Thursday, March 22, 2012

How Many Can We Feed?

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank began it's annual Harvest for Hunger food campaign earlier this March, and it will continue through the end of April.  The O'Neill Group has partnered with them to help feed those in need in our own community.  As one of the tag lines say, "it's closer than you think," and we hope to make a difference. 

We have collection bins in our office at 111 High Street in Wadsworth, the only Downtown Wadsworth dropoff point, and we're adding two additional "jean days" to our schedule. For those two scheduled Mondays, all of our team members can wear jeans if they donate $10 to do so.  $10 doesn't sound like much but when you understand that for every $1 the Foodbank can turn it into four meals, it makes a big difference.  Our two days with sixteen employees chipping in $10 each will result in 1,280 meals. 

The O'Neill Group is also offering the option to refer your family and friends.  For each person you send our way, we're donating $25. That equates to 100 meals for just one referral.  Imagine if we received 50 referrals!  That's 5,000 meals for our community! 

We hope you'll stop in, make a donation, bring something for our bins, or send a friend or family member our way. That's how we make a difference together.  Let's just see ... how many can we feed?

O'Neill Welcomes Andrea Ham

Andrea Ham
The O’Neill Group recently hired Andrea Ham from Brunswick, Ohio, as a Commercial Lines Assistant to offer various support in that department. She brings with her a lifetime of volunteer work that includes serving in emergency rooms to delivering community meals once a month with her children. Her professional background comes with a business administration degree from Ball State University and experience in human resources.

“Andrea is an excellent addition to our team,” says Patrick O’Neill, President and CEO of The O’Neill Group. "She's shown intuitive apptitude for this industry and continues to contribute value and insight to the agency in the short time she's been with us."

The O’Neill Group is an independent insurance and risk management consulting agency serving Wadsworth, Ohio, and surrounding areas. To contact Patrick O’Neill or to receive additional information regarding any of The O’Neill Group’s protection programs, please call the office at 330-334-1561, toll-free at 800-334-1561, or visit the company website at
http://www.oneillinsurance.com/.

Monday, January 16, 2012

O'Neill Group Shops for Salvation Army Families


O’Neill Group Shops for Salvation Army Families

Wadsworth, Ohio, December 12, 2011. An annual event for The O’Neill Group since 2001, employees last week divided into groups and shopped local retailers for children and families in need during the Christmas season. The Salvation Army provided the wish lists for each member of the two families along with sizes and preferences. Gift cards to purchase a Christmas dinner for each family were also added to the packages.

“We believe that since we have been blessed in the past year we should share that with families in our community,” said Patrick O’Neill, President and CEO. “This is one of our favorite activities of the year and humbles me that our staff continues to be so eager to participate.” It was in 2001 that the staff agreed to forego their more elaborate Christmas party for a luncheon, thus providing the funds for the annual shopping trips.

The O’Neill Group is an independent insurance agency serving Wadsworth, Ohio, and surrounding areas. To contact Patrick O’Neill, President and CEO, or to receive additional information regarding The O’Neill Group’s insurance protection programs for home, auto, life, health, and business, please call the office at 330-334-1561 or 800-334-1561 or visit the company website at www.oneillinsurance.com.