WE HAVE BEGUN OUR FIFTH FOOD CO-OP!    We now have 5 food co-ops which, when they are all full, will have a total of 250 families, and we still have a waiting list!.  The newest co-op meets on Thursday Every co-op meets every other week and for a $3 handling fee, a medium-sized family will receive a box of food worth $70-$100!  This creates FOOD SECURITY for people--they don’t have to worry about having food, they don’t have to be visiting food pantries, and they have more money to help KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES!  Besides all that, our co-ops CREATE COMMUNITY, because when we gather, people meet each other, work together, frequently eat together and get to be friends with new people. 

   Above (center) the first meeting of the new 5th food co-op, learning how to load all the members’ boxes.    (There’s a lot to load!  We normally haul about 1 ton of food to each meeting.)  Top left (both top and bottom), Rufina Garay, acting Executive Director of Urban Gateway Gardens, holds a workshop for the members of our food co-op Steering Committees.  Rufina PREPARED FOOD and led us in a very valuable workshop.  It is part of our Urban Peoples Academy to continue the ongoing training in leadership of those who choose to take part    in the Georgia Avenue Food Co-op program.  Thank you so much, Rufina, for great training and food! 

The mission of the Georgia Avenue Food Cooperative is to create in the name of the Lord membership communities of up to 50 households that give members a sense of extended family and the opportunity to work together to provide supplemental nourishment (tummy and soul) so that no body is hungry.