By virtue of PROCLAMATION NO. 493, the month of October has been declared as COOPERATIVE month. Pursuant to this, the Province of Davao del Sur, thru the Provincial Cooperative Development Council, had iniated the conduct of the Opening Salvo of the Cooperative Month Celebration. Last October 1, 2008, cooperative leaders and supporters came as one family as they open the cooperative month with a Thanksgiving Mass at the Provincial Capitol Gymnanium, Matti, Digos City.
It couldn't be denied that majority of the participants came from the Municipality of Bansalan. Records of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) reveals that there are 35 active cooperatives in Bansalan. These socio-economic institutions had succesfully participated to the said affair with the support of the Local Government Unit of Bansalan, the Municipal Cooperative Development Council and the Cooperative Development Authority.
Series of activities had been done to include; coop motorcade, coop banner raising, socio - cultural contest and the like. Bansalan's participation to the recently opened Cooperative Month opening salvo is another manifestation that cooperativism is very much alive in our town. It can be recalled that during recent celebration of the 56th Araw ng Bansalan, the cooperatives had also succesfully participated to the conduct of Agri-Trade Fair featuring coconut by-products.
This month's celebration carried the theme ; Cooperatives: Breaking thru barriers and beyond. In a situation where economic crisis is prevalent, people should unite to fight against poverty thru cooperativism. Cooperatives has to hurdle these barriers by way of doing business that will answer the common needs of its members.
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