Over the course of 2015, your Board of Directors hosted a “Meet the Board” (MTB) event at Three Rivers Market every first Thursday of the month in 2015. During those events, you would have found us, your Board Directors, sitting at a table, often with a bit of enticing snacks like chocolate or chips. We have learned something new each time.

At the December 3rd, 2015 MTB event, we were challenged to reflect a bit deeper about the tangible benefits of TRM membership, as well as any special opportunities for co-op involvement. The key thing to remember is that because Three Rivers Market is a customer-owned cooperative, “membership” is, in fact, ownership. With membership, you are purchasing equity in the business, which comes with financial and governance benefits. Our cooperative is democratically governed, which means ownership … Read More »

As part of Board service, Directors of Three Rivers Market break into committees, groups of two to four, that enable us to efficiently accomplish yearly goals and convene on special interests. This year, we formed a Membership Linkage Committee to better understand our diverse membership and community of shoppers.

To provide in-store Board presence and a format for exchange of ideas, we initiated Meet the Board in 2013— an event whereby two to three Directors are visible and accessible in the store to get to know members. To improve consistency in line with our Board policies, we expanded Meet the Board to a standing date in 2015 (every first Thursday of the month from 6-7PM).

The Membership Committee also planned the first, Board-sponsored Membership Linkage event—a movie showing of Food For Change, held at the Salvage Room on Broadway. In cooperation with … Read More »

Three Rivers Market needs hard working, energetic, and committed members willing serve the cooperative on the Board of Directors. Every year new Board members are elected to renew the link between what we do and the broader needs and interest of the community we serve. Directors are elected by members such as yourself for three-year terms. The Board provides strategic leadership, financial accountability, and stewards resources for the long-term end goals (called Ends) of the cooperative. With this in mind we invite you to consider running for the Board election.

As a member of Three Rivers Market you already appreciate the cooperative’s positive impact in our community. Through your service as a Board Director you will further contribute by making decisions on the long-term strategic direction of the Cooperative. We encourage you to take a step towards Board involvement. The first … Read More »

Three Rivers Market needs hard working, energetic, and committed members willing serve the cooperative on the Board of Directors. Every year new Board members are elected to renew the link between what we do and the broader needs and interest of the community we serve. Directors are elected by members such as yourself for three-year terms. The Board provides strategic leadership, financial accountability, and stewards resources for the long-term end goals (called Ends) of the cooperative. With this in mind we invite you to consider running for the Board election.

As a member of Three Rivers Market you already appreciate the cooperative’s positive impact in our community. Through your service as a Board Director you will further contribute by making decisions on the long-term strategic direction of the Cooperative. We encourage you to take a step towards Board involvement. The first … Read More »

For the month of July you raised $5,634.24 for Ladies of Charity Summer Lunch Program, our Nourishing Change recipient! This was yet a new high for our Nourishing Change program! Ladies of Charity used this money to bring lunches to children who would otherwise not have lunch when school is out. Ladies of Charity expected to feed 3,000 children this summer and your donations were a significant part of accomplishing that goal. You have now raised more than $100,000 for Nourishing Change since this program began in April 2012. Thank you co-op shoppers for not only maintaining your generosity but continuing to grow it every month!