Breakout Session - State Farm Social Responsibility

Instructors:  Teanice Wells Ernest, Public Affairs Specialist, State Farm

Introduction to State Farm Company and Foundation Grant Programs with focus on disaster preparedness, driver safety, and other loss mitigation efforts supported. Spotlight on State Farm's Youth Advisory Board, charged with overseeing $5 million in funds and awarding grants to service learing projects, considered in the five categories: disaster preparedness, environmental responsibility, driver safety, access to higher education, and financial education, and the Teen Driver Safety - Young Driver Research Initiative, a continued partnership with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, striving to reduce the fatality rates for drivers ages 16 to 19.