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DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP SPONSORS

By Staff on December 6, 2011

By Renée Massey I can think of several reasons why you or I might want to pick up a meal or a nice appetizer on our way home any time of the year – a friend just had a baby and could use a break from daily chores like cooking, a neighbor is ill and [...]

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Tsunami Winter Market opens in November

By Staff on November 1, 2011

By Barb Elder While our cover story this month features the Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market and their recent decision to operate year-round, we also want to acknowledge a group that has been working in CY providing fresh winter farm products for some time. Four years ago, Ben Smith of Tsunami restaurant invited a group of [...]

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CY Thanksgiving Food Drive underway

By Staff on November 1, 2011

By Suzzane Striker Soon you will find a flyer on your door asking for donations for the annual Cooper-Young Thanksgiving Food Drive. 1st Congregational Church’s Loaves and Fishes food pantry (located at Cooper and Walker) needs our help. Like all such pantries in these difficult times, the Loaves and Fishes food pantry is experiencing an [...]

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CY Community Farmers Market extends season

By Staff on October 31, 2011

By Sue Easley Good news Cooper-Young and Memphians! Local food lovers will be able to continue shopping for the region’s best locally produced products during the cool months in Memphis. The Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFM) has expanded to a year-round market starting November 5, 2011. By extending the market season, the market will allow [...]

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OCTOBER NEWS BRIEFS

By Staff on October 20, 2011

Opportunity to give to the Memphis Food Bank By Pat Mitchell Worley Little Helpers, a children’s volunteer organization, will be in Cooper-Young on Saturday, October 29, from 11am-12:30pm. The kids (ages 2 to tween) will travel our streets in their Halloween costumes collecting food for the Memphis Food Bank for their monthly service activity. Please [...]

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CYCA members receive discounts on pet care and good eats

By Staff on October 20, 2011

By Renée Massey In Cooper-Young and around Memphis, we’re finally getting some relief from the intense heat of the recent summer months. As the weather cools and autumn festivities get underway, many of us start thinking about and planning for the holidays. When you visit family in far-away places, will your pets be going with you? [...]

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Angel Food Ministries brings affordable food to all

By Staff on September 3, 2011

By Heather Waldo Angel Food Ministries (AFM), the nation’s largest nonprofit food ministry, will join in supporting National Hunger Action Month in September. Every month AFM donates more than 600 of its food packages free to those in need while also offering food packages at 30-50% off retail prices to anyone. “Hunger continues to affect [...]

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2011 CY FESTIVAL FOOD

By Staff on September 3, 2011

Elzey Entrance Nutty Bavarian (Roasted and Flavored Nuts) East Evelyn Gary’s Australian Food Stop (Tamales, Grilled Hot Dogs, Drinks) Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream West Evelyn McAlister’s Deli (Famous Sweet Tea) Children’s Area Pronto Pups Lenny’s Sub Shops (Grilled Hotdogs, Cookies, Chips, Bottled Water) West Nelson Flavor Island (Flavored Ice Treats) Gazebo Area Dixon Lemonade [...]

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w program doubles the value of food stamps at farmers markets

By Kristan on August 11, 2011

Press Release from GrowMemphis: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Josephine Alexander GrowMemphis Office: 901-725-4990 Cell: 901-626-3709 josephine@midsouthpeace.org www.midsouthpeace.org/GrowMemphis New program doubles the value of food stamps at farmers markets Memphis, Tenn. – August 1, 2011 – GrowMemphis announced today the start of a new program to give shoppers using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) [...]

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Camy’s Food Delivery and Playhouse on the Square support the CYCA

By Staff on July 30, 2011

By Renée Massey In the heat of a Memphis August, many of us bristle at the thought of turning on the stove or oven to prepare dinner. The good news for Cooper-Young Community Association members is that several of our membership sponsors are available to do the work for you. If you’re not sure what [...]

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