- For the second year in a row, we participated in the Austin, Texas Shattered Dreams event in March at a local high school to help students understand the potential consequences of drinking and driving.
- The Corporate Art team loaned 13 works to the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland for its “From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African-American Art” exhibit.
- In Georgia, Washington, Connecticut and Montana, we supported the National Auto Body Council’s First Responder Emergency Extrication program by donating vehicles to train rescue workers on the tactics and dangers of extricating accident victims from vehicles.
- Working with the Connecticut Collision Repair Specialist organization, we also donated a hybrid vehicle for Connecticut firefighter training.
- Employees in our Austin, Texas office participated in the 12th annual Mighty Dog Walk. Registration fees benefitted the Texas Hearing and Service Dogs organization, which trains dogs for people with disabilities.
- Members of our Comparative Rating Group participated in the 5K Walk & Run for the Kids in April at The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo to benefit the Cleveland Christian Home, a place for those struggling from mental illness, abuse and neglect. The group supported several charities throughout the year.
- Employees from our Real Estate group once again took part in CanStruction, an annual event held in May to show off participants’ creative building skills using canned goods collected for the Cleveland Foodbank. For the 2010 event, we built a lighthouse out of nearly 2,000 cans later donated to the foodbank.
- Approximately 175 employees, friends and family members participated in the Diversity Walk, Rock and Run in Cleveland in May, with the Progressive team collecting more than $2,300 for the Cleveland Diversity Center.
- As part of a Hewlett Packard product purchase points program, we donated the equivalent of $88,427 to St. Martin de Porres High School in Cleveland, Ohio, to purchase HP products for the school.
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- We participated in and supported SMART Ride: a two day, 165 mile bike ride from Miami to Key West to raise awareness and funds to help people with HIV/AIDS in Florida.
- In July, we opened the doors of our Rancho Cordova, Calif. offices to the public for a special viewing of some of the Progressive Art Collection. The show was titled “About the Right of Being Different” and supported diversity awareness.
- Throughout 2010, we held several food drives to benefit local food banks in our large sites and several claims offices. In our spring food drive, we donated 6,603 lbs. of food from our Cleveland location alone. Many employees also volunteered their time to sort, pack and serve food for those in need.
- Pet food drives were held in Michigan, Florida and Texas for local humane societies.
- Progressive cosponsored the 2010 Race for the Arts in Sacramento, Calif. and fielded a race team. The event helps raise funds for arts and music in public schools.
- Phoenix employees hosted their fourth annual Barnyard Booster Bash with the Phoenix Children's Hospital. At the event, car seat checks are done and booster seats are given to families in need. Car seat safety checks also were done in some of our Pennsylvania claims service centers in conjunction with local police departments.
- In Tampa, we participated in Bark in the Park and the Humane Society Telethon to promote our pet injury coverage and help our furry friends.
- Approximately 150 employees from Progressive’s African American employee resource group participated in five diabetes walks in October in Ohio, Maryland, Georgia, Florida and Texas. As a group, they raised more than $5,000 for the American Diabetes Association.
- A team of employees dedicated their own time, sweat and resources to climb Washington's Mt. Shuksan in honor of a coworker who passed away from brain cancer. The group raised more than $35,000 as well as a company match for the Brain Cancer for Hope Foundation.
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