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!

BAER INSURANCE’S JOEY BROMS FUNDRAISES FOR THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

Joey Broms of Baer Insurance Services, Inc. in Middleton was nominated to fundraise for the “Visionary of the Year” campaign for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Cancer, specifically blood cancers, have impacted Joey’s life immensely and have affected many around him. When he was fourteen, he started volunteering at a camp for children with cancer and blood-related diseases called Camp Rainbow Foundation. This camp ignited the spark in Joey to give back and work to support research to find a cure for this terrible disease, and it was an honor for him to be nominated to be a part of this important campaign.

CLEMENTS INSURANCE AGENCY KEEPING THE COMMUNITY CLEAN

To kick off spring, some of the Clements Insurance Agency team and their families joined together to participate in the Ghidorzi Green & Clean event in Wausau. This annual event brings together the community to clean up the landscape of litter and debris at over 35 different sites around Wausau. Over the years, the event has removed 29.15 TONS of trash and is a staple event for community members of all ages to come together, celebrate Earth Day and support the community.

JERRY COURI NAMED CHAIRPERSON FOR WAUKESHA PARADE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE

Couri Insurance Agency President, Jerry Couri, has been named chairperson of the Waukesha Parade Memorial Committee. The committee is tasked with planning, fundraising for and overseeing the construction of a permanent memorial for the victims of the November 21, 2021 Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy which killed six and injured over 60 more community members. The committee, led by Jerry, has already met several times and has selected the location of the memorial to be Grede Park in Waukesha. The committee hopes to have the design of the memorial finalized by August of this year, with a dedication of the memorial on the two-year anniversary of the attack on November 21, 2023. Many thanks to Jerry for overseeing this important effort memorializing the victims of this horrible attack.

ERIE EMPLOYEES HELP CREATE MEMORIAL DISPLAY

The Field of Flags is a striking display at Veterans Park that is created by volunteers in honor of Memorial Day – each flag in the ground represents a military member who died while serving. This year, employees from Erie Insurance participated in sticking a portion of the 12,301 flags into the ground, recognizing those Wisconsinite military members who died in the Civil War. The display served as a a visual representation, where community members could come honor the fallen heroes during the Memorial Day holiday.

R&R INSURANCE TAKES ON INVASIVE SPECIES

On Saturday, April 23rd, employees from R&R Insurance Services in Waukesha, gathered together in Minooka Park in honor of Earth Day. The Mission: Possible, Volunteer Workday for the Earth event spanned parks throughout Waukesha County. The R&R employees’ mission was taking on invasive Garlic Mustard that quickly spreads, is hard to eliminate, and threatens natural areas throughout the parks system. The plant was no match for the R&R team who worked hard to remove traces of the weed throughout the park.