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Join your local co-operatives to celebrate 2012 International Year of Co-operatives!
The celebration will include…
- Co-operative enterprises & organizations
- Demonstrations
- Speakers
- And more!
10:00 am – Opening Ceremonies
Opening remarks from Mark Ventry of ON Co-op and greetings from local politicians Regional Councillor Jane Mitchell, Councillor Diane Freeman from the City of Waterloo, Kitchener Centre MP Stephen Woodworth
10:30 am – Cooking Demonstration in the Marketplace with Chef D (www.chefdtv.com) in the Kitchener Market’s Marketplace using Gay Lea Co-operative Foods products. Sponsored by Gay Lea Co-operative Foods and Libro Financial.
11:30 am – The Tra La Las (www.thetralalas.com/) provided by the City of Kitchener
12:00 pm – Greetings from Kitchener – Waterloo MP Peter Braid, Grand River CarShare talks about being a local car share Co-op, and Mark Paul from COCHF talks about the benefits of housing
co-ops in the greater community.
1:00 pm – The Tra La Las (www.thetralalas.com/) provided by the City of Kitchener
2:00 pm – Closing Remarks
Participating co-ops:
Grand River CarShare
Local Initiative for Future Energy Co-operative
Waterloo Potters’ Workshop
Moppet Preschool
Ten Thousand Villages
Simply Fine Wine
Gay Lea Foods
Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
Co-operative Enterprises of Central Ontario Cluster
The Co-operators
Libro Financial
For more information contact COCHF at info@cochf.coop
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