Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers, now a wide spread health food chain, was founded by Margaret and Phillip Isely in 1955. They were inspired to start this company by Margaret’s own personal health story of healing her chronic illness through nutrition when conventional medicine failed her.
In the winter of 2017, I struggled with my individual learning processes and how their facets intersected with others around me and the institution that I'm in. As a response to that, I worked through the spring to put together a self-designed co-op that effectively
This quarter, I started my co-op working at the Scholl-Ashodian Law Office in Havertown, Pennsylvania. After about a week, I realized that the job wasn't the right fit for me so I decided to leave, and I'm now back in Yellow Springs, working part-time at
Of all the courses at Antioch, co-op courses—and their associated assignments—tend to be the hardest for me to complete. This is because I am usually asked to put into words experiences and feelings that, more often than not, I'm still grappling with. Of course, I
The mission here at Scholl Ashodian Regional Bankruptcy Center , shown above, is to help guide those facing bankruptcy, and/or foreclosure through the legal process, which can be complicated and lengthy even at the best of times. The ultimate goal in doing this is to help
Imagine the cold wind on your face as you fly down the mountain, waist deep in snow with a beautiful blue sky over head. Everywhere you look is covered in white and skiing in these conditions feels more like floating than exercise. It would be
My second co-op combines two varied experiences. I am interning at Columbus City Hall for Councilmember Michael Stinziano and I am a constituent liaison for State Representative Brigid Kelly. They are both elected officials who help make decisions affecting the areas they represent. As for their
My first co-op experience at Antioch is at Coleman Professional Services, a nonprofit community behavioral health agency that provides comprehensive behavioral health, residential, employment, and supportive services to the people of Ohio, regardless of their ability to pay. As a housing tech, it is my
Hello all, I come to you from Denver, Colorado on a lazy Monday afternoon sitting among 11 felines in a "cat cafe". Working at Denver Open media this co-op term, I enjoy Saturday, Sunday and Monday off because we do not operate on weekends and Mondays.
My name is Henry Williams and in my first ever co-op blog post I want to show you all the amazing work I am helping with at Matthew 25 Ministries! This is an organization that collects donations and sends them throughout the world as disaster relief
