The Arroyo Food Co-op is partnering with Transition Pasadena to host a Repair Café and open house Saturday night at the Co-op, 494 N. Wilson Avenue, Pasadena, from 6-9 PM.
The Repair Café movement was started as a way to bring people together to cut down on the number of items in the trash stream and fight back against the throwaway culture by actually fixing things. It’s also a great way to share coffee and meet new friends. Volunteer tinkers and tailors—and a knife sharpener—will be on hand to mend items that are broken or need a little TLC.
The Co-op will also be open during the Repair Café for tours. Visitors will have the chance to meet with members of the Co-op’s board of directors and to get information about its capital campaign. The Co-op needs approximately $70,000 to refurbish and renovate the site and another $250,000 for operational expenses, primarily inventory. Loans from the co-op’s existing members will form the bulk of these funds, but the co-op is continuing to actively seek new members. Current members are also being encouraged to reach their full membership investment if they have not already.
The Arroyo Food Co-op will serve as an alternative to corporate-owned grocers in the community and will be entirely owned by its members. It will offer organic, sustainable, and locally sourced products along with humanely raised meats, fair trade items, and non-GMO produce. The Co-op is established as a California Consumer Cooperative Corporation.
Anyone can shop at the co-op, but those who make an investment and become member-owners receive additional benefits, including patronage refunds during profitable years. The full investment to join is $300; however the co-op offers a payment plan of $30 per year.
For more information about the Arroyo Food Co-op, including a membership application and loan information, visit www.arroyofoodcoop.com.
from the Arroy Food Co-op
The Repair Café movement was started as a way to bring people together to cut down on the number of items in the trash stream and fight back against the throwaway culture by actually fixing things. It’s also a great way to share coffee and meet new friends. Volunteer tinkers and tailors—and a knife sharpener—will be on hand to mend items that are broken or need a little TLC.
The Arroyo Food Co-op will serve as an alternative to corporate-owned grocers in the community and will be entirely owned by its members. It will offer organic, sustainable, and locally sourced products along with humanely raised meats, fair trade items, and non-GMO produce. The Co-op is established as a California Consumer Cooperative Corporation.
Anyone can shop at the co-op, but those who make an investment and become member-owners receive additional benefits, including patronage refunds during profitable years. The full investment to join is $300; however the co-op offers a payment plan of $30 per year.
For more information about the Arroyo Food Co-op, including a membership application and loan information, visit www.arroyofoodcoop.com.