Strengthening Our Community Involvement Through Giving Together Program

The WoodmenLife mission is to unite hardworking Americans to secure their financial future while strengthening our communities and country. It was this mission that drove us to create the Giving Together program in 2019.

Giving Together helps us make a difference by empowering Sales Representatives to build teams of volunteers that improve hometowns through beautification, clean-up, and painting projects.

The work done in 2025 helped us continue to grow the impact we make in communities. Some stats from last year’s program:

• 452 projects completed
• $230,175 spent to support the projects
• 3,150 volunteers
• 14,240 volunteer hours
• $495,410 total value of volunteer time

“Our Giving Together program had another successful season in 2025,” said Robby Molony, Vice President, Fraternal for WoodmenLife. “Our Sales Representatives and volunteers improved the communities they live in. I’m impressed by our volunteers, their volunteer hours, and the great quality of the projects. I look forward to even greater results in 2026!”

Since we started our Giving Together program, thousands of volunteers have conducted thousands of projects, logging tens of thousands of hours helping in their communities. Plus, more than $1 million has been spent to support these efforts.

The Giving Together program furthers our vision to be known as an insurer with a purpose. When someone becomes a WoodmenLife member¹, they become part of something more. We’re more than life insurance — we’re also here to make a difference in hometowns across country.

Learn more about WoodmenLife and our community involvement at WoodmenLife.org/Giving-Back.

Written by: Gary Peterson, Senior Copywriter

1. An individual becomes a member by joining our shared commitment to family, community and country, and by purchasing a WoodmenLife product.

Representative Alex Gonzalez and a team of volunteers cut down an unwanted tree at Dellview Elementary. They then cleaned up the flower bed, added new soil, and planted new plants.

Representative Freddie Jacobs led a beautification project at Ashpole Elementary School. The team of volunteers put out mulch around the school’s front fence, planted flowers along the walkway into the school, and power washed the school’s sign.

For her Giving Together project, Representative Jill Blair and her team painted planters and planted flowers and vegetables at the Shine House.

Representative Meagan Young and a group of volunteers worked to beautify Horizons Unlimited. They cleaned up three garden beds, mulched, planted flowers, and replaced the flag pole and flag.

For her Giving Together project, Representative Ashley Klynstra and her team donated and constructed a swing set and climbing dome for Cypress Grove Church.

Volunteers cleaned up the landscaping, trimmed bushes, planted flowers, put down mulch, and installed solar lights at Westside Middle School. The project was led by Representative Tina De Jesus.

Led by Representative Bobby Wilder, this community beautification project assembled two planter boxes and filled them with soil and vegetable plants at the Arena Recovery Community Center.

Representative Tyler Sprinkel led a Giving Together project at Omaha Christian High School. After the volunteers finished cleaning up the flower bed around the school sign, they practiced a Celebrating Red, White & Blue^® flag display so they could come back later and do one at a school sporting event.

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