Gerling Law is an active participant in the life of the Evansville community, as well as the Indianapolis and Louisville communities we serve. We continue to support efforts to improve and enrich the lives of our neighbors. It’s the right thing to do.
Area Outreach Programs
Hang Up & Drive – Gerling Law and WIKY Sponsor Safe Driving Initiative – Attorney Gayle Gerling Pettinga urges drivers to stop texting while driving. Gerling Law in Evansville, Indiana, along with WIKY radio, asks everyone to be safe and pay attention while driving. In local community service spots on WIKY 104.1 FM, Gayle Gerling Pettinga urges everyone: Don’t call or text on your cell phone! Act responsibly and make the road a safer place for everyone.
Says Gerling, “It’s becoming a real danger because so many drivers, especially teenagers, are choosing to send text messages when they should be watching the road and the traffic around them. People are even dying because of cell phone use while driving. We want everyone to be safe and stop this avoidable cause of personal tragedy and serious injury.”
This effort is promoted on billboards to Evansville area drivers and WIKY radio listeners can submit their personal promise to stay off the phone and—an additional incentive—register to win a vacation:
“From April 19th, 2010, through July 25th, 2010, WIKY listeners will be urged to visit our website at wiky.com. On our homepage we will provide a link and story that visitors can click. Once clicking that link they will be taken to a landing page describing our “Hang Up & Drive” campaign. They will be able to submit their “promise” to stay off the phone while driving and register to win a drive-to vacation.”
-- excerpt from Hang Up & Drive contest rules at www.wiky.com
For more information, go to www.wiky.com
Great Helmet Giveaway and Bike Safety Day
2010 was the 4th year for Gerling Law’s bike helmet giveaway, with a total of 5000 helmets provided free to area children.
Gerling Law hosts the Great Helmet Giveaway and Bike Safety Day, an annual charitable event that benefits the children in our community. This year’s event will take place at our downtown Evansville office office at 519 Main Street in May (date to be announced). Free bike helmets are given away to children under age 16, and free bicycle safety checks are also provided. Bike stunt demonstrations will also part of this fun activity.
If you are interested in learning more about the Annual Bicycle Helmet Giveaway contact us for more infomation.
Our Commitment to the Community
In our ongoing commitment to the community, Gerling Law in Evansville has been involved in the following community projects and events.
Area Organizations We Support
These community organizations receive support through contributions of time and/or money from Gerling Law and its team of professionals. In alphabetical order:
- African America Museum
- American Legion
- A Network of Evansville Women
- Africa Hope
- Albion Fellows Bacon Center
- ALS Association of Southern Indiana
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross
- Arthritis Foundation
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters
- Boy Scouts of America
- Camp Ondessonk
- Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Evansville
- Catholic Education Foundation
- Civitan Club
- Culver Education Foundation
- Diamond Chix Softball Team
- Daughters of Charity
- Deaconess Hospital Foundation
- Easter Seals
- Evansville Bar Association Homeless Connect
- Evansville Bar Association Paralegals
- Evansville Bar Association Talk to a Lawyer
- Evansville Bar Foundation
- Evansville Dance Theatre
- Evansville Day School
- Evansville ARC Day Care
- Evansville ARC Foundation
- Evansville Boys and Girls Club
- Evansville Christian Life Center
- Evansville Ostomy Association
- Evansville Parks Foundation
- Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
- Evansville Psychiatric Children’s Center
- Evansville Rehabilitation Center
- Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Foundation
- Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
- Evansville Youth Hockey Association
- Friends and Alumni of Reitz Memorial High School
- Friends of NRA Foundation
- Gilda’s Club
- Granite State Quest
- Habitat for Humanity
- Holy Name Catholic School
- Holy Rosary Catholic School
- Homeless Coalition
- House of Bread and Peace
- Indiana Bar Foundation
- Indiana Paralegal Association
- Indiana University Foundation
- Indianapolis Zoo
- Joshua Academy
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Juvenile Guidance Foundation
- Impact Ministries
- Junior League of Evansville
- Keep Evansville Beautiful
- Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville
- Komen Foundation
- Life Choices
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Lodge Elementary School
- March of Dimes
- Marian Educational Outreach
- Mesker Part Zoo and Botanic Gardens
- Milestones Day Care
- Montessori Academy of Evansville
- Mt. Carmel School Corporation
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- National Association for Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
- National Night Out
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Newburgh Junior Baseball
- Oak Hill Church Preschool
- Patchwork Central
- Public Education Foundation
- Riley Hospital for Children
- Ronald McDonald House of Ohio Valley
- Run of the Luck
- Ruth’s House
- Santa Clothes Club
- Sierra Club
- Signature School
- Soles 4 Souls
- SOLO Wilderness First Aid
- Southern Illinois University Foundation
- Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging
- Smith College
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- St. Meinrad Archabbey
- St. Vincent’s Day Care Center
- Tales and Scales
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Women’s Hospital
- Tri-State Food Bank
- United Methodist Women Association
- University of Evansville
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Southern Indiana Foundation
- Vanderburgh Community Foundation
- Vanderburgh Humane Society
- Women’s Fund of Vanderburgh County
- YMCA
- YMCA Partner with Youth
- Young Life of Evansville
- YWCA