M. Juanita Guess Award
The esteemed award, the M Juanita Guess Award, has been presented every year since 1995 to a Community Liaison Officer who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, dedication, initiative, or imagination in assisting the families of Americans serving at an overseas post. Winners have served at posts in times of challenge such as Haiti and Sudan, and other winners have also been from more peaceful posts. Nevertheless all of these CLOs worked to promote an environment where our American Foreign Service members and their families could thrive and be an example of the best America has to offer.
The Foreign Service Youth Foundation’s Award for Community Service
Clements has sponsored The Foreign Service Youth Foundation’s Award for Community Service since 2008. This award honors Foreign Service youth who are enrolled in elementary, middle, or high school, or taking a gap year, and are not older than 20. The award recognizes outstanding volunteer efforts overseas, either in community service or in service to peers. These youth have demonstrated their commitment to service despite the challenges of growing up in an international, mobile lifestyle.
Winners receive a certificate of recognition for their volunteer work and the following prizes sponsored by Clements Worldwide: first place $2,500, second place $2,000, honorable mention $1,000.
Expat Youth Scholarship
As the company has expanded beyond its foreign service roots in 2009, Clements Worldwide launched its annual Expat Youth Scholarship, for students aged 13 to 21 experiencing life in foreign countries, including children of American Foreign Service members abroad. Total scholarship contributions since 2009 have surpassed the $100,000 mark. “The EYS contest is another testament to Clements’ ongoing commitment to the international expatriate community and cultural diplomacy as a way to encourage global peace and understanding,” says Tuman.
Other Sponsorships
While Clements also supports other international events, like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Rome, Italy each year, it still makes time to look at how to make a difference closer to home.
“Even though our business focus is global and is a defining characteristic of our company and employees, we also encourage our staff to give back locally. We sponsor employee volunteer days to engage around the DC area.”
CEO of Clements
For example, Clements employees volunteered at the National Arboretum to celebrate Earth Day by assisting with invasive species removal and other activities.
“We believe all these efforts help Clements feel like more than just an insurance broker to our customers and our employees. We see a lot of destruction in the claims that come through from around the world, particularly in high-risk countries across the Middle East and Africa. But we also represent and protect people around the world, who refuse to accept that as the status quo. We are the insurance company that cares and we strive to live that every day,”
CEO of Clements
About Clements
Our journey in becoming a preferred global insurance provider began in 1947 with the creation of the first expatriate program providing international insurance for the U.S. Foreign Service exclusively. With clients served in 170+ countries, we now manage worldwide insurance portfolios for ambassadors, diplomats, foreign service officers and specialists, the military overseas, contractors, educators, and professionals abroad. Additionally, we provide a range business insurance solutions targeted to cover organizations’ operations in high risk and emerging areas.
Resources for GCLOs and Administrators
Find all the Foreign Service insurance information and resources you need with Clements Worldwide. We’ve been providing insurance solutions to the Foreign Service, diplomats and other embassy staff around the globe since 1947.
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