21 Allstate employees earn $21,000 grant for YMCA of Greenville

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Nov. 1, 2017 – Twenty-one Allstate agency owners and financial specialists from Greenville and the surrounding area recently came together to secure a $21,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® grant to benefit the YMCA of Greenville. The grant will support the nonprofit organization’s mission to strengthen the community by providing educational and after-school programs for youth.

The agency owners and financial specialists each earned $1,000 for the YMCA of Greenville by organizing and planning after-school programs, preparing for summer camps and providing administrative support. Agency owners and financial specialists also collected books, puzzles and other items to support the organization’s summer and day camps and reading and after-school programs. YMCA of Greenville will use the $21,000 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 small business owners and community leaders, Allstate agency owners and financial specialists see firsthand the opportunities and challenges facing the communities they serve,” Brian O’Neill, Allstate Territory Sales Leader in North Carolina, said. “Giving back is core to who we are, which is why we’re proud to volunteer and raise funds to empower local youth to realize their full potential.”

YMCA of Greenville 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 youth empowerment, domestic violence, 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 include (in alphabetical order):

• Andrea Bolger, Greenville
• Rick Bridwell, Anderson
• David Casey, Greenville
• Angie Devore, Greenville
• Cathy Golson, Anderson
• William Gore, Greenville
• Thomas Haislop, Seneca
• Joe Hayden, Greenville
• Brad Hughes, Greenville
• Walter Jamison, Greenville
• Chris Johnstone, Taylors
• Babette Jones, Greenville
• Stephen Kang, Greenville
• Chad Kish, Easley
• Jason Lanford, Piedmont
• Tony Long, Anderson
• Cary Ostendorff, Maudlin
• Leroy Redden, Piedmont
• Drew Scott, Taylors
• Cornell Sweeney, Simpsonville
• Keith Westbury, Greenville