Featured Service Project: Play Together, Stay Together
Children in foster care often experience a range of mental health conditions, including anxiety, social phobia and various conduct disorders. One indicator of the scope of this problem is that children and teens in foster care are twice as likely as combat veterans to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to One Family Illinois (OFI) – the nonprofit we partnered with for our 2024 annual service project. Furthermore, siblings are often separated in the foster care process, and when siblings are separated, the mental health risks are even higher.
OFI is addressing the toll that foster care takes on children by providing a neighborhood “village” in Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham community where foster siblings are kept together and live in homes with professional foster parents. In addition, the children benefit from trained support staff, clinical therapists, wellness programs and more.
In 2024, more than 100 Travelers volunteers and business partners came together to build a KABOOM! playground and recreational area for OFI children and families. Volunteers built a playscape, as well as raised garden beds, park benches, picnic tables and shade structures. Volunteers also helped to assemble furniture and set up computers in a newly renovated community center for OFI funded by Travelers.
Dozens of children and families in the OFI community will now have a safe place to play and learn, contributing to their overall physical and mental well-being.
Community benefits
- Families and children benefit from access to recreational and learning spaces that contribute to their overall physical and mental health.
Travelers benefits
- Through their volunteer efforts in service of our communities, employee volunteers were also able to further develop their team-building, networking and project-management skills.
- In addition to the positive impact on communities, these partnerships benefit Travelers by driving stability and security in the places where we operate.
Illustrative initiatives
Travelers Championship®
Our Signature Community Event
The Travelers Championship® golf tournament is a PGA TOUR Signature Event, and it showcases how our company and employees maintain a strong commitment to the communities in which we live and work.
Affordable Housing
Support through Funding and Volunteerism
Travelers continues its partnership with Habitat for Humanity® International and other nonprofit organizations focused on helping individuals and families achieve independence through safe and affordable housing.
Community Service Vehicle Donations
Driving Opportunity
Travelers is proud to partner with Recycled Rides®, a program managed by the National Auto Body Council that brings together insurers, auto repair shops and community members to donate refurbished vehicles to those without reliable transportation.
