MEMBERSHIP
Donating an Individual ($100) level of financial support to the Cascade Farmers Market help ensure the market’s happy return each year! Our vending farmers keep the money you give them, but the non-profit-status, all-volunteer entity bringing those farmers to you has bills and fees to be paid. Please read below to find out what else you get for your generous donations and to understand, in part, what it takes to keep our market an anchored South Lake Union asset. *Thank you!*
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Individual Membership for $100 (less than your monthly iphone bill)
Why we still need your support
Cascade Farmers Market has three categorical expenses: municipal fees and permits; management fees to Pike Place Express; and marketing/advertising.
Street closure, public assembly, and health inspection are a few of the municipal fees for this year. We are not tapping into water, electricity or using propane, each of which would require more fees and inspection. While Seattle does its best to encourage rather than prohibit farmers markets from growing, the municipal costs are less than a third of our budget.
Worth every penny, Pike Place Express brings to CFM: experience, a relationship within an extensive network of farmers, equipment, as well as many hours of physical labor, planning, and networking. Our relationship with Pike Place Express is vital to our continued success. FYI, Pike Place Express does not make a profit as our manager, barely covering their own costs.
Finally, marketing and advertising require investments to ensure more people know we exist and are open. With word-of-mouth support from you to your friends, our collection of signs, and a better grasp of social-net media, this yearly fee will continue shrink. Until then, marketing and advertising remain expenses, and also approximately one third of our budget.
Benefits of Individual Membership
For your $100 Individual donation to support the Cascade Farmers Market, benefits include:
* Personal Eco-Friendly CFM Alchemy Goods Bags ($40 value)
* CFM T-shirt
* “I support CFM” window decal
* Instant eligibility for all rotating market specials via weekly CFM newsletter
* Coupons/promotions to neighborhood restaurants and businesses
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Other ways to contribute
The market exists for you and for the farmers and to add quality of life and build community within South Lake Union. Even if you don’t become a donating member, there are other ways you can support your Cascade Farmers Market:
* Walk over with your friends and coworkers, or come alone!
* Buy food and meet other people in your community
* Talk about the market to everyone you know
* Join our facebook page
* Volunteer or donate your business services
