Co-op Month News

October 25, 2006 - The Global 300, a new listing compiled by the International Co-operative Alliance, shows the United States accounts for more names than any other country on the list of top 300 co-ops and mutual businesses worldwide. Sixty-two of the Global 300 co-ops, or one in five, are U.S. businesses. More...

October 16, 2006 - NCB's annual Co-op 100 List shows the top 100 U.S. cooperatives reporting revenues total over $140 billion in 2005. More...

October 10, 2006 - A new year-round envelope stuffer showing the economic impact of cooperatives is now available for download in a variety of formats for either in-office duplicating or printing by a professional printer. More...

October 2, 2006 - North Dakota Rep. Pomeroy kicks off National Co-op Month by urging his House colleagues to help celebrate "the tremendous role that cooperative businesses play in our nation's economy." More...

August 31, 2006 - A new set of ad materials highlighting the economic impact of cooperatives is available for co-ops around the country to use in promoting co-ops and Co-op Month. More...

July 25, 2005 - A new set of ad materials is available for co-ops around the country to use in promoting co-ops and Co-op Month. More...

August 8, 2004 - A host of new tools to help individual cooperatives with Co-op Month celebrations in October are now available on the Co-op Month web site.

Included are an eye-catching new Co-op Month logo, three different print advertisements, a searchable database of approximately 14,000 co-ops, extensive tips for how to celebrate Co-op Month, and nearly a dozen sample documents ranging from draft newsletter articles to newspaper op-eds. The logo and ads can be downloaded and adapted locally. More...

July 1, 2004 - Cooperatives nationwide will use October to highlight economic and charitable contributions to their communities under plans for the annual observance of Co-op Month laid out by the event's sponsors.

Using the theme "Cooperatives: Owned by Our Members, Committed to Our Communities," the National Cooperative Month Planning Committee will encourage local co-ops to stress community involvement, employment and other identifiable community contributions in their celebrations and observances for the month, marked annually since 1930. More...

October 1, 2003 - The National Cooperative Month Planning Committee and the Consumer Federation of America unveiled new consumer survey results at an October 1, 2003 press conference in Washington, D.C. More...

August 13, 2003 - Co-op Month Committee Conducts Consumer Survey: Results To Be Available for October Promotions & Events. National Cooperative Month Planning Committee Chairman Sheldon Petersen announced today that co-ops will soon have valuable survey results they can use during October Events and Promotions. More...

September 23, 2002 - Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) have been selected as winners of the 2002 National Cooperative Month Statesperson Award in recognition of their exemplary record of support for America's cooperative businesses.

August 9, 2002 - How to celebrate National Co-op Month? Let me count the ways. There are so many ways to celebrate Co-op Month, but here are a few ways to celebrate from the National Co-opmonth Committee.