Grinnell Mutual invites submissions for community grants

[October 04, 2013]  GRINNELL, Iowa -- Grinnell Mutual seeks submissions for projects that would help improve communities in the Midwest. "Working Together Making It Better" will make grants totaling $3,500 to three nonprofit organizations whose projects have positive impact on the community.

"The people who live in our rural marketplace work hard to make their communities a better place," said Grinnell Mutual's Barb Baker, director of advertising and community relations. "They work together volunteering, coaching and fundraising. Their efforts make their communities better. 'Working Together Making It Better' is Grinnell Mutual's way of recognizing the work they do."

People can participate in two ways in "Working Together Making It Better." First, they can submit projects that would help improve the communities in which they live. Then, beginning Nov. 12, they can vote at Grinnell Mutual's Facebook page for the project they believe is the best project for "Working Together Making It Better."

Grinnell Mutual will accept submissions on its Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/myGrinnellMutual, through Oct. 31. Projects must have or affiliate with a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and be located in one of 12 states in which Grinnell Mutual does business: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

"People living and working in rural areas know what it takes to make a community a better place," said Baker. "Their votes on Grinnell Mutual's Facebook page will decide which projects will receive grants through 'Working Together Making It Better.'"

Grinnell Mutual will announce the finalists on Nov. 12, and any Facebook fan can vote on project finalists to receive grants. Voting ends Nov. 26. The top three vote-getters will receive $2,000, $1,500 and $500, respectively.

To learn more about "Working Together Making It Better," visit Grinnell Mutual's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/myGrinnellMutual.

[Text from file received from Grinnell Mutual]

Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co., in business since 1909, provides reinsurance for farm mutual insurance companies and provides property and casualty insurance products through more than 1,600 independent agents in 11 Midwestern states. Grinnell Mutual is the 123rd-largest property and casualty insurance company in the United States and the largest primary reinsurer of farm mutual companies in North America.