A scoop of hometown news

Just like a nice scoop of ice cream brings you a cool, sweet fla­vor of back­yard sum­mer­time fun, our Annu­al Meet­ing brings the same feel­ing of togeth­er­ness each year. Thank you all for a won­der­ful 78th Annu­al Meet­ing where we cel­e­brat­ed the val­ue of your mem­ber­ship and com­mu­ni­ties. Look­ing back on the fes­tiv­i­ties of May 11, one thing stood out above the rest. The most valu­able asset is YOU. The tightknit rela­tion­ships among our mem­bers show we are more than a group. We are one. We work togeth­er to make a dif­fer­ence as a big co-op fam­i­ly. It is pow­er­ful to see our diverse mem­ber­ship and their fam­i­lies come togeth­er to enjoy fel­low­ship and fun while learn­ing about the impact they have had over 78 years.

These high­lights cap­ture the smiles of our mem­bers, mak­ing your co-op’s heart full. That’s what we are here to do— look out for you and make a dif­fer­ence in your lives. Speak­ing of a dif­fer­ence, let’s dis­cuss more about the val­ues you bring to our com­mu­ni­ty. Not only have you band­ed togeth­er to give back, you’ve put a hefty price tag on your gen­eros­i­ty through Oper­a­tion Round Up, con­tribut­ing near­ly $2.8 mil­lion dol­lars since 2000. You also worked togeth­er to col­lect 1,200 pounds of food in the short span of four hours at our Annu­al Meet­ing. Togeth­er, you helped pro­vide food for the hun­gry in our com­mu­ni­ty.

Hon­or­ing the coop­er­a­tive advan­tage of your mem­ber­ship is some­thing we do every day, but actions speak loud­er than words. That’s why we are proud to say we have not increased rates in nine years and have planned to con­tin­ue this for at least anoth­er two years. We also gave back the largest Cap­i­tal Cred­it amount in our history—a whop­ping $1.5 mil­lion dol­lars.

Know that you are val­ued and that we will keep striv­ing to increase the val­ue of your mem­ber­ship for years to come. Thank you for attend­ing our Annu­al Meet­ing and for help­ing us make a dif­fer­ence in our com­mu­ni­ties.

 

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer

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