Westman Communications Group (WCG) has been conferred the 2022 Cooperative Achievement Award by the Manitoba Cooperative Affiliation (MCA). The award acknowledges organizations in Manitoba which have applied initiatives and ventures embodying cooperative values and rules that profit their members and communities. The awardee’s achievement should be obvious inside the final 10 years and have already demonstrated recognizable advantages to the members and neighborhood.
“The Manitoba Cooperative Affiliation honours co-ops and co-operators yearly by means of our Awards Program. In 2022, we’re presenting Westman Communications Group with our Cooperative Achievement Award. This award acknowledges cooperatives that embody the seven worldwide cooperative rules,” stated Vera Goussaert, Govt Director of the Manitoba Cooperative Affiliation. “WCG performs a significant position linking their members to important providers in massive and small communities of Western Manitoba. WCG members profit from their cooperative taking part in an energetic position of their communities and supporting native initiatives. MCA is happy to have the ability to acknowledge the achievements of Westman Communications Group and all that they contribute to Manitobans.”
WCG has grown from a small cooperative serving Brandon with their cable TV providers in 1977 right into a bona fide telecommunications firm serving 57 communities with Excessive-Velocity Web, Digital HD TV and Cellphone providers.
Through the years, WCG has expanded their footprint into unserved and underserved areas of Manitoba, connecting them by means of their important digital providers. The corporate has demonstrated their dedication to giving again and taking part in an enormous half in community-building by institutionalizing applications to assist increase funds for native charities and initiatives by means of the #ConnectingWestman Funding Program, the #ConnectingWestman Tour, Westman Award of Excellence Scholarship, and offering financial and non-monetary assist to neighborhood
pillars resembling studying establishments, together with Assiniboine Neighborhood School and Brandon College.
“The seven cooperative rules are extraordinarily essential to us [at WCG]. It makes us totally different from different suppliers out there,” explains Bud Keys, Interim President and CEO of Westman Communications Group. “Our focus is on our members and offering distinctive service to them whereas on the identical time being modern by way of the know-how we offer. The folks we’d prefer to thank actually are our members; with out [them], we might not [have been able to expand] our providers to new communities and proceed to enhance the [services we offer].”
For extra info on how Westman Communications Group engages with and impacts the communities they serve, observe WCG on social media or head to westmancom.com/private/community-engagement.
