State Farm® Safe Neighbors

Disaster Preparedness & Recovery

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Our Dedicated Partners

• American Red Cross (ARC)
  Since World War II, State Farm® has helped the ARC prevent and prepare for calamities through national initiatives, such as: 
  • Safe Neighbor Network™; educating families on how to prepare for disasters and other life-changing events that affect families in all communities
  • Neighbors Give Life™ campaign featuring Tim McGraw; educating communities about the importance of giving the gift of life by donating blood 
  • Employee blood drives at Corporate and Zone locations throughout the country
  • The “Thanks a Million” campaign, donating $1 million in matching 1 million new life policies
  • Disaster Relief Fund over the past four years; nearly $4.7 million after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, an additional $1.1 million in 2004 in response to the devastating events in the Southeast and over $7.2 million to aid Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts in 2005, which included a company match of $2.6 million of associates’ and retirees’ contributions
  • In addition to the $1 million donation State Farm made to the American Red Cross for the tsunami relief efforts, the Company also matched associates' and retirees' contributions, totaling $724,196.
  • Assisting in improving community diversity outreach by facilitating new partnerships with the 100 Black Men of America, National Black Child Development Institute and the NAACP.
  
  
  
• Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
  State Farm is the largest corporate contributor to Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), one of the fastest growing disaster preparedness organizations in the nation.  Through this relationship, State Farm provides safety education to homebuilders, inspectors, architects and engineers about the need for safer, better built homes.  With the support of companies such as State Farm, FLASH has helped hundreds of thousands homeowners prepare for and recover from disasters.