One of our members Gallen Insurance is helping Clare of Assisi House with a Smoked Chicken Dinner & Bake Sale. Check out the details below!
We are proud to sponsor the Mind Your Health Event hosted by Family Guidance Center, check it out!
Heels on. Glasses Up.
Support the @Opportunity House at their upcoming Wine, Women & Shoes event.
Register today!! https://e.givesmart.com/events/pYX/
Walk For the Animals to benefit Berks Humane-Society is coming up on May 7th!!
Visit https://humanepa.org/ to register
Want a way to “reuse” this Earth Day & involve the kids or grandkids?
Enlist the kids to help build a bird feeder for the backyard or patio — by using a plastic bottle and filling it with bird feed.
NOTE: You can also make a nature-made feed bowl out of half an orange peel. Fill it with seed and place on an outdoor table or windowsill.
For more information, please visit Earthday.org
A great way to “reduce” this Earth Day is to look at your household energy & perform a household energy audit.
Focus on electronic devices like laptops that are left on 24/7 (which accounts for 5-10% of residential energy use per year!)
Turn these devices off when not in use and you can save an average $100 on your electric bill annually.
Around the house, replace old bulbs with longer-lasting, more energy-efficient ones.
Not ready to take the plunge into solar energy just yet? Look for solar-powered porch or entryway lights you can easily install yourself outside. For even more energy savings, look for motion-sensor solar lights that are only activated when you approach an exit or entryway.
• In the backyard, choose a good location for a compost pile. Start recycling coffee grounds, egg shells, and scraps of food to decompose and to ultimately enrich your garden for the upcoming growing season.
This year, Earth Day 2022 calls on everyone to divest from unsustainable investments; support eco-conscious brands and products; and to use your own skills and voice to fight climate change, and INVEST IN OUR PLANET
There are also several ways to celebrate at home or your backyard using the concepts of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.
• Take a weekend morning to scour the neighborhood for discarded plastics, cans, and bottles for a personal cleanup project that will help the entire community. If you live in a coastal area, this is especially important in helping to protect ocean wildlife.
**stay tuned today as we provide additional ways to reduce, reuse & recycle**
~ Over 85 Craft Vendors
~ Food Trucks: Briano’s (Breakfast &
Lunch), Perk Up, Video Burger, Mad J’s,
AJ’s Hot Dogs, Rita’s Water Ice, Jerry’s
Funnel Cakes/Fried Oreos
~ Kids’ Area: Ray’s Balloons, Face Painting, Art Bus, Henna tattoos
~Adult Treasure Hunt from 9-2 (prize raffle tickets)
~ Raffle Baskets & 50/50
Gallen Insurance enjoyed last evening as VIP guests of Penn National Insurance at Harrisburg’s Regional Chamber of Commerce 2019 Annual Gathering.
Ann Gallen Moll, President & Amy Pertschi, VP Commercial Lines, are pictured here with Mel Robbins -most booked female speaker in the entire world!!
Thank you to everyone who will be participating.
If you have interest in a future course, please feel free to reach out to
Amy Pertschi, CIC, CISR, CPIA
apertschi@galleninsurance.com
610-898-6519
Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent OSHA 10 Construction Safety Course!!
We quickly filled registration for this course.
We are pleased to offer training as a value added service to local businesses that we work with.
If you missed this session, please stay tuned as we anticipate offering additional OSHA courses as well as First Aid & CPR training later this year.
Contact Amy to express your interest today!!
Amy Pertschi, CIC, CISR, CPIA
apertschi@galleninsurance.com
610-898-6519
Join SafeBerks for a for a concert to benefit the playground renovation on Saturday, November 11th or visit their site to purchase a block for $15.
Concert Sat. Nov. 11 to benefit the Safe Berks Playground! Heaven’s Thunder will perform at the State Theatre of Boyertown, doors open at 6:30 p.m., concert is 7-9 p.m. Purchase tickets for $20 at http://
Also available at that website: sponsor one or more of the new playground blocks for $15 each. These blocks will create a new safer surface for the children to play on. We hope to see you there!
Sunday November 5th is the end to Daylight Saving Time for 2017. Be sure to set your clock back and “Fall Behind”
Let’s celebrate thankfulness all month long in November. What is something you can be thankful for today??
Congratulations to our winner of the Gallen Insurance 2017 Halloween Pet Photo Contest….Skye!!
Princess Skye to be exact.
The winner will receive a box of dog treats & $25 Wawa Gift Card for her owner
One week from today we will be celebrating 60 years with an open house! Stop in and say hello, congratulate the team & enjoy light refreshments.
!! Remember to recognize and pursue kindness, forgiveness, thoughtfulness everyday. Did you go out of your way to help someone? Did you try something new this week & find that your heart felt a bit more joy? We’d love for you to share your thoughts here.
Be Kind to Human Kind: Thursday – Thoughtful Thursday!! Break free from your own busy world and take the time to consider the needs of friends, family, co-workers and those around you today. Hold the door, give up your seat for someone who needs it more than you, allow someone with less groceries to go ahead of you, use your manners..always!!
Be Kind to Human Kind: Wednesday – Lend a hand, willingly!! Willingly offer your time, advice or help to someone today. It doesn’t have to be grand, just a moment of full attention and willing help will go a long way.
Be Kind to Human Kind: Tuesday- Touch a Heart. Be an encourager today, write a letter to someone, show interest & care when someone is speaking, offer a compliment, offer to babysit, give a phone call to someone who may be lonely. For more information on The Heart Touch Project, visit www.hearttouch.org
Be Kind to Human Kind: Monday – boy, your auto insurance agent is going to like to know you are handling this one today!! Motorist Consideration Monday!! Be a bit more cautious & considerate on the road today & make it a daily habit. Show kindness, even when driving in the car.
Be Kind To Human Kind: Sunday – Sacrifice Our Own Wants for Other’s Needs. Do something for someone else today!! Run an errand for an elderly neighbor, pick up a meal for the person down the street with a young infant, have a family member over who doesn’t get out much, spend an afternoon with children doing something they want to do, help someone randomly that you find today!!
– Speak Kind Words. We have all heard that our words are our most powerful weapon. Choose wisely the words that you speak today & everyday. Teach your children to speak kindly to others by your example.
August 25th-31st is the global celebration of ‘Be Kind To Humankind Week’ Join us as we offer suggestions for each day! For more suggestions, check out #bk2hk on Instagram or Twitter. For today, try to find enough forgiveness towards yourself or another person. Your health can take a beating when anger, stress & negative emotions are weighing down on you. Love is much stronger & healthier than hate!!
As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, we wanted to go back to the beginning & tell you just how Gallen Insurance started. Our agency was established in 1957 by Joseph J. Gallen, however the history of insurance goes back even further in the family to Joe Sr’s father, Alexander Joseph Gallen (known as AJ). Joseph Sr. worked with his father at an insurance agency but shortly after his father passed away he was fired. At this time, Joe Sr. decided to go into business on his own & founded Joseph J. Gallen Insurance. Gallen was and still is a main street insurance agency writing both personal & commercial insurance. Ann Gallen Moll was the first of Joe’s children to begin working at the agency in 1978. His son, Jack, joined in 1979. In 1981 Joe Sr. and Ann purchased 50% of Berkleigh Insurance and Ann remained working at the Berkleigh office until 1985 when the second half of Berkleigh was purchased. The two offices merged into our current location at 2237 Lancaster Pike Shillington, PA & thus became known as Gallen Insurance. The family continued to join the agency with the addition of Joe Jr. and Mark in 1985. Joe hired his son-in-law Donald H. Moll (current owner of B&G Glass) in 1986 and son David Gallen in 1989.
As both family & business became more interesting around 1988, Joe Sr. decided to step out of the business for 6 months to see if the family could agree long enough to run a business. Ann was elected President by her 4 brothers. In 1989 the agency hired its first health insurance producer. Joe Sr. officially retired at the age of 65 in 1991.
All of Joe Sr. & Melba Gallen’s children Teresa (Terry) Ernst, Michael Gallen, John (Jack) Gallen, Ann Moll, Joseph (Joe) Jr. Gallen & Christopher (Chris) Gallen have been a part of the agency’s history. Currently, Ann Moll, Joe Jr. Gallen & Dave Gallen still work for the agency. Recently Dave’s son, Ben Gallen joined the team as the first grandchild of Joe Sr. & Melba to work at Gallen on a full time basis.
Our ever popular sign has been changed by our famous “Sign Guys” starting with Sam Moll, son of President Ann Moll, Ben Gallen, son of Dave Gallen, who passed the job down to his brother Grant and our current ‘Sign Guy’ is Owen Gallen, son of Chris Gallen.
We have a feeling there will be many more Gallen grandchildren & great-grandchildren to have a role here at the agency as we continue to be your local, trusted & family owned agency. However, let’s not forget our amazing employees outside of the family. Our current staff consists of 21 employees. We have 17 full time employees and 4 part time that make up our wonderful staff.
Join us in celebrating our 60th Anniversary, we look forward to seeing you at our Open House on Monday, September 18th, 2017!
Save the Date!
Gallen Insurance is having a 60th Anniversary Open House Celebration!
When: Monday, September 18th, 2017 – 4:30pm
Where: 2237 Lancaster Pike – Shillington, PA
Light refreshments will be served.
Gallen Celebrates 60 Years
A look back over the past 60 years…way back to when Joe Gallen, Sr. opened the doors!!
More to come, but please join us in celebrating our 60 years!!
We will be holding an open house at our agency in late September to thank you all, our loyal customers, as we know we would not be here without you!
Westfield Insurance and the Westfield Insurance Foundation joined Gallen Insurance by awarding Mary’s Shelter the Westfield Legacy of Caring grant in the amount of $2,500 to support their efforts in Family Stability! Dave Gallen & Ann Gallen Moll were proud to present the check to the wonderful folks at Mary’s Shelter
Join Gallen Insurance on Thursday, May 11th at Zerbe Retirement Community. Ben Gallen & Jay Mahoney will be available to answer your questions.
Looking for classic car shows in and around the Berks County area? We’ve got a great lineup of classic car, collector car, hot rod and motorcycle shows for this summer that’s guaranteed to keep your engine revving!
5/7/15 – Every Thursday this Summer – Morgantown Sonic
Morgantown, PA / Collector Cars & Motorcycles
5/16/15 – Denver Park Assoc.
Denver, PA / Collector Cars & Motorcycles
5/17/15 – Richland Legion Car & Bike
Richland, PA / Collector Cars & Motorcycles
5/30/15 – Raising Awareness the Classic Way
Denver Park / Collector Cars & Motorcycles
6/21/15 – Womelsdorf Park Assoc
Womelsdorf Park / Collector Cars
8/25/15 – Reinholds VFW Post 6759
Reinholds, PA / Collector Cars
8/28/15 – 8/30/15 – Wheels of Time SRA
Macungie Memorial Park / Street Rods & Custom Cars
9/13/15 – Womelsdorf Park Assoc
Womelsdorf Park / Collectors Cars
9/19/15 – Smokehaus
Robesonia, PA / Collector Cars & Motorcycles
9/20/15 – Shillington Business Association
Shillington, PA / Collectors Cars
For more information on classic car and motorcycle insurance contact:
Amber Rice-Manella – Insurance Consultant
610-898-6510 | Email
Gallen: Helping Those Who Help Our Community
Here at Gallen we have a long history of not only supporting for-profit companies but non-profit organizations as well. We not only assist these organizations by providing professional services, but we feel a deep responsibility to our community to give back in a personal, hands-on way. Whether it’s through activities like fundraising, event coordination or volunteering our time, we are committed to helping these local non-profits who help others in our community.
One of the leaders in the drive to support our local non-profits is Bill Fox, Gallen’s non-profit liability insurance expert. Bill was born and raised locally, and is committed to helping because of his deep roots and compassion for his community. Some of the local non-profits that Bill and his colleagues at Gallen insures and supports are:
Easy Does It
Easy Does it, Inc. is a recovery house serving Berks county and celebrating 25 years in operation. They house and assist 80 men and women rebuilding their lives and have two facilities to offer. In past years Gallen Insurance has volunteered to assist with various fundraising events and promotions. The next event they are conducting is their annual golf open held Wednesday June 24th. We hope you lend your support and that we see you there.
Berks Women in Crisis
Berks Women in Crisis – this nonprofit organization has a long standing affiliation with Gallen and several members of our organization have served the board and donated many hours of their time to help women in need. The next big event is April 18th, Walk for No More.
Greater Berks Food Bank
The Greater Berks Food Banks has a long time affiliation with Gallen Insurance and several Gallen folks have served countless hours and held board positions. If you’re interested in supporting the food bank, their next big fundraising event is the Summer Daze concert on July 11th.
Mary’s Shelter
Mary’s Shelter is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year and as part of that celebration we are encouraging groups, businesses and congregations to host a baby bottle campaign from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day (May 10th to June 21st) as a way of showing support to these young families who are overcoming some difficult situations.
The Baby Bottle Campaigns serve a dual purpose – first, to raise funds for the organization and program support; our educational programs help change lives by providing the opportunity for productive, gainful employment. Second, the campaigns raise awareness – when friends, family or neighbors ask why you have a baby bottle sitting on your counter, it opens the door for conversations/ explanation about what Mary’s Shelter does for the community.
For more information about non-profit liability insurance, please call Bill Fox at (610) 207-0980 and we hope to see you at some of these exciting events!
Gallen Insurance’s Top Events for August 2014
We’re happy to share with you so many of the great events that are taking place in Berks County this July, August and September. Please join our clients, vendors, neighbors and friends in any of the following August events:
Happening in July…
What: Humane Society of Berks County presents Pints for Pups. All proceeds from Pints for Pups go directly to veterinary and pet care programs for people and animals in some of our most under-served and impoverished areas. Where: The Reading Liederkranz (near Stokesay Castle) 143 Spook Lane Reading, Pennsylvania 19606 When: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 4 pm – 7 pm (general admission) 3 pm – 4 pm (VIP Hour) Other: Tickets can be purchased here.
August Events…
What: Annual Grings Mill Run
The Pagoda Pacers A.C., Reading, PA is Proud to Present the 37th Annual Grings Mill Run 5k & 10K Races & 1/2 Mile Kids Run. “Pennsylvania’s Prettiest Race”!!! When: Sunday, August 3th, 2014 9:00 A.M Where: Grings Mill Park (across from Penn State Berks), 2083 Tulpehocken Rd, Reading, PA Regist./ number pickup opens at 7:30 a.m. 5k/10k starts at 9:00 a.m., Fun Run approx 10:15. Clock at finish, refreshments, mile splits, instant results and Live Band. Finish on historic bridge over spillway. COURSE: 99% flat & Zero Traffic; VERY scenic course!!! BONUS: no need to decide which event you want to do now; make your decision race day when you know better how hot it is and how fit you are! Other: Race application. Race Directors: Jeff Hills: (610) 223-7125 and Lori Hills: (610) 858-6549. Email: gringsmillrun@gmail.com
What: The Shillington Business Association (SBA) are having their Summer Mixer, which is open to businesses in Cumru, Brecknock, Kenhorst, Mohnton, and Shillington townships. People from outside the area are usually welcome to come, especially if invited by a member. Where: Mifflin Park Elementary School 598 Governor Drive Shillington, PA 19607 When: Monday, August 4th, 2014 5:15 pm – 8 pm Other: RSVP to Ruth Ann Cole @ 610-777-0500 or Ruthann@signsmore.com
What: Muhlenberg Wine & Dine. Sponsored by the Muhlenberg Lions & Rotary Club. You bring your own picnic dinner and lawn chair or blanket. Wine will be available for purchase from Vynecrest, Clover Hill and Nissley wineries. Music to be provided by The Uptown Band. Where: Saturday, August 23rd, 2014 5:30-8, doors open at 4PM. When: Jim Dietrich Park Dietrichs Farm Road, Reading, PA 19605, USA Other: Cost is $10 in advance or $15 at the gate the day of the event.
Coming in September…
What: Christian Music Fest “Jesus in Motion” fundraiser benefitting the Hope Rescue Mission of Reading, PA. Accepting donations for the Rescue Missions of Non-Perishable Food Items and Cash Donations. When: Saturday, September 6, 2014 1:00 pm Where: 363 Beagle Road, Lebanon, PA
What: The Shillington Business Association is holding their Annual Car Cruise. Admission free with donation of non-perishable food or cleaning items for the Mifflin Community Food Ministry. Rain date the following Sunday, September 14. When: Sun, September 7, 1pm – 4pm Where: Shillington Park 500 Philadelphia Ave, Reading, PA 19607 Other: Email: shillingtonbusinessassociation@gmail.com