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Recently issued the following announcement.
In just 10 days in August, more than 125,000 people cast more than 3 Million votes in support of their favorite causes. As a result, 40 communities, in 18 states, including Compass for Kids in
Springfield, will be getting an assist from State Farm®. State Farm is proud to announce the Top 40 vote-getting causes that have won $25,000 grants to improve their communities.
State Farm Neighborhood Assist® is a crowd-sourced philanthropic grant program that empowers communities to identify issues in their neighborhoods. Non-profits affiliated with each of the top 40 causes receive grants to address them.
Compass for Kids will use the $25,000 grant to provide academic and social-emotional support to empower children and families underserved through a free summer camp called
Camp Care-A-Lot. The camp will provide campers with all necessary supplies, three meals a day and teach basic self-care such as hygiene and life skills like self-esteem and goal-setting.
“State Farm recognizes the good neighbor spirit in the organizations that will be implementing these community improvement projects,” said Rasheed Merritt,
Assistant Vice President at State Farm. “We are proud to support their efforts.”
Two thousand cause submissions were accepted in June at www.neighborhoodassist.com. The State Farm Review Committee
selected the Top 200 finalists and public voting determined the Top 40. In the ten years of the program, more than 380 causes have received a total of $10 million to enact change in their communities.
For a complete list of this year’s top 40 causes, please visit: www.neighborhoodassist.com.
(Cutline: State Farm representatives recently presented a $25,000 Neighborhood Assist check to Compass for Kids,
Inc. From left to right are State Farm agents Damon Priddy and Mark Cortesi, Director of Operations Keri Tate, Director of Education Linda Reid, Assistant Director Cindy
Thayer, Director of Development Dave Newton and State Farm agent Derek Hensley.)
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Dave Oloffson, Corporate Responsibility Analyst
(he/him/his)
State Farm® Public Affairs
Territory: Southern IL, KY & TN
Mobile: 309-532-2189
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If you would like to assist those impacted by Hurricane Ida, please consider making a financial donation to the American Red Cross – Louisana and/or the Second Harvest Food Bank. If you are a State Farm agent or employee, you can utilize our Matching Gift Program to increase your impact. The following links will assist you with your donation(s) - https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/ & https://no-hunger.org/our-hurricane-ida-response/.
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