Non-Business Activities of State Farm

A Insurance Article Contributed by Shobha Cutting

The Vision of State Farm

The State Farm group of companies is a business conglomerate engaged basically in insurance and allied business activities. Over the years they have built up a clientele of satisfied and loyal customers on account of their quality service, stress on relationships, mutual trust, and integrity. This is because they believe in investing in goodwill and improving the quality of life of the community. The State Farm conglomerate has put the customer's interest first.

They offer the best choice of products and services in the insurance and financial services arena. They endeavor to help their customers manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their full potential.

Apart from the business of selling insurance and financial services, the State Farm group is actively engaged in and providing resource to many welfare activities, helping to improve the quality of life in the communities where their associates and customers live and work.

Some of such activities of State Farm are stated below.

Scholarships, Education & Youth Support by the State Farm

State Farm Insurance supports efforts to assure all children have access to an education that will allow them to achieve their greatest potential and prepare them to actively participate in a nation and economy that is on top of the world. Through their Good Neighbor Citizenship program, State Farm and State Farm Companies Foundation commit finance a part of help in raising the levels of achievement of our nation's teachers and students. State Farm collaborates with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to advance professional and technically correct teaching.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is an organization of teachers and other people involved in education (administrators, parents, business leaders, and citizens) working to promote the teaching profession and to improve teaching techniques.

The National Service-Learning Partnership, sponsored by the State Farm, includes about 250 organizations and around 1000 professionals who represent all the constituents focused on quality learning.

State Farm is a corporate sponsor of Kids Voting USA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan voter education program developed to re-energize democracy from the bottom up - their target audience are the kids.

Partner for Child Passenger Safety Program of State Farm

In collaboration with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the State Farm Automobile Insurance Company is maintaining the Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS). The PCPS is the first academic-corporate partnership devoted to safety of children when traveling in motor vehicles. The research conducted by PCPS seeks to determine how and why children are being killed or injured in motor vehicle accidents.

The data collected and analyzed by PCPS has direct implications for automotive design, public policy and parent awareness. The PCPS team are in constant touch with the automotive and restraint community, policy makers and legislators, public health educators and the media to ensure safety for traveling children. Findings from this study are published regularly in leading medical and engineering journals and presented at scientific conferences, to draw attention of all stakeholders to the menace.

Domestic Violence

In partnership with Corporate Alliance, State Farm seeks to help end domestic violence.

These are some of the non-business activities that the State Farm group of companies has sponsored.