Community Partners
The Co-op’s Community Partner of the Month program offers an opportunity for Co-op shoppers to donate at the registers to a different local non-profit organization every month.
The The Upper Valley Haven, Women’s Information Services, Listen Community Services, Headrest, Hanover Cooperative Community Fund, Twin Pines Housing Trust, and Good Neighbor Clinic are partners every year in February, May, June, August, October, November, and December, respectively.
In 2007, shoppers also donated to Upper Valley Teacher Institute, Good Beginnings, Stepping Stones and Next Step Peer Support, Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity, and Hannah House.
Ninety percent of all donations go directly to the Partner of the Month. Ten percent goes to the Hanover Cooperative Community Fund (HCCF), the Co-op’s charitable foundation. Over $46,000 has been distributed to local non-profits since the program began in mid-2002.
Partners in 2008 are as follows:
- January: Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley
- February: Haven (includes a food drive in the Hanover store)
- March: Willing Hands Enterprises
- April: Mascoma Watershed Conservation Council
- May: WISE
- June: Listen (includes a food drive in the Lebanon store)
- July: Grafton County Senior Citizens Council
- August: Headrest
- September: SafeArt
- October: Hanover Cooperative Community Fund
- November: Twin Pines Housing Trust
- December: Good Neighbor/Red Logan Clinics
The Co-op is currently scheduling organizations to be featured as partners in 2010 and 2011. If your organization is interested in becoming a Co-op Community Partner of the Month, please contact Education and Member Services Director Rosemary Fifield at 603-640-6507, or email her.
Meet Mark Langlois
Around the office, he’s affectionately called “farm boy.” Mark Langlois has a sharp mind made for working the numbers and a strong body made for working the farm, so every day he does a lot of both. Mark works in the Co-op’s Accounting Department as our organization’s Controller—which means he maintains and audits our many business accounts. Considering our Co-op’s success, that means Mark carries a lot of responsibility across those broad shoulders of his.
Have a Special Event to Plan?
It’s always busy for our Co-op Catering and Floral Departments, and there’s a good reason so many people trust us with their most important events. If you need catering, our talented staff in the Co-op Kitchens will provide you with the taste experience you have been waiting for. Check out our menu and price list, or look here for a PDF (790K). Enjoy freshly-made products from the finest ingredients around. We use local ingredients whenever possible, and offer baked goods produced locally. We pride ourselves in giving outstanding customer service, with quality, consistency, and food safety at the forefront of everything we do.
