Boholano Overseas Workers and Cummunity Credit Cooperative (BOWACCC) on its 3rd AnniversarySource: Resty de Asis (Abante Middle East Edition), 6 September 2007 issue Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - "Like marriage, BOWACCC has its ups and downs, it is not perfect, but with sheer determination among dedicated officers and members, the journey towards success continued which prompted us to celebrate our third year of serving our members and community", said the Vice Chairman, Dioscoro (Jun) Ayag Jr.
It is with pride to be a catalyst on this field (cooperativism) in this part of the world (AlKhobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) being the pioneering group registered with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) in the Philippines, enthusiastically declared by Elias (Dong) Bonite, the coop's Chairman. We became among the role model among organizations and informal groups (kabarkadas) in formalizing and registering their cooperatives.
This year's celebration with the theme "Unity Towards Success" will be held on Friday, 7 September 2007 at Rivag Oriental Suites, Corniche, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Among the guests who will grace the occasion is the newly installed Labor Attache, Hon. David Des Dicang, Welfare Officer, Hon. Rolando Coquia and their team. Expected to attend are Boholanos who come as far as Riyadh in addition to members and friends in Eastern Cities (Dammam, Jubail, Hofuf, Dhahran).
The highlights for the gathering shall be an Induction of Officers for Y2007-2009, short program, raffle draw, parlor games, talents show, distribution of passbooks and statements, issuances of memberhip IDs, socials and many more.
Begining last year, it had posted a tremendous growth in terms of memberships and savings/deposits with the imposition of a minimum requirements of SR100.00 for every member per month.
The cooperative is also an advocate of social conciousness having involved in Filipino community projects and charity works.
The other members of the Board of Directors (Messrs. Bert Pastor, Raymun 'Macky' Ferniz and Joe Oclarit) commented in unison that the reputation of the organization depends largely on the integrity of its people. Hence, the "Unity Towards Success" could be paralleled to One Vision, One Success, One Family, One Community.
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