Osage Valley has partnered with our lender, CoBank, through their Sharing Success program, to make donations to nonprofit agencies in our community. Owned by their borrowers and a mission-based lender, CoBank is a cooperative focused on agriculture and rural infrastructure businesses in rural America.
The very nature of a cooperative lends itself to working with one's neighbors for the common good. This is the second year of the Sharing Success partnership between CoBank and Osage Valley.
This year the cooperative focused on youth in agriculture. The Bates County Fair, Cass County Fair - Missouri and Henry County Fair were selected to receive a $2500 donation from Osage Valley with CoBank matching the donation for a total of $5,000 to each of the three organizations. We proudly support our local county fair boards that are committed to encouraging youth to participate in competitions and exhibits that promote and educate their communities in the science of agriculture, horticulture, and family living.
The matching grant program is designed to celebrate the vital role that cooperatives play in individual communities across the country. CoBank states that collaborating with their customers to support worthy causes they care about is a great way for them to make a positive difference and fulfill its mission of service to rural America.
Cooperatives around the world operate according to the same set of core principles and values, adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance. Cooperatives trace the roots of these principles to the first modern cooperative founded in Rochdale, England in 1844. The seven principles provide cooperatives with a group of standards to abide by.
This year the cooperative focused on youth in agriculture. The Bates County Fair, Cass County Fair - Missouri and Henry County Fair were selected to receive a $2500 donation from Osage Valley with CoBank matching the donation for a total of $5,000 to each of the three organizations. We proudly support our local county fair boards that are committed to encouraging youth to participate in competitions and exhibits that promote and educate their communities in the science of agriculture, horticulture, and family living.
The matching grant program is designed to celebrate the vital role that cooperatives play in individual communities across the country. CoBank states that collaborating with their customers to support worthy causes they care about is a great way for them to make a positive difference and fulfill its mission of service to rural America.
Cooperatives around the world operate according to the same set of core principles and values, adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance. Cooperatives trace the roots of these principles to the first modern cooperative founded in Rochdale, England in 1844. The seven principles provide cooperatives with a group of standards to abide by.
The seventh of these principles is “Concern for Community” and
Osage is proud to live out this principle through the Sharing Success program and give back to our communities.
Osage is proud to live out this principle through the Sharing Success program and give back to our communities.
