The
Foundation for Life, Inc., a charitable organization supported by employees of Barnum Financial Group, an office of MetLife, is donating
bicycles and helmets to 60
children during the Boys and Girls Club Annual Back-A-Kid Campaign
Event.
At this event, First Niagara Bank will be providing the
children with vouchers to the Sports Center of Shelton.
Barnum
Financial Group employees will help raise the funds for the bikes and
helmets. Each organization will surprise the children with their bikes
and helmets.
The bikes will not only allow the children to get out into their communities but also provide a fun way to stay physically fit and healthy.
The bikes will not only allow the children to get out into their communities but also provide a fun way to stay physically fit and healthy.
Paul
Blanco, Managing Director of Barnum Financial Group and Founder of the
Foundation for Life, Inc., was introduced to Bikes for Kids by the
founders of the Bikes
for Kids program, Bill and Debbie Pollakov.
Since 2007, the Foundation for Life, Inc. with the support of the Barnum Financial Group employees has donated over 1,500 bikes and helmets to underprivileged children throughout Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.
Since 2007, the Foundation for Life, Inc. with the support of the Barnum Financial Group employees has donated over 1,500 bikes and helmets to underprivileged children throughout Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.
The
children are typically invited to a free day of family fun where they
are given the additional surprise of a bike to take home.
This year alone they have enjoyed events at the Rockland Boulders Baseball Game; a Jets football game, an afternoon in the Giants' field house as well as a baseball game with the Rhode Island Pawtucket Red Sox.
Many of these children may not have ever attended a baseball game or owned a bike; which is what makes this program so special.
This year alone they have enjoyed events at the Rockland Boulders Baseball Game; a Jets football game, an afternoon in the Giants' field house as well as a baseball game with the Rhode Island Pawtucket Red Sox.
Many of these children may not have ever attended a baseball game or owned a bike; which is what makes this program so special.
"At
Barnum Financial Group, we are committed to making a difference in the
communities we serve,” said Paul Blanco, Managing Director.
“My
wife Mindee and I
started the Foundation for Life as an avenue through which we and our
employees could improve the lives of children and families.”
Barnum
Financial Group, an Office of MetLife, provides a full range of
investment and risk management products and services to over 220,000
clients including individuals
and their families as well as small businesses, corporations,
government entities, not-for-profit organizations and their employees.
Offices are located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,
and Rhode Island.
For more information visit
www.foundationforlifeinc.org
or www.barnumfinancialgroup.com.
This is a press release from Barnum Financial Group.
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