Donation of $3,000 to Adopt-A-Block
HOULTON — Varney Agency in Houlton is the recipient of a Safeco Insurance Make More Happen Award for its volunteer service with Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook.
The award includes a $3,000 donation from Safeco Insurance for Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook and entry in the Safeco Make More Happen Contest, where the public is encouraged to vote for their favorite charity and leave a virtual cheer for the independent agents who volunteer in their communities.
Safeco Insurance will donate $10,000 to the charity with the most votes and $5,000 to the runner-up. All nonprofit organizations featured in the contest will receive an additional $500 check from Safeco if a vote goal is reached.
To vote for Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook and cheer for Varney Agency, visit http://www.safeco.com/about-safeco/community/make-more-happen-vote.
Votes can be cast in the Safeco Insurance Make More Happen contest once very 24 hours until 1 p.m. May 19.
Varney Agency was selected for the Safeco Make More Happen Award based on a photo and application demonstrating how volunteers make more happen for Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook, which serves Houlton by offering programs and camps focused on neighbors helping neighbors.
Catherine Davis of Varney Agency volunteers at events, raises funds and serves on the board for the organization.
To view all 30 recipients of a Safeco Insurance Make More Happen Award for spring 2014, visit http://www.safeco.com /about-safeco/community/make-more-happen.
The Varney Agency is a full service independent insurance agency with branches from Tampa, Fla., to Fort Kent, Maine. The Varney Agency can provide coverage for home and auto, business and industry, specializing in trucking, logging and lumbering, manufacturing and retail. One of the first branches established by the agency back in 1985, the Houlton office is ready to provide personal quality service at a competitive price.
Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook is a nonprofit coalition and partnership of local churches, town government, the Houlton Police Department, local businesses, community associations, a diversity of service and health agencies, and residents who collaborate to bring restoration to our town and surrounding communities, block by block. The goal is to effectively meet the varying needs of the individual, the family, and their community — spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically.
In business since 1923 and based in Boston, Mass., Safeco Insurance sells personal automobile, homeowners’ and specialty products through a network of more than 10,000 independent insurance agencies throughout the United States. Safeco is a Liberty Mutual insurance company.
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance is a diversified global insurer and the third largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2013 direct premiums written as reported by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Liberty Mutual Insurance also ranks 81st on the Fortune 100 list of largest U.S. corporations, based on 2012 revenue.
For more information about Safeco Insurance, go to www.Safeco.com.
