Help the Co-op Help Your Neighbors! September Community Partner: SafeArt
added 08/27/08
From age 14 to 29, dancer Tracy Penfield endured and survived an abusive relationship, discovering dance as an empowering medium to release her from her pain and further her healing process.
In 2000, Tracy founded SafeArt as a means of bringing her education, training, and life experiences together in a way that would benefit others. SafeArt is our September Community Partner. SafeArt is a non-profit arts organization that combats abusive behavior in relationships through programs that promote prevention and intervention and that foster the healing process for survivors. To Tracy and the other volunteers at SafeArt, imagination is not only a human quality, but also a catalyst for personal and social change.
SafeArt’s vision is to become a highly regarded innovator, fostering a healthy, respectful culture that refuses to tolerate abuse, while inspiring its participants to fulfill their highest potential. To fulfill this vision, SafeArt offers ensemble performances, healing workshops, a resource guide, a mentoring program, and other unique programs that combine personal artistic expression with programs of community support.
How You Can Help:
- Make a cash contribution to SafeArt at the registers when you shop at the Co-op Food Stores or Service Center during September.
- Contact SafeArt to learn about volunteer opportunities by calling 802-685-3138 or visiting the SafeArt website.
Meet Terry Appleby
Around here we call him the General. The Big Cheese. The Head Honcho. The Big Apple. Sir. Or just plain ol’ Terry. He answers to about anything, with a typical smile and affable manner. Terry is the Co-op’s General Manager, and he carries the responsibility of a $66 million business and more than 300 employees on his shoulders. His door is almost always open, and if it’s closed all you have to do is knock. Terry has spent his entire professional life serving the cooperative cause, working for PCC Natural Markets in Seattle before coming to our Co-op more than 15 years ago. You’re liable to find Terry doing everything from shoveling snow and parking cars at the Hanover store to speaking to graduate students at Dartmouth College to dressing up as Cocoa the Cow and giving balloons away at Dairy Day.
MacLennan Farm
MacLennan Farm, Windsor, Vermont
When Co-op Merchandising Director Tony White wanted to add Upper Valley grown asparagus and corn to the Produce Department’s offerings, he asked area farmers for the name of the person who grew the best. Without exception, they pointed Tony to Alex MacLennan of MacLennan Farm in Windsor, Vermont. MacLennan Farm is also the source of the Co-op’s early season green beans. When corn takes over, Alex delivers daily to the Co-op.
