Allstate agents earn $10,000 for Chico domestic violence services

Twelve Allstate agents, personal financial representatives and licensed sales professionals from the Chico area recently came together to secure a $10,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® Grant to benefit Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. The grant will support Catalyst Domestic Violence Services’ mission to provide crisis intervention services for survivors of domestic violence and their children in Butte County.

The Allstate volunteers earned the grant for Catalyst Domestic Violence Services by hosting a donation drive to collect much needed kitchen items and toys for the organization’s shelter. Catalyst Domestic Violence Services will use the $10,000 grant to further its work.

The participants are among thousands of agency owners, personal financial representatives and licensed sales professionals around the country working to improve communities by volunteering for the causes they care about most.

“As Allstate volunteers, we see firsthand the opportunities and challenges facing the communities we serve,” said Sonia Aery, Allstate agency owner. “Giving back is core to who we are, which is why we’re proud to volunteer and raise funds to improve lives of domestic violence survivors and their families across Chico and Butte County.”

In addition to hosting the donation drive efforts, Aery is on the Board of Directors for Catalyst Domestic Violence Services and through The Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® Grant program has helped to raise $21,000 for the organization over the last two years.

Catalyst Domestic Violence Services is one of thousands of organizations this year to receive Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grants secured by agency owners, financial specialists, and licensed sales professionals on behalf of the nonprofits where they volunteer. The grants support organizations addressing domestic violence, youth empowerment, disaster preparedness, hunger and other causes.

The Helping Hands Grants are one example of The Allstate Foundation’s legacy of service and giving:

• Since The Allstate Foundation was founded in 1952, it has contributed over $449 million to support community nonprofits.
• In October 2018, 300 domestic violence nonprofits will compete for nearly $800,000 in incentive grants through the Purple Purse Challenge. The Challenge provides nonprofits an opportunity to raise funds for financial empowerment programs for survivors of domestic violence. To learn more about The Allstate Foundation Purple Purse and to donate, please visit PurplePurse.com.

• In 2017, The Allstate Foundation contributed more than $33 million to support local communities.

Participating Allstate agents, personal financial representatives and licensed sales professionals include (in alphabetical order):

• Arun Aery, Yuba City
• Parveen Aery, Yuba City
• Samir Baaklini, Vallejo
• Kevin Baker, Chico
• Christie Cruikshank, Chico
• Linda Dahlmeier, Oroville
• Prabhjit Dhillon, Yuba City
• Dalila Enriquez, Lincoln
• Thalina Mariscaljauregui, Chico
• Heather Short, Chico
• Thepharak Simaly, Elk Grove
• Robert Sorensen, Chico