Your Co-op

It’s been a long summer, says Gemma Massie

“It’s not about waiti ng for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain”... Dancing through the rain is exactly what we’ve been doing! We have been facing some tough availability issues lately but we are slowly getti ng back to normal. We thank you all for your conti nued support and pati ence during these ti mes.

SAMH – mental health matt ers: We are conti nuing to raise funds for SAMH. We have a few fundraising weekends in the pipeline so watch this space. Our total is currently sitti ng just under £4,000.

Long service: Kyle and Gemma recently received their fi ve-year service awards.

Community involvement: We love supporti ng our local community in any way we can. During the last few months we have conti nued to support Aboyne Fareshare with monthly donati ons. We donated water and snacks to Deeside Community Learning for their free family acti viti es during the summer, provided two local girls with baking ingredients for their bake sale which raised £564 for Young Minds and more recently we presented a cheque for £200 to Aboyne Nursery towards new resources.

In-store cleaner required: We are currently looking for an in store cleaner. If this is something that interests you, please contact the Miti e manager, Lynn Macrae at lynn.mcrae@miti e.com

Your Store Your Say: Your feedback to us is very important and by completi ng our survey you can be in with the chance of winning £250 of coop vouchers! htt ps://www.yourstoreyoursay.com

You can enter the details from your receipt or our store number which is 4555. Every survey is read by management and passed on to our team.

Coop Membership: We’ve doubled the amount we give back to our communiti es via the membership card. Download the app and you get weekly off ers tailored to your shop! If you’ve not already registered, you can register here: www.coop.co.uk/membership 15

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Creations

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30 years on... we’ve moved!

Original outdoor clothing clothing

Made in Scotland. Used worldwide. Used worldwide.

At Hilltrek we’ve been hand cra ing performance outdoor clothing on Royal Deeside for 30 years. Our story now continues in larger premises at Deeside Activity Park.

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