Brownwood News – Good deeds were done Wednesday, September 25, by the Good Neighbor State Farm Insurance Agents of Brownwood who rolled up their sleeves and made life better for a local woman.

State Farm Agents Matthew Williams, Mike Hall and Larry Holder joined with other volunteer construction workers to build a ramp for Brownwood resident, Ella Billings, at her home on Main Blvd.

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“A customer of mine, Mr. Morris Horton, came to my office and asked if we could have any assistance with this.  What they do is build wheelchair ramps for people who don’t have any access into their homes.  They see a lot of things where people have old ramps or rickety ramps or unsafe ramps and they can’t get in and out of their homes. I thought that was something that was a worthy cause to help with,” said Williams.

The Texas Ramp Project, Brownwood Branch, was the recipient of a 2019 State Farm Good Neighbor Grant.  The $1,000 grant funded construction of the ramp.  “I figured it was a great opportunity to help a community member here in Brownwood.  It speaks to my agent’s heart, it speaks to State Farm’s heart so we went ahead, applied for the grant and had it approved,” said Gina Wilken, State Farm Public Affairs Specialist, who also assisted in the ramp construction.

Led by the craftsmanship of Rusty Rogers and Morris Horton, part of the Austin Avenue men’s coffee group, the ramp took shape Wednesday morning.