Thank you, readers, for your support over the years. We hope you'll like these updates as we continue to bring you a little light reading pertinent to our co-op and our community.

After today's issue, we'll take a short break and resume with a monthly newsletter in the New Year, expanded with articles written by staff and community members, and features such as member spotlights and farm profiles. Look for it in your inbox the first Monday of each month starting January 7th, 2019.

The new weekly "Hot Sheet" will feature in-store updates you can absorb at a glance:  special events and announcements, produce of the week, and store sales and specials.

As always, we invite your feedback. Please contact us at sanjuacoop@gmail.com.

Em from 5b's gluten-free Bakery and Kari from Kari's Island Elixirs will be in the store sampling.  

* Kari will be here from 2 - 5 pm. She'll have vinegars, bitters, and shrubs -- both to taste and for sale! This sale is a one time opportunity, since Kari won't be able to provide her products to us as retail just yet.

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At 5 - 6 pm, the Co-op's own Health and Wellness Coordinator, Adrienne Brooks, will give a presentation on adaptogens -- herbs that help the body adapt to stressors and normalize its processes. Adrienne will explain how adaptogens work with the body, how to choose the right formula, and what herbs are new & available at the Co-op.

Mark your calendars!

The co-op is continuing its partnership with 36 WEEKENDS,

a program sending home nutritious food for kids who might otherwise go hungry over the weekend during the school year.

The program has added fresh fruit to its bags and is asking volunteers to purchase and deliver 36 pieces (no more) of fruit on Friday mornings -- the day bags are packed. We are offering a 25% discount on fruit purchased at the co-op for donation to

36 WEEKENDS.

Members who are interested in supporting this program by choosing a date to donate can email sji36weekends@gmail.com

for more information.

 

You're almost finished with your Disaster Preparedness if you have been following along with us using the twelve-month Household Preparation Calendar offered by the San Juan County Department of Emergency Management. Here are the final touches for December:

 

 

* Heavy work gloves

* Begin to try to expand your food supply to twice what you have on hand right now. Continue with this effort into the coming 12 months.

 

 

* Check to see if your stored food and water needs to be replaced. 

 

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Handouts 

 

If you are starting your preparations now, you can find the Department of Emergency Management handouts at the Co-op.  

With a few purchases and one or two things to attend to each month, at the end of one year your family will be prepared in the event of an emergency which could cut our island community off from services and supplies. 

  

1. 12 month Household Preparation Calendar 

2. Neighborhood Preparation Calendar 

3. Immediate Response -- "Disaster! Now what?"

 

 

San Juan County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2018

A countywide effort is underway to make sure we are all prepared:

"We cannot prevent the infrequent disastrous acts of nature, but we can implement strategies designed to reduce the property damage, disruption of services, devastation to the local economy, and the long-term risks to people that typically follow a natural disaster. This is hazard mitigation." Read more:

http://www.sanjuandem.net/About/PDFs/HazardMitigationPlan.pdf

In addition to the rewards of donating their time, volunteers earn co-op cash to spend in the store at the rate of $4.60 for every two hours of work. Any hours worked within the quarter will count towards co-op cash. All cash earned during the quarter is to be used during the following quarter, with transactions recorded at the check stand.

Thank you!       

 -- Sarah  

Azure Standard orders are every other week.  

  

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