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Community Corner
PIA Members are giving back to their communities year-round. We want to highlight what individual members and agency and company members are doing to help make Wisconsin a great place to live and run a business. Share your volunteer story with us – shoot an email and photos of the action to nwhite@piaw.org!
NORTHBROOK INSURANCE ASSOCIATES INC. & FRANKENMUTH INSURANCE HOST COMMUNITY FLAG EXCHANGE
During November, Northbrook Insurance Associates and Frankenmuth Insurance hosted a flag exchange program to help renew the flags in the community. Throughout the drive, members of the community were welcome to drop by the Northbrook Insurance office in Slinger to exchange their worn United States Flag with a new refreshed flag. This program helps community members respectfully dispose of tattered flags in line with the US Flag Code.
WISCONSIN MUTUAL INSURANCE EMPLOYEES CARE FOR LOCAL FARMERS
In November, employees at Wisconsin Mutual Insurance’s Coon Valley-Farm Division office spent some time thinking about all the farmers in the area working overtime during the harvest season. A group of employees worked together to compile various gift baskets with treats. The baskets were later given out to various local farmers to thank them for all the hard work they do to get food on our tables.
IMT CELEBRATES GIVING TUESDAY & PLEDGES $20K TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
On November 29th, IMT pledged $2,500 every hour from 9AM to 4PM to different community organizations throughout their territory. The Spierings Cancer Foundation of Little Chute, WI was selected as one of the recipients. This foundation is volunteer-led and is dedicated to helping local families battling cancer, enhancing cancer treatments in the community and funding cancer research in the state. Van Dyn Hoven Insurance of Little Chute joined IMT in personally presenting the donation to the Spierings Cancer Foundation on Giving Tuesday to help further their important mission.
BWO FUNDRAISER RAISES MONEY FOR MACC FUND
Beginning in 2018, BWO Insurance in Oak Creek turned their annual employee outing into a fundraiser golf outing for the MACC Fund. This event, which has continued to grow each year, raised $9,500 for the MACC Fund to continue their research towards developing a cure for childhood cancer and other related blood disorders.
AXIS INSURANCE AGENCY DONATES $10K TO CHRISTMAS IN JULY
With help from the community, Axis Insurance Agency of Weston, WI was able to donate a whopping $10,000 to Christmas in July, a local charity that organizes toy drives and helps to provide safe environments for kids undergoing lengthy hospital stays. Paula Vesely, the owner of Axis Insurance Agency received a $5,000 donation for the charity from Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance through their 2022 Make More Happen Awards. Then Axis Insurance Agency had the ability to raise an additional $5,000 through developing a local awareness campaign for the non-profit. The campaign was a success, with $10,000 raised to be used to help Christmas in July renovate the Child Life Getaway Space at Marshfield Children’s Hospital, a room for patients and families to gather and support one another.
This November, Robertson Ryan & Associates hosted a donation match drive to raise money for food banks in need during the holiday season. The drive was able to raise an impressive $9,310 which was then split between two different charities: Hunger Task Force and Center for Veteran’s Issues – The Hero’s Market. Each charity received $4,655 to help their hunger cause in the local community during the busy season.
