Six Allstate agency owners and financial specialists earn $6,000 grant for Pittsburgh’s Our Clubhouse

PITTSBURGH, October 17 – Six Allstate agency owners and financial specialists from the Pittsburgh area recently came together to secure a $6,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® grant to benefit Our Clubhouse. The grant will support the nonprofit organization’s mission to create welcoming communities of support for everyone currently living with cancer – men, women, teens, and children -- along with their families and friends. Our Clubhouse provides networking and support groups, workshops, education and social activities at no cost.

The agency owners and financial specialists each earned $1,000 for Our Clubhouse by volunteering at the organization’s 8th annual Our Glass is Half Full wine tasting led by Marty Randal, an Allstate agency owner in Pittsburgh. Randal, a childhood cancer survivor and Our Clubhouse board member, worked with a group of family and friends to create the Our Glass is Half Full fundraiser, raising nearly $100,000 for the nonprofit since 2010. Our Clubhouse will use the $6,000 grant to further its work in the community.

The participating Allstate agency owners and financial specialists are among thousands of agency owners and financial specialists around the country working to strengthen communities by volunteering their time to support the causes they care about most.

“As someone who has been touched significantly by cancer and benefited from my membership at Our Clubhouse, I am grateful for Allstate’s support in our volunteer efforts to help people living with cancer,” Randal said. “Allstate agency owners and financial specialists see firsthand the opportunities and challenges facing the communities they serve. 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 the Pittsburgh area.”

Our Clubhouse 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 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands grants are one example of The Allstate Foundation’s legacy of service and giving for communities and nonprofits across the U.S.:

• Since The Allstate Foundation was founded in 1952, it has contributed over $400 million to support community nonprofits.
• In 2016, The Allstate Foundation contributed more than $25 million to communities across the U.S.

Participating Allstate agency owners and finanacial specialists include (in alphabetical order):

• Aaron Buhl, Gibsonia
• Nick Gagianas, McMurray
• Bob Harold, Pittsburgh
• Marty Randal, Pittsburgh
• Dana Richter, Pittsburgh
• Ed Zdobinski, Greensburg

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.

# # #