PHILIPSBURG – Gene Kephart, Executive Director of Cen-Clear Child Services, Inc. (CCS) announces that the agency has been awarded a grant from The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Grant funds will be used to provide fire safety training and to purchase smoke alarms for families served by the agency.
The grant from State Farm will be used in conjunction with Project Fire F.L.I.E.S. (Fundamental Lessons In Every Site), the agency’s fire safety instruction program. CCS developed and implemented this program several years ago in conjunction with local volunteer fire companies. Beginning this year, local State Farm agents from Philipsburg, Dubois and Clearfield will be assisting with the safety education component of the program.
Since 2002, State Farm has been an ongoing funding partner for this program. “Being a good neighbor in the communities we serve is what we do,” said Philipsburg State Farm Agent Clayton Hetrick. “I am proud to present this $5,750 State Farm grant to support Cen-Clear’s program, which not only protects families’ homes but ultimately saves lives. On behalf of our local agents, I am proud to bring State Farm’s support to this important program in our community.”
According to Kephart, “We are very appreciative of the financial and volunteer support we receive from the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The ultimate goal of our Project Fire F.L.I.E.S. is to save lives, and the grant from State Farm makes the program all the more effective because we can place additional fire safety and emergency devices in family homes.”
More information about the programs and services of Cen-Clear Child Services, Inc. is available by calling 814-342-5678 or by visiting www.cenclear.org.