Co-op week and Co-op month celebrations raise awareness and funds for two great charities!

Co-op week prizes to be won!

As October comes to an end, it is a good time to take a moment and reflect on our efforts in support of co-operatives.

This year saw a greater element of enthusiasm and participation during Co-op week for GROWMARK employees in Ontario with the recent merge of FS PARTNERS, GROWMARK Ontario region and UPI Energy FS staff all working together under one roof.

Mary Walton, cuts Co-op Week
cake for everyone.

Employees Andrea Fernandes, Christine Morrison, and Mary Walton co-ordinated several entertaining activities including a “get to know each other” fun-fact quiz for each participating employee, daily co-op trivia along with a large raffle draw that raised more than $1800 for the Canadian Co-operative Development Foundation. During the week, Claude Gauthier, gave a breakfast presentation on the history and evolution of GROWMARK, and Janice Johnson provided a lunch session on Co-ops 101. 

Jeff Brown shows off part of his raffle
prize, complete with a pair of FS socks!

Andrea Fernandes leads successful
fund-raiser raffle.

Simultaneously, during Co-op month in the United States, GROWMARK employees successfully raised more than $1100 for their local United Way organization through activities such as jean-days, homemade biscuits and gravy sales for breakfast, snack cart sales, and a raffle with prizes donated by local businesses and GROWMARK divisions. 

Congratulations to all GROWMARK teams!