Volunteer Week

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• 2008
• Volunteer Week
• Team (insert company)

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Contents

• Testimonial/Why Volunteer?
• About the Insurance Industry Charitable
  Foundation
• About Volunteer Week Program
• 2008 Program Details

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Testimonial

• Share your Spark Story! Like the Olympic flame,
  your spark gets carried from person to person,
  and the flame never dies. Share about how your
  participation in Volunteer Week, or another
  volunteer experience, was initially sparked.
  This will encourage others to follow your
  example. Talk about the following
• When did you first become involved in Volunteer
  Week/or other volunteer project?
• What caused you to get involved? What was
  happening in your life at the time?
• Think about the cause that your volunteer service
  supported. Why is that cause important to you?
• How can you encourage others to get involved?

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Why Volunteer?

• According to recent studies, were living in a
  philanthropic age
• 44 of American adults volunteer (83.9 million
  individuals)
• Volunteer service by adult Americans is valued at
  239 billion annually -- the equivalent of 9
  million full-time employees
• Community involvement is on the rise, charitable
  donations are increasing and there are a greater
  number of human service organizations than ever
• Benefits
• Touch the life of a fellow human being in need
• Collective outcome improves the world for
  everyone
• Exercise your personal passion/beliefs
• Share talents and learn new skills
• Learn more about your community
• Teambuilding with co-workers and/or quality time
  with family members and friends
• Meet new people or contacts
• Strengthens image of company and industry
• And much more!

Independent Sector Survey
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About theInsurance Industry Charitable Foundation

• Mission
• The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
• seeks to help communities and enrich lives
• by combining the collective strength of the
  industry
• to provide grants, volunteer service and
  leadership.
• Vision
• To set the standard for corporate giving,
• and serve as the charity of choice and
  philanthropic voice
• of the insurance industry.

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About theInsurance Industry Charitable Foundation

• The Foundation was established in 1994 by a small
  group of insurance executives in Northern
  California who wanted to increase support of
  their local communities by combining their
  resources and working together.
• Since its inception, the Foundation has granted
  over 18 million and over 90,000 hours of
  volunteer service to worthy nonprofit
  organizations throughout California, with a focus
  on programs that support children, health, safety
  and educational causes.
• Our supporters, donors and volunteers come from
  insurance companies, reinsurance companies,
  agents brokerages, and strategic partners of
  the industry.

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AboutVolunteer Week

• Volunteer Week has been presented by the
  Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
  throughout the state of California since 1998.
• Volunteer Week is the largest community
  involvement program offered in the insurance
  industry.
• Volunteer teams of insurance executives,
  employees, their family members and industry
  partners are matched with nonprofit agencies in
  their local communities to provide three or more
  hours of service during a concentrated week.
• Volunteer Week has generated over 86,000 hours of
  service across California. In 2007 alone, over
  2,000 insurance industry representatives
  throughout the state donated over 12,000 hours in
  one week through the Volunteer Week program.

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2008Volunteer Week Program

• Dates
• Volunteer Projects Saturday, October 18 through
  Saturday, October 25
• NEW Elements
• More teams/volunteers, more projects and include
  new regions. Goal to increase program by 30.
  Sign up today!
• Sample Projects
• Hosting parties at Shriners Childrens Hospitals
  (Los Angeles and Sacramento)
• Filling boxes and distributing food at local Food
  Banks
• Renovating nonprofit facilities
• Restoring natural habitat
• Working with seniors or the developmentally
  disabled
• Reading with children
• Many more! See your Team Leader for details.

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Team Leader Role

• (Introduce yourself as your companys Team
  Leader)
• Each company/office location participating in
  Volunteer Week identifies a Team Leader to
  coordinate their volunteers and projects with the
  Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation.
• Complete materials and instructions will be
  provided to help Team Leaders with the following
  responsibilities
• Serve as the main point of contact for the
  Foundation and nonprofit agency
• Register volunteer team(s) and select project(s)
• Promote the Volunteer Week program in workplace
  and other company locations
• Recruit volunteers
• Communicate the message of Volunteer Week
• Organize and communicate project logistics (eg.
  shifts, transportation, materials, etc.)

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Please JoinTeam (insert company)today!Helping
Communities.Enriching Lives.Together!
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• 2008
• Volunteer Week
• THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!