Internationally, it includes providing and distributing emergency food, water, shelter, and other supplies.
The eight Rochdale Principles included distributing a share of profits according to purchases that came to be known as 'the divi'.
Officer John Arena was cleared by a Federal jury in Manhattan in March 1995 of charges that included distributing drugs.
The shift may also be inspired by recent events in nearby Ohio, where a teacher was fired for conduct that included distributing creationist material to his science classes.
Typical cases of inappropriate priority include distributing hunting licences by lottery.
This was done by broadening the cooperative efforts to include producing and distributing tree seedlings and providing forestry assistance to farmers.
More recent art activities, carried out under Drummond's chosen banner of the Penkiln Burn, include making and distributing cakes, soup, flowers, beds and shoe-shines.
His specific charges included distributing cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy.
The other group, Save the Children UK, whose work includes distributing soap and blankets to families fleeing war in Darfur, confirmed the expulsion notice on its Web site.
Their activities included distributing information to inquirers on the reform.