Community Involvement

GFB employees donated new toys for the annual Kids Yule Love toy drive. Kids Yule Love is a nonprofit organization focused on helping bring a merry Christmas to local underprivileged children and seniors in nursing homes. Kids Yule Love provides, toys, gifts and Bibles to send a message of hope, love and inspiration. 

Pictured left to right, front row: Carolyn Lowery (QA), Gina Brockman (Accounting), Hope Smith (Underwriting), Angie Butts (Audit Services) and Dawn Jackson (IT). Left to right, back row: Michael Fulwood (Member Services), Michele Molton (Underwriting), Andy Lucas (Info/PR Director), Lois Allen (Accounting), Valencia Brown (Underwriting), April Ussery (Claims), Randy Clark (IT) and Chris Allen, PR Director of Kids Yule Love.

A check for $5,000 was recently presented to Laura Paxton of United in Pink. The funds were raised by the Employee Relations Committee through casual day sales. United in Pink is a support group committed to enhancing the quality of life for breast cancer survivors and their families. All of United in Pink’s programs and services are offered at no charge and have no barriers to access.

Pictured left to right: Valencia Brown (UW), Andy Lucas (Info/PR), Laura Paxton, Carolyn Lowery (QA), Michael Fulwood (Member Services), Dawn Jackson (IT), April Ussery (Claims), Gina Brockman (Accounting), Randy Clark (Audit) and Kristen Cleghorn (Claims).

GFB, with the help of its employees and casual day sales, made a $20,000 donation to the Beverly Olson Children’s Hospital.  The ribbon cutting ceremony for the facility is scheduled for February 2019. 

Pictured left to right: Ellen Terrell (Chief Development Officer, Navicent Health Foundation), Andy Lucas (Director of Info/PR), Kathy Tolbert (Sr. Development Officer, Navicent Health Foundation), and Kenny Burgamy (Assistant Director of Info/PR).

Several GFB employees and their families participated in the 9th annual Project Giving Retro Night Glow 5K/10K/1 Mile Fun Run on Sept. 15th. Project Giving, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that “builds bridges of hope” for people in need in the Middle Georgia Community. Project Giving is 100% volunteer-driven and volunteers work from their homes.

Pictured kneeling, left to right: Erin Tolbert (Claims), LaShunda Grier’s daughters Taliah and Selena; Laura McGreggor’s daughter Elizabeth; Janet Spillers (IT), and Jeffrey Harvey’s son, Hudson. Standing, left to right: Terri Johnson (Brokerage), Heather King (Field Services), Heather’s husband, Trey; Katie Snow (Underwriting) with her son Warrick Johnson; Edgar Bailey’s friend Lesia Lopez; Edgar Bailey (IT), Jennifer Ross (Brokerage), LaShunda Grier (Underwriting), Lakeitha Watson (PHS) and her son Armond Drexler, standing next to her; Betty Hawthorne (PHS), Bobbie (Evans) Tucker, retiree, and her husband Mike, standing behind her; Sharona Davis (Underwriting), Laura McGreggor (IT) holding onto her son, Dalton; April Ussery (Claims), Jeffrey Harvey’s wife, Tiffany; Allen Morgan (Network), Jeffrey Harvey (Public Policy), Allen Morgan’s wife, Elizabeth; Bill Anderson (Technology Services), Melissa Pruiett (Underwriting) with her daughter, Catherine; Joey Speir (April Ussery’s uncle), and Betty Hawthorne’s son, Walter.

A check for $5,000 was presented to the American Cancer Society (ACS) recently. The funds were raised by the Employee Relations Committee through casual day sales for the fourth quarter of 2017. 

Pictured, left to right: Kristen Cleghorn (Claims), Lauren Lin (Marketing), Carolyn Lowery (QA), Brenda Haulik (ACS Sr. Mgr., Community Development), April Ussery (Claims), Glenda Davis (ACS Community Development Manager), Gina Brockman (Accounting), Hope Smith (Underwriting) and Valencia Brown (Underwriting).

A check for $5,000 was presented to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).  The AFSP is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.  The money was raised by the Employee Relations Committee through casual day sales. 

Pictured holding the check: left, Hope Smith (Underwriting) and Tammy Slade (Claims). Pictured back row, left to right, are a few members of the Employee Relations Committee: Michael Fulwood (Member Services), Carolyn Lowery (QA), Kristen Cleghorn (Claims), April Ussery (Claims) and Gina Brockman (Accounting).

A check for $5,000 was presented to Crisis Line & Safe House. The money was raised by the Employee Relations Committee through casual day sales. 

Pictured left to right, front row:  Lauren Lin (Info/PR), Kristen Cleghorn (Claims), Jamie Bormann (Legal Advocacy Program Director for Crisis Line & Safe House), Carolyn Lowery (QA), Gina Brockman (Accounting) and Hope Smith (Underwriting). Left to right, back row: Michael Fulwood (Member Services), April Ussery (Claims), Valencia Brown (PHS) and Dawn Jackson (IT).