Heroes & Helpers - Netflix Inc. CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, are donating $120 million to historically black colleges and universities, with the funds being split among Morehouse and Spelman Colleges and the United Negro College Fund. The funds—which, when combined, make for the largest gift ever
Heroes & Helpers - The Insurance Information Institute estimates that giving by insurance companies and their foundations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has now topped $3 million. Read More More Heroes
Heroes & Helpers - The Travelers Companies, Inc. announced a commitment of $1 million to assist nonprofits dedicated to advancing racial equality across the United States and rebuilding damaged businesses in Minnesota, where the company has had a significant presence for more than 165 years. The donation will be allocated
Heroes & Helpers - The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) announced that Lloyd’s has made a $500,000 contribution to the IICF COVID-19 Children’s Relief Fund. This extraordinary donation will help deliver tens of thousands of meals to vulnerable children struggling with food insecurity and help address in meaningful ways other
Heroes & Helpers - Amazon's Seattle headquarters is now home to a new homeless family shelter. Mary's Place Family Center opened its doors on the Amazon campus in March, just as the coronavirus pandemic was growing in the US. Read More More Heroes
Heroes & Helpers - NBA Hall of Fame member, Magic Johnson, announced that EquiTrust Life Insurance Co., of which he owns a majority, is providing $100 million in capital to fund federal loans for minority and women business owners who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. EquiTrust will
Heroes & Helpers - Stephen Cavallaro, Karen Unalp, Peter Wendling & Mark Cavallaro orchestrated a food drive with employees from Professional Risk Facilities (PRF) and ARC. In addition to a truck-full of food and supplies for the St. Aiden of Williston Park food pantry, employees from ARC and PRF raised
Heroes & Helpers - The Crane Agency awarded a $10,000 Emergency Community Support Grant to Mission: St. Louis. They offer a special thank you to Liberty Mutual Small Commercial and Safeco Insurance for making these funds available to help our local St. Louis community. More Heroes
Heroes & Helpers - Popular fundraiser and record-breaker, Colonel Tom Moore, turned 100 years old. His birthday was marked with an RAF fly-past near where he lives, an honorary promotion to a Colonel ranking (from Captain) in the army and 140,000 birthday cards from across the world. Shaun Botterill
Heroes & Helpers - Carmen Duarte, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at OneBeacon shared this lovely and uplifting message on LinkedIn: "After two months of our pandemic lifestyle, I still find that most conversations – whether with work colleagues or friends – include some commentary on our 'new normal.'
