My name is Bryce Zimmermann. Before I start writing this essay, I had a lot of questions like, “what is GBU?,” “what do they do?” and “why do I need life insurance?,” but I have learned that GBU is more than just a company; it is a community.

I have also learned that GBU is a life insurance company that gives people the peace of mind that if they or someone they love were to unexpectedly pass away, the funeral expenses would be paid. GBU also means financial security for me and other members.

GBU also gives people like me a chance to get a $250 high school freshman grant to help with some of the expenses to go to a Christian high school. Other people can get a fully paid scholarship to college.

Some of the things GBU has done is Operation Reach Out, which puts together boxes of food and water and other things for soldiers overseas along with letter of appreciation. GBU has been doing this for the past five years. GBU has also given more than $250,000 to first responders during the global crisis that is Covid-19. GBU has been helping people for 128 years and it continues to grow through everything going on in the world.

My parents set up life insurance for me when I was very young. One of their friends recommended that it would be a very smart idea for them to do it.

It would be an honor to be able to get this grant from GBU since it already does so much for so many communities and people that it would be a little thing they could do for me.

-Bryce Zimmermann