NORTHBROOK, Ill.,
June 21, 2017
/PRNewswire/ -- The Allstate
Corporation has been recognized by Points of Light, the
world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, as one
of the country's most community-minded companies.
The Civic 50 provides a national standard for superior
corporate citizenship and showcases corporations that leverage
their talents and resources to improve quality of life where they
do business. Allstate was recognized for supporting its customers,
employees and agency owners, local communities and nonprofits
through various community engagement programs including:
- The Allstate Foundation Good Starts Young
Initiative, which aims to help youth realize their
full potential and achieve success in their life.
Through Good Starts Young, The Allstate Foundation partners
with organizations to increase academic performance, improve
college and workplace readiness and empower youth to make
meaningful contributions to society. In 2016, more
than 1.7 million youth participated in Good Starts Young
programs.
- Allstate Foundation Purple Purse, the nation's
longest-running program focused on supporting domestic violence
survivors through financial empowerment. Since 2005, Purple Purse
has propelled more than 1 million survivors on the path to safety
and security, and has invested more than $55
million to empower women to break free from abuse through
life-changing financial education, job training and readiness, and
small business programs. The cornerstone of the program is the
academically validated Purple
Purse Moving Ahead Through Financial
Management curriculum.
- The Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® in the
Community grant program, which provides funding through grants to
nonprofits where Allstate employees and agency owners volunteer. In
2016, the Allstate Foundation awarded more than 5,500 Helping Hands
grants, totaling more than $5.5
million, to nonprofits across the U.S.
"Helping people is who we are at Allstate, and it's been
our belief and a priority since our founding 84 years ago," said
David Woolwine, Allstate's
director of reputation and corporate
citizenship. "We believe corporations can and should
be a force for good, and we're committed to doing our part. This
recognition from Points of Light fills us with pride because it
represents the positive impact we strive to make in people's lives
every day."
"In the fifth year of honoring the most community-minded
companies in the nation, The Civic 50 truly highlights the
commitment to community and civic engagement of America's leading
brands," said Jennifer Lawson,
president of networks at Points of Light. "By elevating critical
stakeholder voices from employees, customers and communities into
their mission statements, The Civic 50 companies are putting
themselves at the center of change to create more enduring and
sustainable business models."
The Civic 50 winners are public and private companies with
U.S. operations and revenues of $1
billion or more, and are selected based on four dimensions
of their U.S. community engagement program:
Investment: How extensively and
strategically does the company apply its
resources to community engagement, including employee time and
skills, cash, in-kind giving and
leadership?
Integration: How does
the company integrate its
community engagement programs into key business functions,
including employee engagement, marketing/PR, diversity and
inclusion, recruiting, stakeholder relations and
skill-development?
Institutionalization: How
does the company support community engagement
through
organizational policies,
systems and incentives?
Impact: How does the
company measure the social and business
impact of its community engagement
program?
To learn more about The Civic 50, see a full list of the
winners and access the highlights, trends, benchmarking data and
best practices from the 2017 Civic 50, please visit
www.Civic50.org.
About The Allstate
Corporation
The Allstate Corporation
(NYSE: ALL) is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines
insurer, protecting approximately 16 million households from life's
uncertainties through auto, home, life and other insurance offered
through its Allstate, Esurance, Encompass and Answer Financial
brand names. Allstate is widely known through the slogan "You're In
Good Hands With Allstate®." Allstate agencies are in virtually
every local community in America.
About Points of Light
Points of Light, the world's largest organization dedicated to
volunteer service, mobilizes millions of people to take action that
is changing the world. Through affiliates in 250 cities and
partnerships with thousands of nonprofits and corporations, Points
of Light engages four million volunteers in 30 million hours of
service each year. We bring the power of people where it's needed
most. For more information,
visit www.pointsoflight.org.
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