COUNTRY Financial ® Supports Oregon Jamboree With Partnership As Well As Specific Donations to the Lebanon Police Department and Sweet Home High

Sweet Home, OR (August 1, 2024) – COUNTRY Financial is pleased to support the Oregon Jamboree with an overall partnership as well as donations to various organizations charged with assisting in the production and support of the annual music gathering.

The support is part of COUNTRY Financials’ overall commitment to communities in Oregon. The company currently has representatives that serve clients throughout Oregon. The 23 agents in the Willamette Valley Agency are taking the lead on being present at the Jamboree, as the event takes place in their community. “We believe in the power of local agents in local communities,” said Gina Defa White, Agency Manager, Salem, Oregon. “COUNTRY Financial seeks to enrich the lives of those we serve – helping clients experience more. Whether it’s in Sweet Home, Lebanon, Albany, Corvallis, Salem, or the surrounding areas throughout Oregon, this is the kind of positive impact we want to make here.”

In addition to COUNTRY Financials’ overall sponsorship of the event, the company is focusing on helping several on-the-ground resources associated with the jamboree. Sweet Home High School is serving as the host venue for jamboree kickoff activities August 1 st . The Lebanon Police Department, along with other local law enforcement, is providing event and emergency response support. With this in mind, two locally based agents are stepping up and providing supplemental community assistance.

COUNTRY Financial representative Travis Luttmer is donating $2,000 to support Sweet Home High School’s football program. This year, he also provided $1,000 in support for the baseball team and another $1,000 for the band program. “High school athletics are important gathering places and unifiers for our community,” said Luttmer. “It’s my pleasure to be able to give back
– a spirit that permeates the entire Oregon Jamboree event.”

COUNTRY Financial representative Adrienne Irwin is donating $2,000 to the Lebanon Police Department for its wellness program. “The department does so much to protect and preserve the quality of life here – including their invaluable support of the jamboree. I’m gratified to be able to extend our thanks for their continued good works.” In addition to this current support, over the last three years, Irwin rents out the Santiam Excursion Train for use by first responders, teachers, and veterans. She is a member of the Lebanon Optimist Club and a volunteer for the Strawberry Festival’s Annual Pancake Breakfast. Irwin is also a Lebanon
Chamber Member Ambassador and sits on the Family Tree Relief Nursery Board where she sponsors a child each year for their Season of Giving event. Each year, Irwin donates $2,000 to the YMCA for their Christmas gala.

Representatives Luttmer and Irwin were both recognized at the Oregon Jamboree Kick Off Party activities at Sweet Home High School.

“Getting the chance to celebrate our community and to give back in such an impactful way means the world to everything that we are about at the Oregon Jamboree and the Sweet Home Economic Development Group,” says Katie Schrock, the Marketing Director.

You can learn more about the COUNTRY Financial Willamette Valley Agency at the team’s Facebook page.