Agency Charity Board Members present $11,000 check to Mommy’s Light

Newtown Square, PA – July 8, 2005 – Agency Charities (a group of State Farm Agents from the Delaware Valley) donated $11,000 to Mommy’s Light Lives On Fund in honor of agent Dennis Kurek and his wife, Maryanne, of Newtown Square, PA, who were killed in an automobile accident in 1998. Mommy’s Light is one of three charities selected to benefit from the group’s annual golf tournament. A Delaware Valley based non-profit organization, Mommy’s Light brings joy and comfort to children and teens whose mothers are in life-threatening situations or are deceased. Visit www.mommyslight.org.

“Mommy’s Light helped to make this year’s outing the most successful of its seven - year run,” said Chuck McAveney, State Farm agent of Havertown, PA. “It was very meaningful to have Mommy’s Light as a beneficiary since this golf outing was started to help the Kurek’s sons after their parents were killed and Mommy’s Light helps maternally bereaved youngsters.”

Mommy’s Light was founded by Mary Murphy, a Newtown Square, PA resident, less than three months before she died of cancer. Mary and her son created a plan to keep her spirit alive by preserving special traditions they shared. That philosophy is the basis for Mommy's Light's program today. Currently, Mommy's Light's services are available to young people in southeastern PA, southern NJ and northern DE.