BISMARCK, N.D.–Cooperatives across North Dakota, including credit unions, will be at the State Fair today to mark the Annual Co-op Day.
The Credit Union Association of the Dakotas as well as volunteers from area credit unions, will all be participating. The KX/Co-op Day is an annual event sponsored by KXMC-TV in Minot and the North Dakota Coordinating Council for Cooperatives, a group of cooperative associations that joined together to collectively promote and educate people about cooperatives.
KX/Co-op Day begins at 7:30 a.m. with a free pancake breakfast on the north side of Commercial Building II on the fairgrounds. Cooperative volunteers will serve pancakes and sausage to fairgoers until 9:30 a.m.
Following the breakfast, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., people will have the opportunity to visit with different cooperatives under the KX/Co-op Tent in State Fair Park to learn more about their products and services. Visitors will also have the chance to play games, win prizes, and register to win door prizes donated by participating cooperatives.
In the afternoon, from 2–3:30 p.m., cooperative volunteers will collectively scoop and serve free ice cream cones to fairgoers as another way of showing gratitude to their members for their support, according to the CU Association of the Dakotas.