Hi all, As most of you now know, we will be continuing the fruit and veggie boxes over the summer holidays. Keeping the shop open and running smoothly requires quite a lot of time and energy. So as to ensure that the bulk of this work does not fall on one or two people, we are implementing the "volunteer for veggies" scheme to run over the summer holidays. This way, we can ensure that the shop runs smoothly even while most of our student volunteers are away. This scheme will last from 28 November until 2 March (when students return).
If you do plan to order veggies over the summer, we ask that you either: 1. Volunteer 1 hour for every two orders you put in, or 2.Contribute a sum of $12.50 for every two orders (this is the equivalent of $50 if you order over the entire summer). This is explained further below. The "volunteer for veggies" scheme will work in the following way. From the 28th of November, we will keep track of everyone who orders a fruit and veggie box. After you have ordered twice, you will be required to volunteer for 1 hour. If you haven't volunteered before and don't really know what volunteering involves, it includes a whole lot of different thing like: -Helping pack the veggie boxes -Being in the store to help pack stock, serve customers, help clean, etc -Kid-friendly working bees -Proofreading emails and other documents -Data entry of stock and finances. So there is something for everyone! Volunteering is also great fun and we're sure that as well as helping keep the co-op going over summer, you'll meet some awesome people and enjoy yourself. And for all those seasoned co-op vollies, think of this as a way to stay in touch with your inner co-op spirit over the long summer break when you'll otherwise be missin the co-op goodness vibe! For those of you who do not have the time to volunteer, we ask that you contribute $12.50 for every two orders. We included this option so as to allow those who work full time or have other commitments to contribute too. This money will go to our O-week slush fund, and will allow us to print up new advertising material so we can attract new, enthusiastic volunteers to join next year. If you know that you cannot volunteer, can you please let me know if you plan to contribute cash? We hope this isn't too much to ask, but from the perspective of fairness, we are striving to work out a way to equitably share the workload to keep the co-op open and provide veggies over summer when most of the regular volunteers are away from uni If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or anyone else on the management committee. Thanks, Shannon, Monika & the management committee
