Allstate agency owners rally community with back-to-school drive

WHAT: Local Allstate agency owners are calling on residents to help students and teachers start the school year off right by donating much-needed school supplies to benefit two local schools. The most needed items include black/blue pens, crayons, erasers, folders, highlighters, notebooks, pencil cases, pencil sharpeners, pencils, scissors and washable markers.

Anderson Heights Elementary: more information can be found on the drive website: https://conta.cc/2LP1hL6

Community members can drop off new school supplies for Anderson Heights Elementary at the following Allstate locations:

Anderson

Thomas Lane: 2486 East St., Anderson

Angela Waligorski: 2846 East St., Anderson

Red Bluff

Juli Foster: 250 Walnut St., Red Bluff

Grant Elementary School: more information can be found on the drive website: https://conta.cc/2OZNuhW.

Redding community members can drop off new school supplies for Grant Elementary School at the following Allstate locations:

Danny Day: 2151 Larkspur Lane Suite A, Redding

Dawn Lane: 2789 Bechelli Lane, Redding

Carly Pickern: 1720 Shasta St., Redding

Kevin Wall: 2861 Churn Creek Road, Suite B, Redding

WHY: After the recent wildfires, there’s a need to help local schools that have families affected by the Carr Fire. This group of Allstate agency owners are teaming up together to maximize their impact In the Anderson and Redding communities.

The school supply drive is part of a multi-state initiative of Allstate Foundation Good Starts Young® and its national youth empowerment partner, WE Charity to ensure students start school with the tools they need to succeed. The effort will also empower educators to focus on preparing for the academic year instead of worrying about critical supply needs. Each year, public school teachers spend nearly $500 of their own wages on supplies for their classrooms, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Through their volunteer efforts, the Allstate agency force can earn an Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grant for participating schools and youth groups to help young people achieve success in and out of the classroom.

Each year, thousands of organizations receive Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grants, earned by Allstate volunteers for the nonprofits where they donate time and services. The grants empower organizations addressing youth empowerment, domestic violence, disaster preparedness and other causes essential to their local communities.

Good Starts Young is The Allstate Foundation’s initiative to help young people build life skills, excel academically, get ready for the workplace and become engaged citizens by volunteering in their communities. Each year Allstate Foundation Good Starts Young provides more than 5 million youth with tools and resources that empower them with social emotional learning (SEL) skills – critical thinking, collaboration, cultural awareness and communication – so they can take action.

WHEN: Now through Friday, September 14

NOTE: Interviews with Allstate volunteers are available. Please call Lauren Martin at 312-558-1770 or email lmartin@pcipr.com to coordinate interviews.