Pippel Insurance is proud to support the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to help children overcome cancer.

According to St. Baldrick’s: “With their bald heads, St. Baldrick’s shavees become walking symbols of solidarity with kids fighting cancer. More important, the funds they raise are saving lives.

One young survivor told us recently, “The last three years of my life are a gift from St. Baldrick’s and other donors who funded the research that is not just keeping me alive, but helping me enjoy life.” Many others are not as fortunate, and we all work for the day no child or teen will die of cancer.

In 2009, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation awarded over $12 million in grants to pediatric oncology research experts, as well as funds to train new researchers.”

To find out how you can support St. Baldrick’s, visit their website at www.stbaldricks.org.

In loving memory of Rachel Ferree, 2006.

Love your heart. Be good to it, and it will be good to you. No matter what condition you are in, there are likely steps you can take to improve your heart health.

The American Heart Association has developed a site with the “goal of improving heart health by educating the public on how best to live”. Make the decision today to improve your heart health. You can start today with one of the seven simple steps outlined on My Life Check :

1. Get Active
2. Eat Better
3. Lose Weight
4. Stop Smoking
5. Control Cholesterol
6. Manage Blood Pressure
7. Reduce Blood Sugar

By implementing just one of the above steps today, you are on your way to improving your heart health, and on your way to living a long and healthy life. Work your way through these steps, adding more as you can, and you will likely notice drastically improved health and longevity.

Pippel Insurance Agency, Inc. Surety was selected for membership by National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP). We believe in promoting expertise and professionalism in surety bonding, and through our membership in NASBP we will work to strengthen the surety industry, and provide customers with the very best surety solutions. The National Association of Surety Bond Producer’s membership requirements demand annual surety premium volume be underwritten in two or more corporate sureties.

NASBP members, like Pippel Insurance, specialize in surety bonding. Leading surety companies are active affiliates of NASBP. Pippel Insurance understands the surety bond business and is proud to be a member of NASBP, the acknowledged representative of surety bond professionals within government and industry. We believe our membership in NASBP will help Pippel Insurance continue to provide exceptional surety solutions to the entire state of Alaska.

So, whether you are in Fairbanks, Talkeetna, Anchorage, or right here in the Mat-Su Valley, Pippel Insurance is committed to providing you with surety solutions you can rely on.

More info about the National Association of Surety Bond Producers may be found at www.nasbp.org .

This week Dan Crawford, President and CEO, celebrated his anniversary with Pippel Insurance.

Dan has been with Pippel since 1985. His hard work and dedication to both his customers and staff members, as well as his ideals and vision, have all been instrumental in shaping Pippel Insurance into the premier insurance agency that it is today.

Thank you for all that you do!

There is still time to contribute donations of canned goods and non-perishable food items; Today is the final deadline for the Community Food Drive. Drop off your donations before 5 p.m. today and help a family in need. Your generosity and gift of a good meal will surely make a difference.

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” - Henry David Thoreau