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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Coop month culminated with clean up activity

By Gideon C. Corgue

PAGADIAN CITY, October 30 (PIA) –- ‘There’s no better way to culminate the cooperative month celebration than to give back to the environment,” said Supervising cooperative development specialist Nestor Mendaros as thousands of cooperative members from 58 cooperatives all over the province actively participated in the clean up drive held over the weekend  as a closing salvo to the month-long celebration.  
This year’s commemoration of the cooperative month (October) is anchored on the theme ““Kooperatiba ay Pagyamanin, Mga Kasapi Paramihin”

“The celebration kicked off with the synchronized hanging of tarpaulins in the different cooperative centers on October 1 to raise public awareness on cooperativism as strong force to reckon towards economic development, and culminated with clean up activity,” Mendaros said.
The coop month is an annual nationwide celebration pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 493 declaring October 1-31 and every year thereafter as “Cooperative Month.”
Mendaros said in support to the seventh cooperative principle, “Concern for Community” and Republic Act 9003 otherwise known as Solid Waste Management Act of 2002, cooperative members from 58 cooperatives of the city joined the activity.

“We want to show our concern for the community by cleaning the different areas for us to be spared from flood caused by garbage clogging in the streets,” Mendaros explained.

He said the 3-hour clean up day, which started at 6 am and ended at 9am was aimed at preserving the environment and maintaining its cleanliness.

“Cooperative members brought thier broom sticks, empty sacks marked with ‘bio-gradable’ and ‘non-biogradable’, bolos, rakes, and other tools,” he said.

Areas covered in the clean-up include:  Agora complex, Sta. Lucia, the bridge in barangays Balangasan and Gatas, ‘Bagsakan’ center in Sta, Lucia , FS. Pajares and Rizal Avenues, San Pedro market, Integrated Bus Terminal in Bulatok, and barangay Sta. Maria. (JPA/GCC/PIA,Pagadian City)