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News: Normal Tuesday Pick Up
Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
How to contact us:
Our Website: suwanee.locallygrown.net
Pick Up Location: 4942 Austin Park Avenue, Buford GA 30518 on Tuesdays
Facebook: Suwanee Whole Life Co-op
Tuesday Pick Up
We will have Tuesday pick up as usual next week and the week after. There is no schedule change due to the holidays! If you have a produce box, Nature’s Garden Express will deliver to the warehouse on Tuesday.
If you are planning on going out of town please and won’t be able to pick up your produce box *on Tuesday please make sure your box is on *VACATION HOLD. You can call Nature’s Garden at (770) 441-9976 to put your box on hold.
Thank you! Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe holiday season!
Group Buy Update
If you placed an order for one of our group buys in the past couple of weeks- Wilderness Family Naturals (coconut oil & pantry items), Green Pasture (Fermented Cod Liver Oils, VitalChoice Seafood, Kenny’s Cheese and/or Jason Wiebe Cheese, they will all be available for pick up this Tuesday, December 23rd.
HELP! We need Volunteers!!
*THANK YOU Diana, Tanya, Marie, Stephanie and Lanay for helping on Tuesday! You guys are a blessing! We couldn’t have a co-op without volunteers and we appreciate you all so much!
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS NEXT WEEK FOR THE 5-6 PM slot! Please consider helping out if you can.
If you are interested in volunteering, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45 pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer
The link is also posted on the About page on our website.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Upcoming Wellness Event: Get at the Roots Program
Coming in January… a program to get you healthy in 2015!
Do you lack energy?
Is stress a normal part of your day?
Are you moody?
Do you feel skinny in the beginning of the day and bloated at night?
Do you have joint pain?
Do you have dry and/or itchy skin?
Have you ever been on an antibiotic or taken a corticosteroid or used a steroid cream?
Do you have headaches?
Do you have a low sex drive?
If you answered YES to any of these questions then you may have underlying issues that may be preventing you from getting healthy & losing weight. The Get At The Roots Program will teach you what you can do to address these issues naturally through foods & targeted nutrients.
This is not a low-fat, low-calorie diet. It’s not about restricting calories and therefore nutrients. It’s about feeding the body good, healthy nutrition for your hormonal and metabolic processes. Teaching you how to eat to speed up your metabolism and optimize burning body fat. It also helps you to discover what underlying issues may be preventing you from losing weight.
The Get At The Roots Program will be offered at Vitality Method Pilates Studio- 2590 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Duluth GA 30097.
Classes start Wednesday, January 14th, 2015 @ 6:00 p.m. Cost of the 8-week program is $250 if you register before January 1st or $275 if you register after January 1st.
The program includes:
8 group sessions, approx. 1 hour each
(1) One-on-One educational session with a Nutritional Therapist (Suwanee Co-op member)
Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire which helps identify healing opportunities &
Review & Feedback of your Food Journal.
This is an amazing opportunity to address your underlying issues!
We will meet for 8 weeks for approximately an hour, discussing a new topic each week. The topics include the following possible Underlying Causes of Weight Gain:
Digestive problems
Food sensitivities
Blood Sugar / Yeast Overgrowth
Dehydration & Mineral balance
Fatty Acid deficiency
Stress & Adrenal Fatigue
Sex Hormone Imbalances
Toxin Overload / Brain Chemistry
REGISTER HERE! https://nutretewellness.satoriapp.com/offers/40198-get-at-the-roots-weight-loss-program
Melissa Gauna is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner & Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant. She enjoys teaching others the benefits of a whole-foods diet, including Weston A. Price, traditional diets. The Get At The Roots Program is different than any other program because it was designed first & foremost to get the body healthy. The primary goal of any weight loss program should be to get you healthy. This program looks beyond just eating less & exercising more; we want to get you healthy first so that the weight naturally comes off.
If you have any questions regarding the Get At The Roots Program, call Melissa at (404)-941-6069 or e-mail her atmelissa@nutretewellness.com.
Upcoming Group Buys
Below is a list of upcoming co-op group buys to help with planning and budgeting. All dates are subject to change.
Yesteryear Homewares & reCap – Milk Carriers and Pour caps – 1/16/15 – 1/18/15
Great Lakes Gelatin – Collagen Hydrolysate 1/23/15 – 1/25/15
Green Pasture – Fermented Cod Liver Oils- 1/23/15 – 1/25/15
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!