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11/23/11:
E-Newsletter Content:
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Happy Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Items!
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Congratulations to our new Board Members!
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Congratulations to the Gift Basket Winners!
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Christmas Gift Baskets are now available!
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The Winter Market
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Give the Gift of Nutrition and Natural Healthcare Knowledge - All Books are now 20% Off!
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Co-op Kids' Coloring Contest!
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News Journal Article on Organic and GMO/non-GMO Food
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Reasons to Buy Organic
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Naturopathic Doctor and his Sons and Nephew Run Across Country to Promote Natural Medicine
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Thanksgiving Message
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A Special Thank You
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Thanksgiving Jokes
1. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It has officially been an annual tradition since 1863, when during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursday, November 26. As a federal and popular holiday in the U.S., Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year. Together with Christmas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader holiday season.
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated to give thanks to God for guiding them safely to the New World. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days, providing enough food for 13 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans. The feast consisted of fish (cod, eels, and bass) and shellfish (clams, lobster, and mussels), wild fowl (ducks, geese, swans, and turkey), venison, berries and fruit, vegetables (peas, pumpkin, beetroot and possibly, wild or cultivated onion), harvest grains (barley and wheat), and the Three Sisters: beans, dried Indian maize or corn, and squash. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings" - days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought.
Read the full article on wiki...
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Thanksgiving Items
2. Congratulation to our New Board Members!
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Elected to 3 Year Terms:
- Alison De Paola
- Nature Love
- Matt Talley
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Elected to 2 Year Terms:
- Tom McKenney
- Flo Monroe
- Neal Tillotson
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Elected to 1 Year Terms:
- Don DelCollo
- Rosemary Volpe
- Nancy Willing
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Officers Elected at the 11/17/11 Board Meeting:
President: Alison De Paola
Vice President: Tom McKenney
Treasurer: Don DelCollo
Secretary: Nancy Willing
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The Board Members would like to thank everyone for their participation in the annual meeting, and they would like to welcome all Co-op members to the monthly meetings! Monthly meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month in The Meadow (next door to the Co-op). The next Co-op Board meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 15th at 7:00 PM. |
3. Congratulations to the Gift Basket Winners at the Annual General Membership Meeting!
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Aracelia Jackson
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Sheella Mierson
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Rob Murray
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Bill Stewart
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Joe Tucker
Member numbers were put on paper slips from the attendance list and then drawn from a basket at Customer Service by Core Volunteer, Frances Novak. Thank you to Frances for all she does for our Co-op; she's so dependable, conscientious and just plain nice!
4. Christmas Gift Baskets Are Now Available!
Gift Baskets Include Health Books, Natural Bodycare Items,
Nutritional Supplements and Healthy, Organic Food!!!
5. The Winter Market
Newark Natural Foods Co-op will be hosting "The Winter Market," starting on Sunday, 12/4/11, 10 AM to 2 PM, in The Meadow (next door to The Co-op). The Winter Market will feature local foods and handcrafted goods. Dates for the Winter Market are every other Sunday except Christmas Day and New Year's Day: 12/4, 12/18, 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/19, 3/4, 3/19. Our outdoor Summer Farmer's Market will resume on the first Sunday in May (the 6th), 10 AM to 2 PM.
For questions, or if you'd like to be part of The Winter Market, contact Talley at the store (302-368-5894), or send and e-mail to marketmaster@newarknaturalfoods.com.
See The Co-op's Online Calendar of Events for additional store events.
6. Give the Gift of Nutrition and Natural Healthcare Knowledge! All Books are Now 20% Off!!!
Be sure to also check the front area of the store for nutrition and health information,
store promotions, vendor coupons and related info!
7. Co-op Kids' Coloring Contest!
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All kids who submit coloring entries will receive a healthy food prize for their entry!
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The top three entries for boys and girls from age groups 2-5, 6-8 and 9-12 will receive children's gift baskets of kid-friendly, healthy foods!
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Click the above images to download full size images for printing and coloring. Children can also submit their own drawings and coloring projects!
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The winners will be selected on Saturday, December 17th.
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Entries will be posted in the seated area of the Co-op and/or The Meadow (the lecture and event room next door to the Co-op)!
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For additional info contact Flo at the Co-op (302-368-5894)!
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Check the Co-op's web site and our Facebook page for additional pictures for coloring (coming soon)!
Check out the 100+ items on our Kid Friendly Shopping List!
8. News Journal Feature Article on Organic and GMO/Non-GMO Food!
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GMOs: 10 Simple Questions
(and some surprising answers)
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The News Journal ran a feature article on organic food and GMO/Non-GMO food on Tuesday, 11/15/11. The article discussed both sides of the GMO/Non-GMO debate and highlighted the efforts of organizations working throughout the U.S. to require labeling for GMO foods. Polls regularly show that 80-90% of consumers want GMO food labeled! Article content:
"These days, you can find out plenty about the food you eat - calories, sodium content, even the country where it was produced.
But do you know if the cereal in your breakfast bowl is made with genetically modified corn and sweeteners? Does it matter?
The answer depends on whom you ask.
Some environmental and food safety advocates argue it's critical to know whether food is grown using genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. They believe GMOs have the potential to negatively impact our health, from the functioning of the digestive system to how the body fends off pathogens.
But the federal government doesn't require manufacturers to label products made with GMOs..."
Read the full News Journal article on Delawareonline.com... (http://delonline.us/v5Ccrh)
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Additional Information on GMOs
(Genetically Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Food):
9. Reasons To Buy Organic Food
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"Organically grown food is your best way of reducing exposure to toxins used in conventional agricultural practices. These toxins include not only pesticides, many of which have been federally classified as potential cancer-causing agents, but also heavy metals such as lead and mercury, and solvents like benzene and toluene. |
Minimizing exposure to these toxins is of major benefit to your health. Heavy metals damage nerve function, contributing to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, lower IQ, and also block hemoglobin production, causing anemia. Solvents damage white cells, lowering the immune system’s ability to resist infections."
Agricultural chemicals used on conventionally grown foods (which are used to kill bacteria, fungi, insects, weeds, rodents and other organisms) have also been shown to the harmful to mitochondria, the energy production factories of our cells.
Organically grown foods have been shown to be significantly higher in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients essential for health: 27% more vitamin C, 29.3% more magnesium and 21.1% more iron. Deficiency of vitamin C, magnesium, iron and other vitamins and minerals (classified as essential nutrients because they are required by our bodies for health and normal functioning) can result in low energy, anxiety, headaches, impaired immune function, impaired wound healing, increased frequency of colds and infections, elevated blood pressure, heart attacks ( the #1 killer in the U.S.), increased rates of cancer (the #2 killer in the U.S.), and many other healthcare concerns.
Read the Full Article Online
(http://bit.ly/tIvuzz)
10. Naturopathic Doctor and his Sons and Nephew Run Across Country to Promote Natural Medicine
Dennis Godby, MA, ND (naturopathic doctor) and his sons Isaiah and Jeremiah, and Dr. Godby's nephew Jonah recently completed a 3,258 mile run across the USA (averaging over 1 marathon per day!) to raise awareness of the field of naturopathic medicine! They ran down Main Street on Sunday, 11/6/11, and the
Co-op provided healthy, high-energy foods to help support their run!
11. Thanksgiving Message
“It's not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”
W. T. Purkiser
12. A Special Thank You
Wishing a Happy Belated Veterans Day and a Special Thank You to those who've served in our military to help keep our country the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said,
"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."
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13. Thanksgiving Jokes
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Q: What sound does a turkey's phone make? A: Wing, wing!
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Jimmy: Mmmm! That turkey smells good and it's not even done yet. How long will it be?
Mom: About the same length as it was before I put it into the oven, I suppose.
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Q: What was the bad turkey suspected of? Foul play!
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Q: Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building? A: Yes - a building can't jump at all.
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What sounds does a turkey in space make? Hubble, Hubble, Hubble!
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What type of music did the Pilgrims like? Plymouth Rock!
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How do you keep a turkey in suspense? I'll let you know next week! :)
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More jokes...
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