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Food shelf news

Our co-op regularly donates to Midway Food Shelf, which is part of Keystone Community Services. You can help. With holidays coming up, consider donating something that would help create a festive holiday meal. Or, think about the basics that every kitchen needs: salt, sugar, flour, spices, cooking oil. Non-food items such as personal care items or paper products are always welcome.

Co-op shoppers always receive a 28% discount on anything they purchase for the food shelf. Tell the cashier that your purchase is for the food shelf; the cashier will then place it in our donation box.

New at the Co-op: Facebook and Freezers

—by Jesse Winsell

As we look forward to the annual meeting on October 27, I am thinking about two seemingly different things that are connected by a common theme: customer engagement.

The first is the power of social media. The second is store equipment upgrades. The co-op must engage in both in order to stay relevant and to create value for members.

Social media

During the summer, I sat in the co-op entryway one Saturday morning and talked to people about plans for the annual meeting and anything else early morning shoppers wanted to discuss.

Member News

—by Naomi Jackson, Membership Coordinator

Annual meeting survey

Thank you to everyone who filled out the annual meeting survey in August and September. Your responses were very helpful in the planning process, and will affect how we run our annual meetings in the future.

Everyone who provided us with contact information was entered in a drawing for co-op gift certificates. Congratulations to Nancy Sogabe-Engelmayer and Bonita Steppa, whose names were drawn at the October 27 annual meeting.

Volunteers, pick up your 2014 wallet cards!

Bounteous Winter Squash

—by Jerry McClelland

Fall Colors Co-op Tour

A self-guided tour through Minnesota’s Bluff Country
—by Emma Onawa

We Minnesotans have a lot of reasons to be proud—great schools, friendly people, relatively progressive politics, strong industry—and lots of food co-ops. Minnesota boasts at least twenty-one co-op locations, more than any other state in the Midwest and, although not fact-checked, likely in the U.S. These reasons and others, of course, help to make up for the weather.

We want to hear from you!

Owners,

Seeking Candidates for Board of Directors

The Hampden Park Co-op board of directors is currently seeking candidates for the 2013 board election.

From Our Board of Directors

—by Hannah Miller

An Exploration of Enology

—by Meredith Sommers

How to Get Involved at Hampden Park Co-op

—by Naomi Jackson, Membership Coordinator

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Buy a share of stock

Hampden Park Co-op is a member-owned business. You can become a member and have a say in the operation of the co-op. The cost is currently $30 for a share that covers your household (one or two adults, and children if you have them). This is a one-time purchase, not an annual fee.

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