October stands for Co-op awareness!

The end of October marks the conclusion of the official celebrations for Co-operatives in North America with Canada celebrating Co-op Week and the US celebrating Co-op Month. 

It is therefore, a fitting time to share the video of the speech given at the GROWMARK Annual Meeting this fall from a young Co-operative Young Leader graduate about the strength of co-operative values, helping to reduce poverty worldwide.

Seventeen year-old Matthew Gerrits was the Ontario youth speaker this year at the Hilton Chicago, where he addressed his thoughts to more than 1,000 GROWMARK delegates, friends and employees of GROWMARK, Inc. Matthew was sponsored to attend CYL by Wanstead Farmers Co-operative.

Matthew is the first speaker in the video followed by youth representatives Abrah Meyer Iowa FFA, Cody Morris Illinois FFA and Alison Wedig Wisconsin FFA. 

Have a look: http://vimeo.com/106501804