Co-ops open! Eastside will close at 6pm

The eastside Co-op will close at 6pm today due to the snow. P

The westside Co-op will remain open regular hours.

Hooray for dedicated staff and volunteers who braved the roads to keep the stores open!

OFC visits CECOSESOLA!

As part of the 2012 Year of the Co-op, OFC is exchanging workers with a Co-operative in Venezuela! Two staff members leave for Venezuela next week, and will spend five weeks working alongside and learning from Cecosesola staff. Then, in May, several Cecosesola staff will visit us in Olympia and do the same!

Follow our intrepid Co-op travelers' blog! Alejandra and Emily will keep us abreast of their travels and their work with Cecosesola with regular updates.

We're not the only ones celebrating the Year of the Co-op - the National Cooperative Grocers' Association has created a "tour" of Co-op's across the country, including a video series on different Co-ops across the country. The first video premiers on Jan. 21st! Check it out.

Board Agenda!

Please note: The Board meeting may be postponed due to inclement weather. If this happens, we will update here.           

All Board meetings take place at 610 Columbia Ave. in downtown Olympia. 

Proposed Board Agenda for January 19, 2012 6:30-9:30 pm

Agenda

Announcements                                                                                  2 min

Mission Statement/Agenda Review                                                     3 min

Commitments Review/Minutes Review                                                3 min

Welcome new Board Members                                                           5 min

Member Comment                                                                            10 min

BPC Report                                                                                        5 min

Officer selection                                                                                10 min

Committee Membership                                                                    15 min

Committee Reports                                                                            20 min

Branding/Logo                                                                                   30 min

Overtime statement –draft-                                                                 20 min

Meeting Eval/Commitments/Next facilitator                                           2 min

                                                        Total Meeting Time:               2 hours 

Lawsuit: hearing date changed

The hearing date for the lawsuit against sixteen current and former Co-op Board members has been changed: the new date is Thursday February 2 at 9am.

A new logo for the Co-op? Take the survey!

Follow the link to the survey, check out our new logo options, and tell us what you think!

(Don't forget to pass the link on to your friends! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OFC)

AMAZING lineup of Co-op Classes this winter!

Our classes Coordinator and the many volunteers that she works with have outdone themselves for this winter's Co-op Classes offerings. Check out the amazing classes you can take for only $5 each! Use your credit or deit card to sign up online, or if you don't have a card, sign up in the stores.

Note our first ever bilingual cooking class, "Amazing Plantains"!

Here's the list:

Garden Planning for Seed Saving
Building a Thriving Body Ecology
Simple Spanish Cooking
Gluten-free Bread Baking
Ethnic Spice Blends
Simple Soups
Understanding Mushrooms: Basic Cultivation
Homemade Vegan Soft Cheese
Successful Starts
Acid-Alkaline Balance: the pH Health Mystery Explained
Quick Winter Cold Recovery
Beginning Backyard Chickens
Southern Indian Dal
Spring Cleansing and Whole Body Detoxification
Amazing Plantains: a Bilingual Cooking Class
Intermediate Backyard Chickens
Cheese Making 101
Medicinal Foods 1: Healing Yourself with Food
Keeping Yourself Motivated to Eat Well
Exploring Edible Weeds

Wow!

Co-op & GRUB Volunteer Opportunity!