STEM ProgressSM—Making advances
one class at a time
Through our STEM ProgressSM program, employee volunteers present class modules that emphasize science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills in fun and interactive ways. Modules also help students see real-life application of these skills.
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Celebrating and supporting our differences
When it comes to our diversity and inclusion efforts as a company, we convey our commitment in a variety of ways. One high-profile activity is our participation in the annual Diversity Walk, Rock & Roll, sponsored by the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio.Continue Reading
Combining efforts to go green
As a supporter of Junior Achievement, in 2011 we hosted GREENLife, an eco-gala held by Beachwood (Ohio) High School’s Marketing/Junior Achievement class to raise funds for its annual Green Dream event. The gala featured an eco-fashion show put on by the Virginia Marti College of Art and Design.
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Updates
October 2012
Employees and vendor partners in Burnsville, Minn. held our 6th annual Food For Kidz event. Approximately 100 people packed 36,000 meals and $5,500 was raised. In the past 6 years, we’ve packed 276,000 meals and raised over $25,000.
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October 2012
We held an "Everything But The Suit Drive" across multiple sites for the Dress for Success® nonprofit organization, resulting in our donating 328 boxes of clothing and accessories to support their efforts to help disadvantaged women thrive in work and in life.
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August 2012
Employees in California collected 3,373 books for local libraries across the state—saving books from ending up in landfills and providing new opportunities for those who visit and work at our public libraries.
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July 2012
Employees in our Albany, New York, office donated office supplies and file cabinets to the Albany School District and Albany Senior Services.
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June 2012
Progressive was named to The Plain Dealer’s “Top Workplaces in 2012” list in Northeast Ohio for the third year in a row. Companies listed operate by a strong set of values and have excellent work place conditions, according to their employees.
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May 2012
Employees and agents held a three-day “Feed an IRV, Fuel a Community” food drive for the Sioux Falls Food Pantry in cooperation with Feeding South Dakota. They collected 1,595 lbs. of food and $1,690, which is equivalent to 13,520 lbs. of food.
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May 2012
More than 400 employees, friends and family members participated in the 2012 Diversity Walk, Rock & Run in Cleveland in May. We raised close to $2,000 for the Northeast Ohio Diversity Center.
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May 2012
Our California Claims teams statewide collected cell phones for Cell Phones for Soldiers. More than 800 phones were donated and converted to give troops overseas over 48,000 minutes of free talk time.
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May 2012
Progressive earned the 2011 Brand Innovators Award in the Mobile category from Brand Innovators LLC for our mobile app and its advanced image capture feature.
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April 2012
Spring food drives were held in locations across the country. In Cleveland, we supported the Cleveland Foodbank’s Harvest for Hunger campaign and contributed more than $6,000 (not including company match amounts) and 4,105 lbs. of food.
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April 2012
We held our annual Environmental Awareness Week for employees. As part of the event, we collected and donated 262 pairs of shoes, 143 eyeglasses and about 45 lbs. of batteries to local organizations for recycling.
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March 2012
We’re participating as title sponsor for the Towpath Trilogy race series. Proceeds from all three races (held in April, June and October) benefit completion and maintenance of the Ohio Canal Corridor.
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March 2012
The Ethisphere Institute named Progressive to its list of the World's Most Ethical Companies. The list honors organizations that show leadership in promoting ethical business standards.
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March 2012
Progressive was named to Forbes’ list of America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies. Those recognized consistently demonstrated transparent and conservative accounting practices and solid corporate governance and management.
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February 2012
We held an office supplies Swap and Shop to collect and redistribute office supplies within one of our Cleveland locations. Four skids of extra supplies were donated to Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School in the Mentor Public School System.
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January 2012
We introduced a series of new Security training modules on such topics as keeping data secure when working remotely and using social networks, to ensure that we keep customer and employee data safe.
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January 2012
Throughout the year employees are taking a new Making Tough Choices workshop with scenarios about challenging ethical dilemmas to help us make the best choices in often gray areas.
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