The Laborie Cooperative Credit Union - The Heartbeat of Residents

Contact: Rose Marie Harris

Monday, August 20, 2001 – The Laborie Cooperative Credit Union is celebrating its 25^th year of operation and continues to play a pivotal role in the lives and development of the residents that it serves.   Speaking during the ceremony marking this milestone on Sunday, August 18, 2001, MP for Laborie, Minister for Home Affairs, Legal Affairs and Labour Hon. Velon John, explained that the fabric of the Laborie society and the economic development of residents are inextricably linked with the successes of the Credit Union.  

“It must be admitted that the Laborie Cooperative Credit Union has in very meaningful ways touched the lives of virtually every home and enterprise in this community and this nexus of meaningful contact must be seen not only in terms of its mandated commercial obligation but also in terms of its humanitarian and charitable excursions into the individual and collective lives of the people that it serves.  Scholarships, donations, contributions towards worthy causes, an organization constituting of a portfolio of assistance that stamp a human face and infuse a Christian spirit into the operations of the Laborie Cooperative Credit Union,” the minister said.

According to the MP, Laborians must be commended for the vision and extraordinary capacity to bring to fruition such an institution, which has impacted and continues to impact on the very core and fabric of the society. 

Minister with responsibility for Cooperatives, Hon. Damian Greaves said the successes recorded to date could not have been possible if the key players had not kept their shoulders to the wheel.   “It could not have happened without the hard work and dedication of the members of the various boards, and the various staff members.  It could not have happened without the dedication and hard work of the founding members.    It could not have happened if the people of the community did not invest their confidence fully in the board of directors and the staff members and in the founding members.  And therefore all of these different things that we have mentioned, the vision, the confidence, the hard work and dedication, indeed the inspiration all of those things are characteristic of the longevity of the Laborie Credit Union that we are so happy and so willing to express today and celebrate today,” Mr. Greaves said.

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