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AnCap Insurance — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:25:59 +0000

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Annual Arizona Epilepsy Walk

AnCap Insurance — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:19:01 +0000

More than 65,000 men, woman and children in Arizona are living with epilepsy. Proceeds from the annual Arizona Epilepsy Walk will be used to support the programs and services of the Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona.

On Saturday April 2, 2011, to support those with Epilepsy, Cara & Erin are walking with their team Shake, Rattle & Roll in the annual Phoenix Epilepsy Walk at Steel Indian School Park.

If you would like to make a donation to help support the Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona, send your contributions to AnCap Insurance at 8802 N 4th St, Phoenix, AZ 85020. Contributions tax deductible.

Or click here to make a donation online.

Please make checks payable to the Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

AnCap is on the Radio!

AnCap Insurance — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:56:30 +0000

Listen to KFYI or KGME and you will hear Frank Capparelle Sr talk about the great benefits of having AnCap Insurance be your agent. KFYI is AM 550 in Phoenix, AZ. KGME is AM 910 in Phoenix, AZ. KGME also has streaming and you can hear the ads online! Of course if you can’t wait to hear our great advertisements, go to the home page and you can hear them right now!!

Fourth of July

AnCap Insurance — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:19:34 +0000

This Sunday is the 234th birthday of America and anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence. Though it is celebrated with picnics, parades and fireworks. There is a very important history behind the celebrated holiday. Congress voted on July 2nd in favor to no longer be part of the British Empire, but the process made the signing delayed to July 4th. The document that is 29 3/4 inches by 24 1/2 inches is located in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom in Washington D.C.

So celebrate America this weekend!

Here is Phoenix, there are many festivities going on. Go to http://phoenix.about.com/od/4thofjuly/a/July4th.htm for fun things to do this holiday weekend. Please be safe.

Flag Day History

AnCap Insurance — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:46:24 +0000

In 1885, in the small town of Fredonia, Wisconsin a school teacher arranged for that district to observe June 14th as the Flag’s Birthday. This point in history was the 108th anniversary of the official adaption of the stars and stripes. By 1889, the State Board of Education of New York adopted the observance. In 1891, the Betsy Ross house held a celebration. In a 1914, a Flag Day speech read “I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam color, a symbol of yourself”.

The proclaimed president Woodrow Wilson established June 14th as Flag Day in 1916. It wasn’t until 1949, when President Truman signed the Act of Congress truly making June 14th Flag Day and a national holiday.

Celebrations around the country are going on today. Three cities stand out as some of the longest running flag day parades in the U.S. Quincy, Massachusetts & Appleton, Wisconsin began their parades in 1952. Troy, New York will bring the largest crowd averaging about 50,000 people.

It is also proclaimed that this week be National Flag Week. So hang up your flag and show off those stripes!

Texting While Driving.. Not Anymore

AnCap Insurance — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:11:52 +0000

Texting is HUGE now. We all know the dangers of texting and driving. But, do you follow the rules and avoid texting when driving?? Driving down the road and you hear the beep.. new text message waiting. Your curiosity gets the best of you and you just want to know what it says. According to Car and Driving Magazine texting is more dangerous than driving while drunk. They tested reaction times and the results were:

Unimpaired: .54 seconds to brake
Legally Drunk: add 4 feet
Reading an email/ text: add 36 feet
Sending a text: add 70 feet

So how do you stop the curiosity??

Stop it from ever coming. Key2SafeDriving has designed a technology that will reroute all incoming texts (and phone calls if so desired) when in the car. Key2SafeDriving will also prohibit all outgoing texts and calls. They have created a slide key or push button that once the vehicle is started will disable the ability to get a text message. There are ways to personalize the system to add all phone calls in general leaving only 911 emergency access. There are also settings so that you can still use the blue tooth option on your phone.

What happens to the phone call/ text?

It goes directly to the voice mail and the caller gets a message that says “I am driving now. I will call you later when I arrive at my destination safely”. This technology can be particularly desirable to parents of new drivers. Since teens have the highest crash rating, this would take one more distracting item out of the car.

For more information go to: http://safedrivingsystems.com/

Alzheimer’s and Driving

AnCap Insurance — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:20:00 +0000

5.3 Million people are living with Alzheimer’s. It is the 7thleading cause of death. Alzheimer’s is a disorder of the brain. This progressive and fatal brain disease destroys the patients brain cell which cause memory loss and problems with behavior and thinking that are severe enough to disrupt everyday life. Today there is no cure that been found. There are many services and support that can make life better for people living with Alzheimer’s.

There are many changes that have to be made once the diagnosis has been concluded by a doctor. One major decision that needs to be made is , should they drive anymore? Although this may not need to be discussed in the beginning stages, it will definitely need to be addressed as the disease continue to impair the patient. To many people driving is more than a daily activity it is an act of independence. So the subject can be very touchy.

This topic was being discussed on the Alzheimer’s Association Facebook page. Many comments were left on the page with thoughts and ideas on this topic. One comment told a story about a girl telling her dad that the insurance was going to be $8000 a year. He told her to get rid of the car! Another comment said that they had to almost dismantle the car before her dad would give up. Other suggestions given by the Alzheimer’s Association was to have the doctor write a “Do Not Drive” prescription, or hiding the car (out of sight out of mind). For more information on Alzheimer’s go to: www.alz.org

We would like to thank everyone that is a caretaker of anyone that has any type of disease. You are wonderful people and we know that the job can be difficult at times.