Sacramento, CA Events and a Food Co-op

Below I first have a list of events in Sacramento. Following that is info on a food co-op in Sacramento that is worth checking out.

This comes from Sacramento for Democracy's calendar

Placer County Democrats Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Sunday, April 19, at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed in Loomis

Last year's event attracted a sold-out crowd of more that 300 attendees and 16 organizations and individuals stepped up to sponsor the event.

This year's theme is "Community Service: A Call to Action" and the evening includes dinner, an awards presentation, special guest speakers, a no-host bar, raffle and much more. Tickets are $30 (in recognition of the tough economic times we are living in, we lowered the price by $5) and we expect them to go fast.

To order tickets online:
http://www.actblue.com/page/placerdinner

Or send a check to:
Placer County Democratic Party
P. O. Box 423
Roseville, CA 95678

Here are the details:

What: The annual Placer County Democrats Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
When: April 19, 2009, 4-8 p.m. (Dinner hour 5:30 p.m.)
Where: Blue Goose Fruit Shed, 3550 Taylor Road, Loomis, CA.
Cost: $30 per ticket (table sponsorships available)

For more information and for sponsorship information, please contact
Kim Haswell at kim_haswell@yahoo.com or 530-889-2278.

We are looking forward to another fantastic event. Please mark it on your calendars today!

California Statewide Special Election. Tuesday, May 19th. Measures include creating a state spending cap and rainy day fund, modifying the minimum funding guarantee for schools, changing the state lottery and shifting money from mental health and child-development programs. For a list of the ballot measures click HERE.

ImaginEquality Rally
May 30, 2009 Saturday

Equality Action NOW, and many other equal rights organizations will be pulling together a huge rally at the State Capitol to kick off our month of June Pride throughout California. Join us on the step of the capitol and help us pull our ImaginEquality into a REALITY. Real and true equality for all. Info@EqualityActionNOW.org.

Please consider joining this event as a supporter:
Send us a link to your web site. We will post your link on our site, we will list your group on materials to show your support of this rally and the equality movement.
Let us know if you know of any other grassroots or groups fighting for equality that we may have overlooked - we want as many groups to sign on as partners in this statewide show of solidarity.
Unions, faith based organizations, family and friends that might want to show solidarity with our fight for equality - bring them in.
A contribution of $500 or $1000 to help us offset the high expenses for an event of this size. Your name will apprear on all printed materials and the web links. If you can't afford the financial contribution, it is still important to request being added to the supporter list.

In Solidarity
Tina
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Tina Reynolds

http://equalityactionnow.c.topica.com/maamGt9abM2NScdx84AbaehuKb/
916-446-1082

SACRAMENTO FOOD CO-OP

It took nearly 7 years living within a few blocks of one of the biggest food co-ops in America before Joy and I joined it. We were definitely reluctant. But, in the end the lack of good produce and the decline of our local supermarkets led to us joining. And the result is a slighly more inconvenient shopping trip each week, but much healthier, higher quality and cheaper food. I recommend joining a co-op if there is one nearby. You will save money and eat healthier. Here is the only Sacramento food co-op I could find:

Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op
1900 Alhambra Blvd.
Sacramento, California 95816
Phone: (916) 455-2667
FAX: (916) 455-5723
comments@sacfoodcoop.com
http://www.sacfoodcoop.com

Our co-op began as a food buying club in 1972 and opened a storefront of primarily bulk foods at 16th and P Streets in downtown Sacramento. In 1973, this buying club was incorporated as the Sacramento Natural Foods Cooperative, a Board of Directors was elected and the first paid employee was hired.

In recent years we have enhanced our gourmet food selection, including an excellent selection of specialty, artisan cheese and wine. Our Produce Department now sells organically grown fruits and vegetables exclusively. We have also added organic red meat to our product offerings.

2001 also marked the year that we first opened the doors to our Co-op Community Learning Center, adjacent to the Sacramento store and home to cooking classes, health seminars and a variety of owner meetings and special events. We are committed to serving our Co-op owners and supporting our community through consumer education, owner meetings and events, outreach activities and charitable programs and projects.

They also have a list of Action Alerts you mighht be interested in.

They also offer some interesting sounding classes.

And they have a great list of community activities.