Crawford Volunteers Complete 54 Projects Worldwide During Second Global Day of Service

ATLANTA, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, more than 1,200 Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB) employees helped others around the world Saturday as part of the Company's annual Global Day of Service.

"As we have in the past, we continue to support a number of community initiatives with our corporate dollars, but we also know that when we roll up our collective sleeves and work together to help our communities, the results are tremendous," said Crawford President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey T. Bowman.  "I am proud of the generosity our employees and their family members showed to the towns and cities where we live and work in our second Global Day of Service."

The 54 projects planned by volunteers in 19 countries ranged from organizing food drives to constructing homes to clearing trails. Some specific activities were:

• Providing meals, playing games and doing other activities with children in several Brazilian institutions for abandoned children.
• Donating, sorting and delivering items collected during a month-long food and supply drive for the Orangewood Children's Foundation in Brea, Calif.
• Preparing and serving lunch to guests of the Mustard Seed Street Ministry in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• Planting trees in the Mt. Halimum National Park rainforest in Indonesia.
• Organizing a blood donation drive in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Volunteering at the Autism Society's Camp Royall in Pittsboro, N.C.
• Assisting with moving and with several indoor and outdoor projects at a new Women in Distress facility in Sunrise, Fla.

Company employees also served their communities individually if they were not able to join a group project.

In Crawford's headquarters city of Atlanta, about 150 volunteers worked on several maintenance and enhancement projects in Chastain Park, the largest public park in the city with facilities that include jogging paths, playgrounds, tennis courts, a golf course, swimming pool and amphitheater.

About Crawford

Based in Atlanta, Ga., Crawford & Company (www.crawfordandcompany.com) is the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities, with a global network of more than 700 locations in 63 countries. The Crawford System of Claims Solutions(SM) offers comprehensive, integrated claims services, business process outsourcing and consulting services for major product lines including property and casualty claims management, workers compensation claims and medical management, and legal settlement administration. The Company's shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRDA and CRDB.

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