RECOGNIZING nonstop the value of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to the Philippine economy, Banco De Oro (BDO) has once again given its support to the 2009 Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA), an annual undertaking of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

Since 2007, BDO has been joining the event, which recognizes the OFWs and their families who have managed and triumphed the impact of overseas employment and maintained strong family ties.

There will be one winning OFW family from the land-based sector and one from the sea-based sector in each of the 17 regions across the country, bringing the total to 34 regional winners. Selected SM Malls were venues for the regional awarding held on September 1 to 6, 2009.

From the regional winners, the land-based and sea-based national awardees will be chosen and given recognition at the MOFYA Awarding Ceremony to be held on November 6 at Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila

"We want to be a part of this endeavor that gives proper recognition to the outstanding achievements of the OFWs and their families; promotes success stories about the OFW families of endurance over the challenges on their family relations; and uplift the image of the OFW families in the community," said Genie T. Gloria, vice president for BDO Remittance Domestic Operations.