About Co-op Month
Background
Rotating Chairs: Co-op Month Planning Committee
Background
Each October, cooperatives all across America celebrate the role,
accomplishments and contributions of our nation’s cooperatives.
The annual celebrations play a key role in promoting cooperatives
to our members, the public and policy makers. Through a combination
of media outreach, member education, and interaction with policy
makers, co-op month events help raise the visibility of your cooperative,
and improve public understanding of cooperatives.
Research shows that when consumers
know a business is a cooperative, they are more likely to do business
with it. And with consumer trust in co-ops topping investor-owned
companies, promoting your business as a cooperative is a win-win
proposition.
Though each cooperative chooses how to celebrate and promote its
work during October, each year a planning
committee of national cooperative associations representing
cooperatives of all types develops a national, unified theme and
provides supporting materials that help individual co-ops celebrate
their accomplishments. Reflecting the diversity of the cooperative
sector, and the community-wide nature of Cooperative Month, the committee
works together to fund, develop and implement Co-op Month activities.
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