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Will Beardsley, compliance officer with First Federal Bank of Florida, spoke to Rotary Club of Lake City today about preventing identity theft: 1) Read your monthly statements 2) Shred old statements and credit card offers, 3) Don’t carry your social security number in your wallet 4) Don’t mail bills from an unsecured mailbox 5) Never give personal information to someone calling you 6) Don’t open strange or unknown emails. Thanks for the good tips Will.
Last month, John installed Progressive’s SnapShot device into his pickup truck. After making the device “chirp” several time during the first few days of driving, John thought his chance for a discount was disappearing. After 30 days driving, though, John was surprised to learn he was eligible for a 17% discount. Call us 386-752-8660 if you would like to give SnapShot a try. You might be surprised too.
On his day off, MetLife Auto & Home marketing manager, Ed Brown, decided he needed to help kids. This morning, he got into his car and started driving to our office. Upon arrival at our office for his unannounced visit, he asked, “MetLife Auto & Home has some extra funds; how can we help a few kids today.” We immediately recommended Columbia County’s Christmas Dream Machine. For more than twenty years, MetLife Auto & Home has provided auto and home insurance to Columbia County residents through The Wheeler Agency. Thank you MetLife for your $300 donation to Christmas Dream Machine.
See the rest of the story about Safeco Insurance Community Hero Dale Tompkins. Nominated by The Wheeler Agency, Dale was one of 15 community heroes selected nationwide for his work during Tropical Storm Debby flooding and his vision for downtown Lake City. The United Way of Suwannee Valley received a $5,000 grant from Safeco in honor of Dale.
The Wheeler Agency nominated local volunteer, Pastor Dale Tompkins of Church on the Way, for the Safeco Insurance Community Hero Award for his work organizing teams of volunteers during Tropical Storm Debby. Dale was one of 15 people to be recognized for this national award. In Safeco’s online voting contest, during the month of October, Dale finished with the 4th most votes of the fifteen community heroes. James Dingle of Safeco Insurance is pictured here presenting the $5,000 check to Jennifer Sawyer of the United Way of Suwannee Valley. John Wheeler and Dale Tompkins are on the back row. Thank you Dale. Thank you Safeco Insurance.
The time changed Saturday night. We all moved our clocks back one hour, but did you change the batteries in your smoke detectors? Winter is the season of the year with the highest frequency of house fires. According to the Center for Disease Control, house fires claimed the lives of 2,640 people in 2010. Smoke inhalation, not burns, is the number one cause of fire related death. The simple solution to this tragic statistic is properly working smoke detectors.
