WoodmenLife

Woodmenlife extras: Woodmenlife offers a variety of exclusive benefits and discounts to our members at no extra cost, just for doing business with us. Some of the non-contractual benefits available to eligible Woodmenlife members include: first responders benefit - Woodmenlife will pay a 25,000 benefit if a good-standing member is killed while performing his/her duties as a non- military first responder. First responders may include firefighters, emts and paramedics, police, or a person performing a supporting role to such individuals. Family legacy benefit - Woodmenlife offers 1,000 per month for the care of members' children if they are orphaned. Natural disaster benefit - qualified members whose homes are damaged or destroyed by natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wild/forest fires, or earthquakes, may be eligible for up to 1,000 to help with home repair costs. Life's perks - this easy-to-use member discount program offers savings on brand-name items from more than 30,000 local and national retailers. Members can save money on everyday items like cell phones, restaurants and wholesale club memberships, and on major purchases like automobiles, homes and furniture. Woodmenlife focus forward scholarship - through the Woodmenlife focus forward scholarship, more than 4,000 scholarships worth 2.7 million have been awarded to high school graduates since 2017. Scholarships may be used at colleges, universities and trade schools, and scholarship money can be used for education-related expenses, which include tuition, fees, books, supplies and room and board. Student loan relief - every year, Woodmenlife gives up to 200 1,000 awards to eligible members. Recipients are selected based on community service, patriotism and loan statements. Lawassuretm -lawassure gives Woodmenlife members the ability to create customized wills, powers of attorney and healthcare directives with free, easy-to-use online templates. Giving together - the giving together program provides funding for sales representatives to organize and conduct community beautification projects, such as painting at youth football fields and landscaping at schools and community centers. Community improvement funds - Woodmenlife allocates funds to local chapters and communities that support our shared commitment to family, community and country. These funds help members provide for local needs and give members a voice in deciding which causes matter most to them. Annual regional events - in 2022, Woodmenlife introduced annual regional events (ares) to members across the country. These events are designed to help people collaborate, as well as to educate, and recognize chapters and members for their contributions to the community. They are another way for Woodmenlife to cultivate relationships among the Woodmenlife family. There were 32 ares held in 2022

Fighting hunger - Woodmenlife made fighting hunger its national community focus in 2015. This focus unites members of the Woodmenlife family, as well as our sales representatives and home office associates. Hunger-fighting efforts include community food drives, backpack stuffing events, sorting donations at local food banks, serving meals at community kitchens, and holding cooking fundraisers. Woodmenlife also supports this effort through its corporate giving. Since 2015, Woodmenlife and its members have collected nearly 1.2 million pounds of food and donated nearly 3.4 million dollars.

Patriotic program: Woodmenlife's patriotic program was launched more than 75 years ago in support of the organization's common bond focus on our country. Since 1947, the organization has donated more than 3.5 million flags to nonprofit organizations, schools and communities. Woodmenlife is the second largest purchaser of american flags behind the united states government. As part of the patriotic program, chapters are encouraged to plan and participate in flags across america projects on june 14 and in honor and remembrance ceremonies on september 11. They also plan community service projects for veterans day, memorial day and independence day. In addition, Woodmenlife has partnered with the gary sinise foundation to further support their mission of honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need.