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October is National Co-op Month! National Co-op Mo

October is National Co-op Month!
National Co-op Month is an annual opportunity to raise awareness of a trusted, proven way to do business and build resilient, inclusive communities. A food co-op is a grocery store owned by folks in their community. Food co-ops focus on their community, instead of investors alone. Food co-ops often choose to buy from other co-ops who share the same democratically controlled business model based on ethical choices.

Many different types of co-ops exist. Generally all co-ops exist with a stated purpose to help groups of people with shared interests work toward a common goal. Some examples of the different types of Co-ops are: Consumer Cooperatives, Worker Cooperatives, Producer Cooperatives, and Purchasing Cooperatives. Within these domains there are Housing Co-ops, Farmers Co-ops, Growers Co-ops, Artisan Co-ops, Insurance Co-ops, Childcare Co-ops, and Banking Co-ops otherwise known as Credit Unions, just to name a few!

Visit our store to find many great Cooperatively Owned businesses every day!

It’s @belfastpoetryfestival this weekend! Celeb

It’s @belfastpoetryfestival this weekend! Celebrating poetry with a full line-up of events and performances For the schedule, visit www.belfastpoetryfestival.com

In honor, we're sharing the poem by Belfast Poet laureate @mayastein made for the Co-op, last August 2023:

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Thursday afternoon at the co-op (08/2023)

So what, it’s the last day of August. So
What, the world (as they say) is going
By way of hell and handbaskets. Right now,
the eye of a storm is glaring down the coast
of North Carolina. Your own garden can barely
Come up for air from the summer’s cruel
Assaults. What are you going to do about it,
Really, given your budget and time? So go,
buy a single peach, the one currently in
Season. Glide through the aisle where
a tube of lavender hand cream is open
for sampling. Gaze at the stacked containers
of local ice cream ribboned with chocolate.
Drink from the well that is this corner
of town where the world quiets and
coalesces, where a light mist
descends from tiny spigots in the wall,
briefly cooling your skin and tickling
the hairs on your arms, when you reach out
to touch the basket of lettuce
that, believe it or not, was picked
this very morning.

Maya Stein

Today is International Credit Union Day! As part o

Today is International Credit Union Day!
As part of celebrating national Co-op month, we recognize the importance of credit unions to communities near and far! Credit unions are sister organizations to co-ops sharing many of the same values and even members. We are fortunate to have great credit unions in our area, including: @kswfederalcreditunion , @downeastcu , and @mainestatecu

Today, we raise awareness of the tremendous work that credit unions and other financial cooperatives are doing around the world and give members the opportunity to get more engaged in your community! International Credit Union (ICU) Day has been celebrated on the third Thursday of October since 1948. Learn more: www.woccu.org/member_services/engagement/icuday

It’s time to Meet the Nominees and Vote for Comm

It’s time to Meet the Nominees and Vote for Common Cents 2025! Here are our top 5 highest donations in the history of Common Cents, which of this year's nominees will make it to the next top 5?!

Co-op Owners vote to pick the groups for 2025: watch for the Simply Voting email!

- We have 52 eligible organizations this year. Read the list here:
belfast.coop/common-cents-2025-nominees (link in bio!)
- Each owner gets 12 votes to put towards their chosen organizations.
- Voting will begin on Oct. 14 and end on Oct. 28 (email sent when voting began!)
- Owners will receive an e-mail with a voter ID and password to enter online.

Not an Owner yet? You can join and vote for your favorite group: belfast.coop/join (another link in bio!)

Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day “A grassroot

Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day

“A grassroots movement began to reclaim the day and promote truth and restoration within this holiday. By changing the second Monday in October to Indigenous Peoples’ Day we can honor the original peoples of these lands and waters instead of promoting the false notion that one explorer discovered this country. It has always been common sense to us that you cannot discover something that already exists. Our roots to this land go back over 10,000 years, long before 1492.”
Quote by Maulian Bryant, former Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador and Executive Director of the Wabanaki Alliance
Full article: www.wabanakialliance.com/bdn-coumn-october-2024/

'The Wabanaki Confederacy (Waponahki) — translated as “People of the First Light” or “Dawnland” — currently comprises five principal nations: the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki, and stretches from Newfoundland in the north, to mid-Maine in the south, and parts of Quebec in the west.'
Read more: fourdirectionsmaine.org/about-four-directions/wabanaki-tribes/

Map by BD for Belfast Community Co-op

Another Record-Breaking Donation! Every little bit

Another Record-Breaking Donation!
Every little bit counts- this month's Common Cents donation to @waldocountyhumanesociety was $6,557.77!! —now the 2nd highest this year and the 6th highest in our program’s history!
We learned this will help the Humane Society's general fund: supplying spay and neuter vouchers, rabies clinics, support, and many more services to our furred and feathered friends and families all over our area.
Thank you to everyone who rounded up their purchases and contributed to this impactful cause. Together, we make a big impact in our community!

Learn more about their services: www.waldocountyhumanesociety.org/

@belfastpoetryfestival is right around the corner

@belfastpoetryfestival is right around the corner October 18-20, 2024. The Co-op is one of many fine downtown supporters!
Pick up a Scavenger Scroll card at one of the participating venues, visit the window poems and get your stamp, and turn it in Oct 20 at the Boathouse for a chance for some prizes. There are many great activities to participate in all weekend long!

Come see our window poem before the Festival begins next week!
www.belfastpoetryfestival.com

You can help Co-op Communties Get Back to Business

You can help Co-op Communties Get Back to Business!
Cooperatives are suffering from the effects of hurricane season and we need your help in getting these co-ops back to business.

National Co+op Grocers will match all donations up to $100,000 made through the Disaster Recovery Fund, link in bio, by October 31.

The cooperative community has a longstanding tradition of helping in times of need. A contribution to the Cooperative Development Foundation's Disaster Recovery Fund assists cooperatives, families and communities when they are most in need of help. In the last five years, the Disaster Recovery Fund has provided over $750,000 in grants to cooperatives, families and communities affected by natural disasters in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Uganda, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Ukraine.

Join us today in supporting food co-op recovery. Find a link in our bio!

Hey, Co-op Owners! We're looking for a few great

Hey, Co-op Owners! We're looking for a few great co-operators!

BOARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN until NOV. 15
Details: belfast.coop/board-of-directors-2025-nominations

Join us as a steward of the Co-op and its mission, keeping the Co-op at the heart of the greater Belfast Community. The Co-op Board of Directors play a critical role in ensuring the continued success of the Co-op by setting the standards and policies for the Co-op’s performance and promoting the Co-op’s values and vision. Serving on the Board is challenging, rewarding, and offers valuable benefits to our greater Belfast Community.

https://belfast.coop/board-of-directors-2025-nominations/

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