October of every year is a celebration of Cooperative Month in the Philippines pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 493, series of 2003. The 2017 Cooperative Month has a theme “Cooperatives: Empowering the Poor and the Vulnerable Towards Job Creation and Poverty Eradication”.
In order to raise consciousness, all the cooperatives are encouraged to launch activities that commemorate the importance of the Cooperative Month and hang/display banners/streamers of the official design of the 2017 Cooperative Month Theme in their offices, buildings, and public places. (Download here copy)