Allstate earns $25K grant for Goodyear's Homeless Youth

Twenty-five Allstate agency owners and licensed sales professionals earn $25,000 grant for Goodyear’s Homeless Youth Connection

The Allstate Foundation grant to support nonprofit’s work to raise awareness and meet the needs of homeless youth so they can stay in school and graduate

GOODYEAR, Ariz., November 27, 2017 – Twenty-five Allstate agency owners and licensed sales professionals from Arizona recently came together to secure a $25,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® grant to benefit Homeless Youth Connection. The grant will support Homeless Youth Connection’s mission to provide homeless teens with host families, basic needs and services as they make positive, life-affirming choices toward becoming responsible, productive adults.

The agency owners and licensed sales professionals earned $1,000 each for Homeless Youth Connection by collecting items for a donation drive. Homeless Youth Connection will use the $25,000 grant to further its work.

The participants are among thousands of agency owners and licensed sales professionals around the country working to improve communities by volunteering for the causes they care about most.

“As small business owners and community leaders, Allstate agency owners and financial specialists see firsthand the opportunities and challenges facing the communities they serve,” said Charlie Lala, Allstate field vice president. “Giving back is core to who we are, which is why we’re proud to volunteer and raise funds to improve the lives of people across Arizona.”

Homeless Youth Connection Inc. is one of thousands of organizations this year to receive Allstate Foundation Helping Hands grants secured by agency owners and financial specialists on behalf of the nonprofits where they volunteer. The grants support organizations addressing domestic violence, youth empowerment, disaster preparedness, hunger and other causes.

The Helping Hands in the Community grants are one example of The Allstate Foundation’s legacy of service and giving:

• Since The Allstate Foundation was founded in 1952, it has contributed over $400 million to support community nonprofits.
• In 2016, The Allstate Foundation contributed nearly $19 million in grants to nonprofits and gave more than $25 million to charitable causes.

Participating Allstate agency owners and licensed sales professionals include (in alphabetical order):

· Oscar Arnold, Goodyear, Arizona

· Debra Atkinson, Scottsdale, Arizona

· Brandon Begley, Glendale, Arizona

· Kirk Borg, Peoria, Arizona

· Michael Bradford, Tucson, Arizona

· Juan Deglane, Glendale, Arizona

· Bob Gallego, Chandler, Arizona

· Shelley Grandidge, Glendale, Arizona

· TJ Green, Glendale, Arizona

· Scott Gruwell, Phoenix, Arizona

· Minerva Hendrix, Maricopa, Arizona

· Tom Hessler, Litchfield Park, Arizona

· Joe Kennedy, Chandler, Arizona

· Nicole Kittelson, Scottsdale, Arizona

· Kevin Lum, Chandler, Arizona

· Carmen Ramirez, Glendale, Arizona

· Kirk Schermann, Chandler, Arizona

· Frank Schubert, Scottsdale, Arizona

· Sheri Shull, Mesa, Arizona

· Steve Sutto, Sun City, Arizona

· Jason Thorpe, Gilbert, Arizona

· Christine Yap, Phoenix, Arizona

· Shirley Youngker, Buckeye, Arizona

· Norma Zamora, Mesa, Arizona

• Peter Zipp, Goodyear, Arizona

About The Allstate Foundation

Established in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent, charitable organization made possible by subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL). Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the country, The Allstate Foundation brings the relationships, reputation and resources of Allstate to support innovative and lasting solutions that enhance people’s well-being and prosperity. With a focus on building financial independence for domestic violence survivors, empowering youth and celebrating the charitable community involvement of Allstate agency owners and employees, The Allstate Foundation works to bring out the good in people’s lives. For more information, visit www.AllstateFoundation.org.

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