Everyone Wish the Food Coop A Happy 40th Birthday

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What do Jim Parsons, T.R. Knight, Neil Patrick Harris the Food Coop and Monica Lewinski have in common? No not that silly. They all turned 40 this year! 

The Park Slope institution we love to give undo attention to entered its fifth decade last week and let me tell you its members partied their asses hard on Saturday. According to their website the festivities were almost down-right raunchy:

A group of talented Coop chefs will prepare delicious food for sale at the party, and the Coop will provide drinks and free birthday cake for all. Mingle with other Coop members, and enjoy live music and face painting for the kids.  

Leave it to the coop to charge its own members for the food it's serving at it's birthday bash. And not everyone had the day off to celebrate:

We need many FTOP workers to help set up, staff and clean up after the event. FTOP sign up sheets with job descriptions will be up in the membership office beginning the week of September 9th. For all those who sign up for a shift, on the day of the party report to the Coop or the yard next door (depending on the shift you choose) and ask to sign in.

Sounds like a blast guys. Sorry I couldn't make it. Did anyone get so shit faced that they needed stitches? Cause that's what happened on my 30th. So I guess when I turn 40, I'll charge people for the food at my party and then make them clean up. 

Ahh all kidding aside it is incredible to think that an institution that started out 40 years ago with a couple of people and some adding machines turned into a two building affair with 16,000 members and 70 paid staff members. And besides, without you Food Coop, the world would hardly care about Park Slope. 

So drink a green shake to 40 more years and leave a birthday message for the Food Coop below.