Some 48,000 cooperatives are celebrating National Cooperative Month across the country. The Kaua‘i Island Utilities Cooperative is celebrating the month in a variety of ways including the launch of their Calendar of Student Art Contest, and thei community outreach program,
Some 48,000 cooperatives are celebrating National Cooperative Month across the country.
The Kaua‘i Island Utilities Cooperative is celebrating the month in a variety of ways including the launch of their Calendar of Student Art Contest, and thei community outreach program, Get Charged! – a comprehensive kit of educational materials focusing on electricity provided through the Discovery Channel and Touchstone Energy to local schools.
Contact KIUC Communications Department for more information on KIUC and National Co-op Month.
“Cooperatives are different from other forms of business because of the principles that guide every cooperative, define their unique democratic structure and express their direct accountability to their member owners,” said Sheldon Petersen, this year’s chairman of the National Cooperative Month Planning Committee and CEO and Governor of the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation. “The survey firms what co-ops have long known – consumers trust cooperatives and
prefer to do business with them.”
