Looking for ideas to celebrate Co-op Month at your cooperative? Here are some ideas you can use:

• Conduct an open house at your co-op or hold a member appreciation dinner.
• Turn your co-op into a haunted house for an evening of fun.
• Use the month to highlight the co-op business model and how your cooperative promotes electrical safety through school programs or community events.
• Don't forget co-op employees. Plan a fun activity for them.

Need more ideas? The National Cooperative Month website has great ideas, prewritten news releases, bill stuffers, and advertisements you can customize. Click the logo below to connect to its site.

Mark the date on your calendar and join us for the Indiana Cooperative Summit on October 9, 2008.  Attendees will have an opportunity to parcipate in educational sessions focused on advancing the cooperative advantage, as well as network with cooperative businesses from around the state.  Register here.... 

For information about Indiana cooperatives click here to read Indiana Cooperative Development Center's most recent newsletter.

2) More than 154 million Americans are cooperative member-owners. This includes 39 million who own their electric co-op.

3) Co-ops generate $273 billion in revenue annually.

Click here to read "A Day in the Life of Cooperative America" to find out about the various ways cooperatives impact Americans everyday.