass, whom many of you have met in the produce section.

—by Naomi Jackson, Membership Coordinator

Welcome, New Members One fine evening in May, Hampden Park Co-op sponsored a dance to celebrate the opening of our new space and the arrival of gardening weather. On the dance floor on the second floor of the co-op building, 60–70 people danced to Light of the Moon, led through intricate moves by caller Tom van Deusen.

During and after the dance, the word “community” surfaced, as in “the importance of....” I looked it up, correctly guessing that “community” has a dozen definitions. One particularly grabbed my attention: a community is “...an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location.”