Metroport Meals on Wheelsbrwill receive a $10,000 donation from Southlake-based CavnarSmith InsurancebrAgency in celebration of the agency earning a 2017 Safeco Insurance® Make MorebrHappen Award for demonstrating extraordinary volunteerism to make positivebrchange happen in their community. The donation will assist with the nonprofit'sbrmission of providing nutritional support and other services for seniors livingbrin north Texas communities.
CavnarSmith InsurancebrAgency originally received $5,000 for Metroport Meals on Wheels through abrsubmission process, and this year, Safeco offered agents an additionalbropportunity to help the causes they care about most. Brad Cavnar, anbrindependent agent for CavnarSmith Insurance Agency, and Metroport Meals onbrWheels had a story about positive community change featured on Safeco.com.brTogether, they were able to raise an additional $5,000 by their story beingbrshared on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn at least 50 times.
“We appreciate thebrcommunity support to raise the additional funds and we are honored to be ablebrto provide Metroport Meals on Wheels with an even larger donation,” saidbrLeTesha Wheeler, Safeco Insurance Central Region territory manager, via pressbrrelease. “Safeco's Make More Happen Awards recognize agents who are committedbrto making a difference in their local communities, and we want to encouragebrthem and citizens in their area to directly support local charities.”
Throughout 2017, Safecobrwill select a total of 23 independent agents for the awards and donate up tobr$230,000 to the charitable organizations they support. The Make More HappenbrAwards are a part of Safeco Insurance's Agent Giving Program.