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On Wednesday, October 12 a group of employees from The Safegard Group along with a group from Philadelphia Insurance Companies participated in the IICF Week of Giving at Philadelphia American Red Cross. Our volunteers spent the afternoon putting together Fire Safety and Awareness bags to be distributed throughout Philadelphia. These bags contain flyers to help families create a disaster plan as well as a 9-volt battery to ensure these families have a functioning smoke detector in their home. Red Cross volunteers will distribute these bags around Philadelphia and discuss fire safety with anyone they run into while doing so!
The Safegard Group donated 540 9-volt batteries to be included in the bags, this is the second year Safegard has participated in the event. We’re very grateful for the effort the volunteers put into this event and we especially want to recognize Priscilla Brown’s outstanding job to coordinate our activities this past Wednesday. It is a testament to her generous and charitable nature. A lot of planning goes into this day along with our other charitable ventures. While Safegard annually supports a wide array of charities financially, it is great to be able to give back to the community in the form of service.
You can view photos from our day of volunteering below.
About the American Red Cross
The American Red Cross has a presence in nearly every community in the United States and around the world. Many of the Red Cross chapters, Blood Services regions and stations have personnel immediately available to meet your media needs on a variety of different topics.
- Blood and Biomedical Services
- Domestic Disaster Response and Relief
- Service to the Armed Forces
- American Red Cross activities in other countries
- Preparedness and Health and Safety Services
- General Red Cross Questions or Issues
About IICF Week of Giving
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation helps communities and enriches lives by combining the collective strengths of the insurance industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. IICF’s Week of Giving is an eight-day, industry-wide volunteer event during which insurance industry volunteers provide service with neighborhood and community nonprofit organizations. Since 2001, the insurance industry, working together, has generated over 218,000 hours of volunteer service.
Find out more at http://www.weekofgiving.iicf.org/.
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The Safegard Group is always looking for new opportunities to give back to our community, if you have an event coming up that you would be interested in our company’s participation please use our contact page to get in touch!