Company also makes $60,000 contribution to send 10 kids to
camp
LAKE
ZURICH, Ill., July 21,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac and the Sunrise
Association, delivered My Special Aflac Ducks® to 50
children and families facing childhood cancer today at Sunrise Day
Camp–Chicago located at the JCC Chicago Lake County Campus in
Lake Zurich, Illinois. Beginning
in 2022, Aflac has made My Special Aflac Duck available to
Sunrise campers across the United
States as part of a national sponsorship with Sunrise
Association, whose mission is to bring back the joys of childhood
to children with cancer and their siblings in the U.S. and
abroad.
My Special Aflac Duck is an
award-winning social robot developed by Aflac to help provide
comfort, joy and distraction to children with cancer and sickle
cell. It is a cornerstone of Aflac's 28-year commitment to helping
children with cancer and blood disorders, which also includes more
than $168 million in contributions to
the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders
Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
"Providing My Special Aflac Duck to children at the Sunrise Day
Camp in Lake Zurich will help as
they navigate the challenges associated with a cancer diagnosis,
and that is a gift that everyone at Aflac, our employees,
executives and independent sales agents, takes tremendous pride in
delivering," Aflac U.S. President Virgil R.
Miller said. "Sunrise Association shares our values and our
commitment to families in need and we are incredibly pleased to
work with them to deliver happiness and joy to children."
In addition to making My Special Aflac Ducks available to
children participating at Sunrise Association camps across the
U.S., Aflac will also continue its commitment to help send 10
children to camp in the coming year through a $60,000 contribution to the organization. Sunrise
Association does not charge families for their camp
experiences.
"Aflac's contribution will help us to continue offering our
programs to these amazing children and families without ever having
to charge a fee. Their My Special Aflac Duck program also
aligns perfectly with our mission to bring joy to these children
through our camp experiences," said Sunrise Association's President
and CEO Arnie Preminger. "We could
not be more pleased with this new relationship with one of
America's strongest and more purposeful brands."
Features of My Special Aflac Duck include an interactive
mobile app that allows children to virtually bathe and feed their
duck, customizable soundscapes that provide soothing visuals and
sounds, smart sensors that enable touch and awareness of light and
sounds, and a calming heartbeat and breathing vibrations. To help
children express themselves, the duck also comes with seven feeling
discs that, when tapped individually to a sensor on the duck's
chest, prompt My Special Aflac Duck to emulate each
different emotion. Since 2018, Aflac has distributed –
free-of-charge - nearly 24,000 My Special Aflac Ducks to
children in the United States,
Japan and Northern Ireland. Each unit costs the company
approximately $200.
Healthcare providers, support organizations and families seeking
to order My Special Aflac Duck for their children or
patients 3 years or older who have been diagnosed with cancer or
sickle cell disease may do so by visiting
https://aflacchildhoodcancer.org. All My Special Aflac Ducks
are provided and delivered free of charge.
ABOUT AFLAC INCORPORATED
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL), a Fortune 500 company, has
helped provide financial protection and peace of mind for more than
67 years to millions of policyholders and customers through its
subsidiaries in the U.S. and Japan. In the U.S., Aflac is the No. 1
provider of supplemental health insurance products.1 In
Japan, Aflac Life Insurance Japan
is the leading provider of cancer and medical insurance policies in
force. In 2021, the company became a signatory of the Principles
for Responsible Investment (PRI). In 2022, the company was included
in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the ninth
year, the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 17th
consecutive year, Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies for the
22nd time and Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index for the fourth
consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health
insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at aflac.com or
aflac.com/espanol. Investors may learn more about Aflac
Incorporated and its commitment to corporate social responsibility
and sustainability at investors.aflac.com under
"Sustainability."
1 LIMRA 2021 U.S. Supplemental Health Insurance Total
Market Report
ABOUT THE SUNRISE ASSOCIATION
The mission of the Sunrise Association is to bring back the joys
of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings worldwide.
Sunrise accomplishes this through the creation and oversight of
welcoming, inclusive summer day camps, year-round
programs and in-hospital recreational activities, all offered free
of charge. Learn more at sunriseassociation.org.
Media contact: Jon
Sullivan, 706-763-4813 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact: David
A. Young, 706-596-3264, 800-235-2667
or dyoung@aflac.com
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