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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 9, 2009

Contact:
Janay Rickwalder
(703) 383-3071
jrickwalder@nailba.org

NAILBA Charitable Foundation Announces 2009 Grant Recipients

(Fairfax, Va.) The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) Charitable Foundation awarded $237,000 in grants to 12 organizations that serve to enhance the quality of life for those less fortunate, with an emphasis on children.   The following are the grant award recipients for 2009:

Children’s Oncology Services, Inc.                                                      $35,000
Chicago, IL
Recipient of Col. J. William Felton, III Grant

LIFE Lessons - LIFE Foundation                                                           $25,000
Five student scholarships of $5,000 each

Brain Tumor Foundation for Children, Inc.                                          $25,000
Atlanta, GA

Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County                                 $25,000
Relatives As Parents Program (RAPP)                        
Millbrook, NY

Amos House                                                                                         $20,000
Providence, RI

Beginning with Books                                                                          $20,000
Pittsburgh, PA

Nurses for Newborns                                                                            $20,000
St. Louis, MO

Camp Kemo                                                                                         $15,000
Columbia, SC

Rainbows for Kids                                                                                $15,000
St. Louis, MO

Saint Louis Crisis Nursery                                                                    $15,000
St. Louis, MO

Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area                                     $12,000
Danville, CA

Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments                $10,000
St. Louis, MO

To make a contribution or receive more information about the NAILBA Charitable Foundation, please contact Naomi Romanchok at nromanchok@nailba.org or (703) 383-3072.

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The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) Charitable Foundation is a public charity that receives gifts mainly, but not exclusively, from the membership of NAILBA and its corporate partners. The mission of the Charitable Foundation is to encourage volunteerism among the NAILBA membership and provide grant funds to worthy charitable organizations with limited operating budgets in local communities served by member agencies, with a special emphasis on those that enhance the quality of life for children.

The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) is the premiere insurance industry organization promoting financial security and consumer choice through the use of independent brokerage distribution.  NAILBA member agencies represent 250,000 producers who deliver more than four billion dollars in first year life insurance premiums annually. For more information visit www.nailba.org.