Give Movement.
The Big “I” Young Agents are asking state associations, agents, companies to give back the week of June 1-10.
Make an Impact. Build Connections. Lead with Purpose.
GIVE Week is a National Young Agents Committee (YAC) initiative designed to bring our community together through meaningful service. From volunteering at local food banks to supporting families at Ronald McDonald House locations, this is your opportunity to make a real difference while strengthening connections and growing as a leader.
Whether you have an hour to give or a full team ready to jump in, there’s a place for you.
This is a nationwide effort where Young Agents come together to support their local communities through service, donations, and outreach.
This initiative is built around what we do best:
- Engage with our communities
- Educate others on the value of service
- Elevate our impact as industry leaders
Questions? Contact Jamie Behymer.
The National YAC GIVE Week Sub-Committee is encouraging individuals to get involved in two organizations that are important to the Big “I” Chairwoman, Angela Ripley. They are local food banks and the Ronald McDonald House.
How to Get Involved.
FIND YOUR ORGANIZATION
Food Banks: Checkout our spreadsheet with one major food bank per state. Visit Feeding America’s website for more information on how to get involved.
Ronald McDonald House: Not all 50 states have a Ronald McDonald House. Visit their Find A Chapter page to connect with a local organization and volunteer opportunities.
WAYS TO DRIVE PARTICIPATION
Make It Easy & Flexible:
Offer multiple ways to engage: donate, volunteer, share, or lead.
Gamify Engagement:
- Leaderboards by agency or state-level participation
- Awards like “Most Meals Provided” or “Biggest Impact”
Leverage Socials:
- Use #TCAgentsGIVE to connect with other activation online
- Encourage photos/videos of participation
- Tag Big I Young Agents on LinkedIn for a chance to be featured!
Highlight Impact in Real-Time:
Share running totals: Meals provided, dollars raised, hours volunteered, pop-tabs collected, etc.
Sample Call-to-Action Language
“Whether you have an hour to volunteer, a few dollars to give, or a team ready to jump in, we all have a role to play. Let’s come together to make a real impact in our communities during GIVE Week.”
Food Bank Engagement Ideas
1. “Fill the Trunk” Challenge
Encourage agents to collect non-perishable items and fill their car trunk.
– Create friendly competition between agencies or state association staffer
– Offer a prize for “most items” or “most creative collection effort”
2. Volunteer + Network Days
Organize shifts at local food banks where young agents can volunteer together.
– Position it as both service and networking
– Follow it with a casual happy hour or coffee meetup
3. $20 Hunger Challenge
Ask peers to donate the cost of a typical lunch.
– Tie it to impact: “$20 = X meals provided”
– Encourage social posts to build momentum and impact
4. “Pack with a Purpose” Event
Host a group packing event (meal kits, snack bags, etc.).
– Great for photos + social content
– Can include handwritten notes of encouragement
Ronald McDonald House Engagement Ideas
Coordinate groups to prepare and serve meals for families staying at the house.
– One of the most meaningful, hands-on opportunities
– Can brand it as “Young Agents Serve Night”
2. Wish List Drives
Have your agency or Young Agents program adopt a wishlist.
– Collect and donate items like like toiletries, snacks, cleaning supplies
– Make it competitive or themed (e.g., “Stock the Kitchen Week”)
3. “Pop Tabs for a Purpose” Campaign
Collect aluminum pop tabs (a signature RMHC fundraiser).
– Easy, low-lift way for everyone to participate
– Great for offices to rally around. Have a competition (and prize) for whoever collects the most!
4. Story Sharing Campaign
Encourage participants to share why this cause matters.
– Highlight impact stories (from RMHC if available)
– Builds emotional connection and increases participation
Tell Us How You GIVE!
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Step 1: Choose Your Focus (By May 15)
Select 1–2 initiatives that fit your Young Agents program’s mission. You could:
- Sign-up for a volunteer shift at a food bank
- Provide meal service or host a wishlist drive for Ronald McDonald House
- Donation drive (food, pop tabs, hygiene items)
- Fundraising campaign
Tip: Keep it simple. Participation matters more than complexity.
Step 2: Set Your Plan (By May 20)
- Choose a date/time between June 1–10
- Confirm logistics with your local organization
- Assign a point person to coordinate. Whether it’s for your Young Agents Committee, agency, state association, or other group, having a few weeks to plan helps ensure schedules are free for GIVE Week!
Step 3: Rally Your Network (May 20–June 1)
- Send emails or texts to your Young Agents list, agency staff, or state association members.
- Post on LinkedIn and encourage agencies to share internally
- Personally invite 5–10 people (this makes a huge difference!)
Step 4: Execute + Capture Content (June 1–10)
- Take photos/videos during your event
- Capture: action shots, group photos, impact moments
- Ask participants to post on their personal accounts
Step 5: Share Your Impact (By June 12)
- Report your reach!
- Photos and short recap.
- Number of participants, amount of items donated, and number of volunteer hours served, etc.
CONTENT CALENDAR
Pre-Launch (May 20–31)
Goal: Build awareness + recruit participants
Post Ideas:
- Announcement: “It’s Almost GIVE Week!”
- Call for volunteers
- Tease your planned activity
Sample Post:
“We’re proud to be part of GIVE Week happening June 1–10! Our Young Agents are coming together to make a difference in our community. Stay tuned and join us! #TCAgentsGIVE”
Launch Day (June 1)
Goal: Kickoff energy
Sample Post:
“It’s here! GIVE Week is officially underway. Over the next 10 days, Young Agents across the country are stepping up to give back. Follow along and see the impact unfold! #TCAgentsGIVE”
During the Week (June 1–10)
Goal: Show impact in real time
Post Ideas:
- Volunteer action shots
- Group photos
- Short videos
- “Why I give back” quotes
Sample Post:
“Making an impact, one [meal/donation/hour] at a time. Proud to serve alongside this amazing group during #TCAgentsGIVE 💙”
Wrap-Up (June 10–12)
Goal: Celebrate + quantify impact
Sample Post:
“What an incredible GIVE Week! Together, we:
✔️ [X] volunteers
✔️ [X] meals provided
✔️ [X] items donated
✔️ [X] pop tabs (or pounds) collected
We are proud to be part of a community that shows up and gives back. In the last week, we…”
BONUS: Video Content Ideas
- 10-second clips of volunteers in action
- “Why I give back” quick interviews
- Before/after donation piles
- Group shoutout videos
KEY MESSAGING
Use phrases like:
- “Give back. Get involved. Grow together.”
- “Small tabs. Big impact.”
- “Leadership starts in our communities.”
FINAL REMINDER FOR STATE CHAIRS
✔️ Keep it simple
✔️ Make it fun
✔️ Focus on participation
✔️ Share your story
#IIADayofgiving
Inspired by the Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois.
#TCAgentsgive
You Give. We Celebrate. Communities Win.
What Makes the GIVE MOVEMENT Special?
Independent agents give back to the community year-round and the Big I” national Young Agents Committee wants to celebrate the efforts of our Trusted Choice agent community. Imagine what a difference we’d make if all 25,000 agency locations, our partners and neighbors gave back– a small donation, a couple hours, can make a measurable difference in our communities. And, the Big I” national Young Agents Committee will document the efforts, to create talking points for presentations and to show future generations the independent agency system is one you want to be in.
You gave back, we tallied your results and we celebrated your efforts!
The results were EPIC, watch the highlights below:
- 72 organizations
- 26 states
- 1,683 volunteers
- 6,728 hours
- 155,920 items
- $643,800!
Give tools.
The Big I” young agents makes it easy. We have graphics and templated content for your promotional use. We will do our best to promote your involvement nationally on our social spaces!
A community movement is an excellent way to do something meaningful. Here are some strategies to bolster engagement.
- Document success stories and follow-up with editorial content
- Provide goal-based incentive (reward staff/agency/company for raising/ volunteer the most money/hours)
- Encourage your community to support your chosen charity
- Share stories on social media tagging the agency/charity and company and #TCAGENTSGIVE
- Create a Facebook event for GIVE and encourage participants to share their activities, events, photos and videos.
- List participating agencies/ companies/people online and share on social, newsletters and media
Create a nationwide call to action for Trusted Choice independent agents especially young agents to get involved in the community for a special cause
Celebrate the generosity of the independent agency system and document our involvement
Give what you can this day is about ordinary people coming together to do extraordinary things.
Download and use any of these files on your websites and social media.
Questions?
For questions, please contact Jamie Behymer
Success Stories
YAC’s of NJ philanthropy has always been a big part of our committee. We have done different fundraisers in the past, varying from helping animals to raising funds for a child. We stumbled across the National Diaper Drive and thought this is a match made in heaven for our group. In order to raise the diapers, we asked everyone attending our socials to bring a bag of diapers and had YAC board help with fundraising as well. During the 2018 year we were able to raise 5,951 diapers. If you happen to have any extra bags of diapers we strongly encourage to donate, nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org.
New Jersey YAC, Children’s Aid and Family Service
IIAN partnered with The Bay and Skate for Change to raise socks for the homeless. The Bay helped raised over 30,000 pairs. IIAN had a contribution goal of 1,000 pairs our members helped us surpass this goal by more than double, being a total of 2,122 pairs of socks! These socks went not only to the homeless in our community of Lincoln, Nebraska, but were also shipped around the nation to other Skate for Change chapters. This sock drive was a great way to spread holiday cheer and give back to the community. We appreciate everyone who donated and cannot wait to continue helping our community.
Nebraska YAC, The Bay and Skate for Change Sock Drive
We run a monthly Quotes for a Cause (https://rb.gy/djdkhq) campaign which has donated over $25,000 in the past three years. We give $5/proposal to a different community organization/nonprofit each month. Here is a link to everything our agency is doing in the community: https://rb.gy/2dpzf1. Our agency, and me personally, also financially support Ele’s Place. I was able to get them a $10,000 grant this year through West Bend Mutual for our agency’s involvement with Ele’s Place.
The Rathbun Agency, MichigaN, $25,000 to Various Charities
Our agency is hosting a car/motorcycle meet to benefit Brittany’s Hope on 06/09/19 1-4pm, at the Shoppes at Woodside. We have had several generous companies donate items for raffles. We will have giveaways, raffles, PLUS The Smokehouse Food Truck, a fellow local to our area will be here to provide tasty food for purchase. All proceeds will benefit Brittany’s Hope.
Philip Baker Insurance Services, Inc., Pennsylvania, Brittany’s Hope
Through various community service efforts and my time on Lumberton city council, we are continuing our efforts to recover from the devastation stemming from hurricane Florence while feeling the ripple effects of Hurricane Matthew.
Dial Insurance, North Carolina, Hurricane Florence Recovery
They provided free flights to WWII, Korean, Vietnam and terminally ill veterans to DC for their last mission to see our nation’s memorials. This charity is close to YAC chair, Lisa Lemanski’s heart because both her grandfathers’ ‘proudly served in WWII and passed before seeing their memorial and her dad is a Vietnam veteran. While working with Talons Out, we learned the DC the veterans have mail call where they receive letters and cards from friends and family. This is where our committee stepped in! Our initial goal was 500 cards once the word spread, we found ourselves readjusting our goal. If you would like to sign some thank you cards, let us know!
Michigan Young Agents Committee
Each year, the insurance agents of Georgia supports the Great Strides Walk Atlanta for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Georgia Chapter and this year, the Insure the Cure Team raised $280,000 for the cause. Overall the event has raised $2.85 million for the cause.
Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cradle Beach is a very special place that offers programs for children with disabilities and children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. About 800 campers per summer go to Cradle Beach and almost no child is turned away. We loved spending two days cleaning and preparing the camp for the summer’s new campers! We have a couple other volunteer projects with Cradle Beach coming up as we build our relationship together to help kids in need!
Charles J. Sellers & Co., Inc., NY, Cradle Beach 17 volunteers, 6 hours
Our group of nine staff volunteers from the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) participated in this 3-hour community service project to ensure that safe, high quality food continues to be made available to people in need from across the Central Texas region. In addition, half of the IIAT staff participants were new to our organization so it also served as a fun, bonding activity, bettering IIAT as a whole!
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT), Central Texas Food Bank
I am on the Council of a group called CATCH (Community Around The Children’s Hospital) which raises funds and awareness for our local Children’s Hospital. We also have volunteer opportunities like serving meals to families at the hospital and putting on carnivals and sibling events for kids.
Neckerman Insurance Services, Wisconsin, American Family Children’s Hospital
Reading to children was a daily activity when raising our children. Our local library is a tremendous resource to children and students. Supporting early reading programs such as Kansas Reads, helps to gets books in the hands of pre-schoolers. Supporting our local school and PTO helps numerous students. One teacher sponsors a “Walk About” in the final days of the school year to visit local businesses and learn about the community. The agency presented each student with a pack of sunflower seeds, growing instructions and an invitation to share what they grow over the summer.
Rockers Insurance Agency, Kansas, Garnett Public Library to support the Kansas Reads
175 teams, 21 volunteers and $50! This is our 3rd year doing book drives and cleaning books for Children’s Book Bank. They are a local Nonprofit that gives 14 books to every Head Start child in Portland and also gives to kids in low income school districts. We love supporting them and continue to support the impact they have on our local community.
Young Agents of Oregon, Children’s Book Bank Drive & Cleaning
IIAND has teamed up with Rippl to donate used sneakers in competition with IIASD. The goal over the next two years is to donate 25,000 pairs of sneakers to benefit under developed countries to teach people in those countries how to run a business. Our goal was 2,000 pairs. We collected 1,020 pairs between 19 participating agencies.
Young Agents of South Dakota & South Dakota
Through our philanthropic committee, Chalmers Cares, we have proudly given back over $100,000 to our local Maine and New Hampshire based community programs.
Chalmers Insurance Group
The Nevada Emerging Leaders Committee or (YAC) chose the Garden Foundation in 2018 as our charity and has continued with this charity in 2019. The Garden Foundation was created by a former insurance professional that is well known in Nevada, Taylor Gardner. In total we raised $1,280 for the Garden Foundation. The Corn Hole tournament was a hit!
Young Agents of Nevada