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AF Group Employees Raise Nearly $267,000 for Charities

January 28, 2019

 

Annual campaign supports organizations in locations where employees work and live

AF Group employees pledged $266,750 in support of numerous charitable organizations around the country as part of the company’s recent Caring and Sharing Community Campaign. Together with a dollar-for-dollar corporate match, AF Group and its subsidiaries, including Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, United Heartland, Third Coast Underwriters and CompWest, will contribute $533,500 to 34 organizations nationwide throughout 2019.

Now in its ninth year, the successful employee campaign has raised more than $2.6 million for regional and national charities in the communities where AF Group and its subsidiaries do business.

“I am extremely proud of the generosity of our employees, their ongoing commitment to our communities and their desire to make a difference in the lives of those in need,” said Lisa Corless, president and CEO of AF Group. “We are so pleased to be able to match their gifts as we work together to support and serve others, which is a clear extension of our mission.”

This year, AF Group’s support for both national and local organizations includes:

National Organizations

• Autism Speaks
• Disabled American Veterans
• National Breast Cancer Foundation
• Paws With A Cause
• Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Kids’ Chance of America
• Leader Dogs for the Blind
• National Kidney Foundation

Regional Organizations

• Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County
• Children’s Hospital of Orange County
• Orange County Food Bank
• Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano
• Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area
• Greater Lansing Food Bank
• American Red Cross – Mid-Michigan Chapter
• Ele’s Place

Regional Organizations (cont.)

• Chicago Debates
• Northern Illinois Food Bank
• Milwaukee Center for Independence
• Make-A-Wish Wisconsin
• LindenGrove Foundation
• Milwaukee Center for Independence
• United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
• Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region
• Capital Area United Way
• Cristo Rey Community Center
• Habitat for Humanity Capital Region
• Junior Achievement of Mid-Michigan
• Casa Central
• Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
• Give Kids the World Village
• Heartspring