Lend a Hand

Most consumer food co-ops incorporate volunteering into their work.  Main Market is no exception.  However, as with many things, we’re putting a twist on it.  We’re calling it “Lend a Hand” and we’re asking those willing to make a direct positive impact on our mission to strengthen local agriculture.

Main Market works with our region’s producers to learn about when the help of a few extra hands would make a considerable difference in their operations, and subsequent ability to stay in business.  While most small-to-medium size farms and ranches don’t require extensive staff most of the year, certain times of year involve a higher than normal workload, making it difficult to balance resources and needs, and often leaving valuable income “on the trees” during harvest.

To attempt to solve the gap, we will regularly post information about farms in our area that need a little extra help.  Examples include planting seeds, weeding, picking apples and putting labels on milk jugs.  We’ll provide the location, what help is needed, the date and time.  Our ‘Lend a Hand-ers’ connect directly with those in need to make a real difference in our region’s ability to produce food.  Stay tuned to this page for those opportunities.

We do also have some more traditional ways to help ‘Lend a Hand.’  In a perfect world, we can have a trained volunteer available on the sales floor as a greeter, to provide assistance to new visitors and help shoppers who may not have been able to park in the lot.  Sign up for 2hr shifts by emailing our Lend a Hand contact person.

We need help to get your store open and running smoothly - help stock shelves, clean and greet customers in the store! Sign up on the sheets in the door at 44 W. Main.

Opportunities to Lend a Hand directly to our local producer partners...

• Spokane’s Family Farm, our local dairy just past Airway Heights, bottles milk every other day around 11am. In January it’s the odd days of the month, and in February the even – heck, go for Valentine’s Day to really express your love for local agriculture and give Mike & Trish a break!  Contact them directly at 796.FARM or tvieira@centurytel.net to schedule an outing! 
• The evening of January 28th, we can accept 10 people to join us from 6-8:30pm at Dry Fly Distilling to help our local micro-distiller… purchase tickets today!