Saginaw, Texas, Insurance Agent Awards $300 College Scholarship to Boswell High School Senior Jeromy Corey

    SAGINAW, TX, September 14, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Saginaw, Texas insurance agent Linda Allen has awarded a $300 college scholarship to Jeromy Corey. He is planning to attend Lubbock Christian University this fall and major in Criminal Justice. "It's an honor to be chosen to receive this scholarship," said Corey, who works full time and was an honor roll student during his senior year at Boswell High School in Eagle Lake, TX. He also plays varsity basketball.

To win the scholarship, Corey wrote an essay, did an interview with Allen and met the requirement of living in a household headed by a single parent. "I know how tough it is to be a single mom and to want the best for your children," said Allen. "I hope that the scholarship will make things just a little easier for Jeromy's mother Sylvia Corey as he heads off to college," said Saginaw TX State Farm agent Linda Allen.

Allen plans to make the scholarship an annual award. To apply for the award, a student must be a senior at Boswell High School, have a 3.0 weighted GPA, good attendance and write a 500-word essay explaining why he or she needs the scholarship and what his or her future plans are.

"I know that Jeromy Corey will be a success. He's an outstanding young man. His mama should be proud of raising a son like him," said Allen.

Allen's other initiatives this year include leading a clothing and food drive for Haiti Earthquake survivors and sponsoring and volunteering at the Kiwanis North Texas Bike Ride and teaching defensive driving classes in Saginaw, TX.

About State Farm:
State Farm insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in the U.S., is the leading insurer of watercraft and is also a leading insurer in Canada. State Farm's 17,000 agents and 68,000 employees serve more than 78 million auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and more than 1.9 million bank accounts. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 32 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit www.statefarm.com or in Canada www.statefarm.ca.

About the Linda Allen State Farm Agency:
The Linda Allen State Farm Agency is located at 8101 Boat Club Road, Suite 240 in Fort Worth (Saginaw/Eagle Mountain Lake), TX 76179. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Call State Farm agent Linda Allen and her team at (817) 236-7200, or visit them on the Web at http://www.LindaInsuresMe.com.

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