BerkleyMed - Hospital Professional Liability and Excess Insurance - 2011 Volunteer Week

1st Annual BerkleyMed Volunteer Week

April 4-8 marked the first annual BerkleyMed Volunteer Week where team members came together to support organizations in St. Louis and around the United States, making a a positive difference in the lives of many.

BerkleyMed has a proud culture of volunteerism, with many of our employees donating countless hours of their time throughout the year.  The 2011 BerkleyMed Volunteer Week focused on us working together, as an organization, to serve four St. Louis area organizations and organizations in the hometowns of our off-site team members.

	Edgewood Children's Center is a United Way agency that provides mental health diagnosis, evaluation and treatment, foster care for children, group homes, residential treatment and care of children, respite care and special education.  The BerkleyMed team assisted the center with general maintenance work and helped beautify the campus.
	Circle of Concern feeds the hungry and provides long-term and emergency assistance to low-income families in western St. Louis County, creating opportunities for needy families to re-establish themselves as productive members in our community.  Our volunteers helped the pantry fill food orders, stock shelves, and prepare for future clients' needs.
	Haven House partners with St. Louis hospitals to provide the comfort of home and a community of support to families that travel to St. Louis to receive medical care. The BerkleyMed team took an afternoon to makeover a guest room, including a fresh coat of paint and room decorations.
	Webster Child Care Center at Laclede Groves is a United Way agency that provides tuition assistance for day care and planned pre-school education programs for children of families that are unable to afford the cost of quality child care due to job loss, illness or hardship.  Our team gave love to infants through preschoolers by reading stories, singing songs, and playing musical instruments with them.  Volunteers assisted teachers in different classrooms and worked with different age groups.
	During our company volunteer week our staff also took the time to gather items to send to the troops in Afghanistan.  A collection of care package items was collected and sent to an employee's son, and four of his friends serving with the Army.