Local cooperatives raising awareness of a ‘people-centered’ approach to commerce on International Co-ops Day > > >McCusker’s Market employee Carson Shaw fills a customer’s order in Shelburne Falls in April 2020. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 7/1/2021 7:33:03 PM
Cooperatives are all about community. And Saturday is geared toward celebrating the worldwide community of cooperatives.
The United Nations in 1992 formally recognized International Co-ops Day as the first Saturday in July, joining the International Cooperative Alliance in a celebration established in 1923. And while not all co-ops and credit unions in Franklin County are marking the occasion this July 3, those affiliated with them took the opportunity to praise the cooperative model.