WINNER , MEDIUM CATEGORY : 50 – 249 employees LOCATION : North Kingstown , falveyinsurancegroup . com Represents a consortium of carriers in marine cargo , pollution and shippers ’ insurance .
Falvey Insurance ’ s response to the pandemic
captures the essence of the Common Good awards . When the crisis hit last spring , instead of a large corporate donation , the company ’ s CEO opted to give each staff member $ 850 to complete an individual challenge . Employees divvied up their donations among frontline workers , those in need of groceries , local restaurants and , more recently , causes fighting social or racial injustice . A few staffers banded together to form a local chapter of Frontline Foods , an initiative that supports area restaurants affected by quarantine restrictions as well as feeding frontline health care workers . Between May and September , Rhode Island ’ s Frontline Foods delivered more than 2,500 meals to more than eleven hospitals and testing sites from seven restaurants , several owned by women or minorities . Chapter members also delivered more than 350 meals to first responders in recognition of September 11 th .
The judges praised the company ’ s approach . “ I think when you give your employees the choice of where money is given , it really has a greater impact ,” said one . “ They blew everything else out the water ,” said another . “ I like that they had the ‘ challenges ’ in place .”
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