Symetra's Norcross Employees Give Back During Symetra Week of Service

Wearing bright blue T-shirts featuring Symetra’s distinctive ‘Swift to Serve’ volunteer logo, 15 employees from the company’s Norcross office took a break from their workday last week to give back to the community — contributing 45 volunteer hours to a local nonprofit organization as part of the ninth-annual Symetra Week of Service (June 12–16 ).

Symetra’s Norcross employees organized a school supplies donation for the Norcross Cooperative Ministry (NCM). The office donated 57 school backpacks, filling them with school supplies. The onsite volunteer team also helped NCM set up a Job Fair, prepare a large mailing, and sort clothes and food pantry items.

“Symetra Week of Service is both a reflection of our employees’ volunteer spirit and a genuine expression of our ‘Swift to Serve’ core value,” said Symetra CFO Margaret Meister, who was among the volunteers participating in the week’s projects. “As a company, Symetra is committed to making a positive impact in our communities. As individuals, our employees are empowered to give back to the causes and organizations that matter to them personally through hands-on service opportunities like this much-anticipated annual program.”

Symetra Week of Service began in 2009 with 130 employees in the company’s Bellevue, Washington headquarters volunteering at seven area projects. For 2017’s Week of Service, nearly 700 Symetra employees volunteered at 82 projects across the country. Since the program’s inception, Symetra employees have contributed nearly 12,000 Week of Service hours.

Symetra provides employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through a national network of benefit consultants, financial institutions, and independent agents and advisors. The Norcross office is home to employees who work in the company’s Benefits Division.

To see more of Symetra’s 2017 Week of Service volunteers in action, visit @Symetra #SymetraCares. To learn about the company’s community programs, visit www.symetra.com/community.