Author: Alli Floroff (Assistant General Manager)

On February 23rd, the co-op was visited by Tiana Atapattu (@tianaatapattu), a social video host at BlogTO (@blogTO), a local site that profiles the best of Toronto through their coverage of news, culture, restaurants, and events. Tiana toured the store with Talia and myself, taking notes, photos, and videos. She produced  a minute-long video, which was published March 4th on BlogTO’s Instagram and re-posted on Karma’s Facebook and Instagram (@karmacooptoronto) accounts the same day. Since that posting, the original video post has garnered more than 1,000 likes, close to 100 new followers on our Instagram account, and our re-post has been viewed over 500 times.  

We’re thrilled at this response and would love for our co-op community to continue to spread the word far and wide. Please share on the video on  your social media channels and tag @karmacooptoronto, @blogTO, and the author, @tianaatapattu with the hashtag #karmacoop. We also love it when members create and share stories while shopping at Karma. So don’t be shy! Tag us (@karmacooptoronto) in your social media posts/stories, so we can re-share them. Also, if you or someone you know works for a media outlet and you think we would be a good fit for their audience, feel free to contact the 50th Anniversary committee at 50anniversary@karmacoop.org 

Lastly, we wanted to give a big thank you to everyone involved in creating this amazing profile. Thank you to Tiana for doing such a fabulous profile on our little co-op and to Emma, Talia, and Grant for helping to get the store in tip top shape for Tiana’s visit. Last but not least, thank you for Sondra Vandervaart and the 50th Anniversary committee for making the connection.