Symetra Employees Give Back in Kirkland during Symetra Week of Service

Wearing bright blue T-shirts featuring Symetra’s distinctive ‘Swift to Serve’ volunteer logo, nearly 500 employees from the company’s Bellevue headquarters office took time from their workday last week to give back to the community as part of the ninth-annual Symetra Week of Service (June 12–16 ).

Four Symetra teams headed to Kirkland—one to the Peter Kirk Community Center, where volunteers helped make the facility’s kitchen sparkle, while the other three tackled landscaping and clean-up tasks at Houghton Beach, Juanita Bay and Cotton Hill parks. Collectively, the 46 volunteers contributed nearly 140 community hours.

“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 Bellevue office employees 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. 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.