State Farm® Provides $75,000 Grant

Rexdale, Ontario.  February 23, 2009.  – State Farm® through the State Farm Youth Advisory Board is proud to provide a $75,000 grant to the Albion Neighbourhood Services & Boys and Girls Club, for United We Stand – a youth led panel focused on promoting the educational advancements for youth.

“As ‘Good Neighbours’ in the communities we live and work in, our focus is to help people recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams. Encouraging young people to realize their dreams towards post secondary education is a message of hope we all benefit from,” said David Owens, Agency Field Consultant for State Farm. Owens presented the grant to Bryan Cando and Xavier McLaughlin of Albion Neighbourhood Services & Boys and Girls Clubs, who submitted the grant application to State Farm’s Youth Advisory Board. Approximately 500 grant requests were received from across North America, with 73 organizations awarded with a Youth Advisory Board grant.

2009 is the third year of the State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grants, with a total of over $300,000 in grants being provided to Canadian groups. State Farm is currently accepting applications for the 20092010 season at www.statefarmyab.com.

Awarding the grant on February 23 rd is also symbolic as today is International Corporate Philanthropic Day – a day to build awareness of corporatecommunity partnerships.

With the current economic challenges many charitable groups and organizations face greater needs. Organizations such as State Farm remain committed to assisting them.

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