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We have a lot riding on our upcoming Community Investment Campaign since that’s how we’ll raise the majority of funds to open our store, and we are not taking this task lightly! Our Community Investment Campaign (CIC) Planning Team has been hard at work to prepare and plan for exactly how this campaign will be implemented. They've met twice a month for over a year; one meeting per month with our consultant and one with just the team, to finalize details like:
- creating volunteer job descriptions & coordination plans
- outlining and working within a general timeline
- attending peer group calls and communicating with other co-ops
- researching data management systems
- drafting a lengthy 40+ page detailed legal investment memo
- creating all the necessary marketing materials
- calculating compensation and writing a detailed job description for a Campaign Coordinator*
- and lots more!
(*The Campaign Coordinator is different from our Consultant. The Coordinator will be our on-the-ground superstar with experience running fundraising campaigns. If you or someone you know might be interested in this position please reach out and let us know!)
Working only with what resources we have: our professional food co-op campaign consultant Katie Novak, guidance from Food Co-op Initiative, support from other food co-ops, as well as our limited access to a lawyer (legal counsel is expensive…) we are proud to say we are making sustained progress. We are continuing to go forward step by step, and spending hours learning and conducting research as we go.
Creating systems of sovereignty from a little more than two sticks to rub together is hard work… but as the old saying goes: “many hands make light work”. If you’d like to lend us a hand we’d love your help on this team, no legal or fundraising experience necessary- as most of us don’t have that either! We are just folks who care about our community and want to unite under a common cause, to walk through the doors and go grocery shopping in our very own community owned food co-op. Email Casey if you're interested in learning more about the team!
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