Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

Videos from this campaign

My Special Aflac Duck delivery to a pediatric patient at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx.
Wellness Matters: Dean Holmes.
Wellness Matters: Dean Holmes.
Wellness Matters: Dean Holmes.
Young girl shown holding her Aflac Duck.
Legendary Coach Dawn Staley helps give sickle cell patients a voice with My Special Aflac Duck.
Nigel Graham sitting in a firetruck
Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami.
Grant Gossling.
Colonel Retired James Jackson; former Aflac employee.

Content from this campaign

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

My Special Aflac Duck® Lands in the Big Apple
In September — honoring Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Awareness Month — My Special Aflac Duck® found its way to New York City, delivering smiles to pediatric cancer and sickle cell patients at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx.

Health & Healthcare

Don’t Wait: Advocate
Wellness checkups are excellent tools for staying on top of your health — especially routine screenings that can help detect certain diseases, like cancer, early and before they’ve had a chance to spread.

Health & Healthcare

How You Can Lend a Hand When It’s Needed Most
September is National Childhood Cancer and National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month. Sadly, nearly 10,000 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and about 1 in every 365 Black or African American babies in the U.S. are born with sickle cell disease.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

My Special Aflac Duck® Goes To Camp
When you hear the phrase, “the joys of childhood,” it may evoke memories of chasing butterflies in the backyard, baking cookies with grandma or maybe a crafts table stacked high with items handmade with love.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Legendary Coach Dawn Staley Helps Give Sickle Cell Patients a Voice With My Special Aflac Duck®
When your view of the world is through the lens of a disease that can often cause pain and require more frequent doctor visits, finding comfort is imperative. That is a reality for the approximately 100,000 Americans impacted by sickle cell disease.

Health & Healthcare

Routine Matters: How a Regular Wellness Exam Helped Identify Prostate Cancer Early
Personal health and fitness have always been important to Nigel Graham — volunteer firefighter, Northern Ireland native, Spartan® race veteran and key member of the Aflac flock in Columbia, South Carolina.

Health & Healthcare

Health Care Advocate and YouTube Star “Doctor Mike” Varshavski Joins Aflac on Their Wellness Matters Campaign, Urging Young People To Develop Better Health Habits
When it comes to taking care of their health, there are a few simple things that young people may be missing: making and keeping appointments with their primary care physicians, and leaning too heavily on urgent care and the emergency room for their primary care.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Having a Ball in the Communities We Serve
When Alex English retired from the game of basketball in 1991, he had many wins and achievements under his belt — from setting records at the University of South Carolina and in the National Basketball Association to his induction into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Aflac Employees Help Provide Nearly 45,000 Meals to Those in Need
Over the past six months, teams of Aflac employees have volunteered at Feeding the Valley Food Bank, part of the Feeding America network, to help provide nearly 45,000 meals for children and adults living with food insecurity in the Chattahoochee Valley in Georgia and Alabama.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Experiencing the Magic of the ‘Gooooal’ With the Patients of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
In June, Aflac spent an entire afternoon at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami with Adamari López, the renowned TV personality who, as a breast cancer survivor, understands the importance of smiling during challenging moments.

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