Silver Springs has a community-owned store where locals get to make the decisions, create quality jobs, and contribute economically to a local food system and local agriculture. The Silver Stage Co-Op Association has kicked off a natural foods buying club, and also now has a small store front offering nutritious food at reasonable prices. If you want better access to healthy and affordable foods, please contact us at[email protected] Below you'll find  a list of the many community projects the Co-Op members are involved in:

The rapidly expanding "grass roots" organization, Silver Stage Food Co-Op Association, is doing marvelous things in the community. Some of these things include:

·          Farmers Market. The summer farmers market at Penny Park is brought to the community by the Co-Op in partnership with local farmers, Community Roots and Healthy Communities Coalition. The market accepts cash, USDA Senior Coupons, SNAP, FBNN coupons, etc. The market serves to strengthen the economic base of the community and encourages local prosperity.

·                    Co-Op Store: This non-profit storefront provides an opportunity to purchase nutritious foods at reasonable prices. During the fall months, the farmers are invited to sell their produce at the store. This is a great convenience for the community. In addition, the work of co-ops like this one have a direct and positive impact on the soil, air and water of our region and expand markets for local farmers.

·              Food Backpack Program. This program provides food to children of families who have fallen on hard times. Children take backpacks of easy -to -prepare foods home on Fridays. To date, there are about 40 children from the area's two schools who receive food through the backpack program. The CoOp packs the backpacks, picks up the food from Food For Thought in Carson City, and delivers the filled backpacks to the school, where counselors distribute them to the children with no compromise to privacy.

·                   Community Gardens. In the spring, the Co-Op hopes to establish an organic community garden and will invite members to grow their own food.

       Interested in getting involved?

          There are several ways you can get involved:

·             Volunteer. We need volunteers to help with all of the initiatives listed above. Whether you have one hour or several hours to volunteer, we need your help.

·               Join the CoOp. For $20 per year, you can shop at the store and take advantage of buying healthy food.

·                      Tell Your Neighbor: The CoOp will thrive if we get the community involved... "neighbor helping neighbor." We all benefit by its success!

     Contact: If you wish to volunteer, join the CoOp or need more information, please email us at [email protected], or come to our next meeting. Meetings are held at the Co-Op Store Front at 3595 Ramsey Weeks in Silver Springs, NV (we share a building with the local Food Pantry- our organizations are separate although both are partners of Healthy Communities Coalition). The Co-Op also has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Silver-Stage-Co-Op-Association/242747915836689  The Silver Stage Co-Op Association is a nonprofit partner of the regional Coalition, Healthy Communities.

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