THE EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS MARKET
NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
We are very excited to be celebrating our one month (4 consecutive weeks) anniversary at the East Shelby County Farmers' Market (ESCOFM)!! We have 14 vendor spaces that are at capacity and a waiting list of vendors hoping to come to Collierville on Thursdays! And, starting August 1, the ESCOFM will be open from 11:30 until 5:00 on SATURDAYS!!
This is wonderful and incredible, and vendors, customers, and volunteers are very happy! But (and a big BUT here!) we need more volunteers to keep the ESCOFM the success it has been and help it to develop into the Amazing Farmers' Market it has the potential to be.
Please, if you are interested in volunteering in any way, let us know. There are many ways to volunteer your time and services! A few are listed below:
Help out at the volunteer tent (take email addresses for the newsletter, answer questions, give directions). Our hours are Thursday 11:30 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m and Saturday 11:30 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m. We need volunteers there from 10:30 set up until close at 7:00 p.m. We will be happy to have you volunteer for as many or as few hours as you are able to spare. We have a canopy for our volunteers - iced water is available - it's lots of fun! We check with the vendors to make sure they are happy and we ask customers questions for our Market improvement surveys.
Fundraising - we are working on setting up as a nonprofit. We need help writing grants and eventually soliciting donations. We make no money from the vendors - any monetary donations we receive goes directly into advertising for the market. Which leads to our next category...
Marketing/P.R. - We need to spread the word to as many people in our area - Collierville, Byhalia, Piperton, Germantown - as possible about our Farmers' Market. Getting people out to the market helps Collierville's economy, especially the businesses around the square.
Are you part of a school club or civic organization that encourages volunteering? We need your help! Teenagers would be wonderful additions to the volunteer organization after school and on Saturday!
Eventually we hope to have cooking demonstrations, have information available about preserving the produce available at the ESCOFM, Farmers' market merchandise for sale, etc.
The Farmers' Market is truly one of the few opportunities to be involved in an activity that is win/win. We offer local growers a venue to sell their produce. Families from the East Shelby County area no longer have to drive across the county to buy locally-grown vegetables. Families are introduced to businesses near the market and hopefully the increased traffic increases nearby businesses' revenue. Then businesses around the square refer customers to the farmers' market, bringing customers back to the square another day. We would love to have you as a part of this endeavor!
If you would be willing to volunteer, please send an email to eshelbycofm@gmail.com with VOLUNTEER on the subject line. Please include how you would like to volunteer and when and a phone number.
Please consider helping. The continued sucess of the EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS MARKET depends on YOU!
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Come join us at the East Shelby County Farmers Market on Washington Street off of Collierville's Town Square in the public parking lot behind McGinnis Oil, across the street from Mensi's Ice Cream shop!
The Farmers Market will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. AND STARTING AUGUST 1, SATURDAYS FROM 11:30 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M.!!!
See you there!
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