Community involvement: a 
tradition; our legacy

The people of C.L. Frates & Company are proud of our community and of the role the Frates companies have taken to improve our community and enrich the lives of the people who live and work here.

The United Way of Metro Oklahoma City
The United Way of Metro Oklahoma City began in 1924, the same year Clifford Frates created our company. From their inceptions, C.L. Frates and Company and the United Way (originally called the Community Chest) would form a bond that has endured and today, after more than 75 years, continues to flourish.  Employees and members of the Frates' family have served in leadership roles with the United Way. In addition to their generous annual contributions, employees donate their time and energy to help United Way agency partners during the Day of Caring.  http://www.unitedwayokc.org/ 

Payne Education Center
Payne Education Center trains teachers in proven multisensory curricula with the purpose of teaching basic language skills to children and adults with emphasis on language-learning difference, especially dyslexia. The Center trains more than 600 teachers each year in a variety of curricula, focused on teaching reading, spelling and writing. Since its inception in 1984, C.L. Frates & Company has been a supporter and contributor to this organization. An emphasis on education is a theme that runs throughout the Frates' company's community involvement.  http://www.payneeducationcenter.org/ 

Allied Arts
C.L. Frates & Company and its employees recognize how important the development of a vital arts life is for our community. With the support of community leaders like our company, the Allied Arts and its more than 4,000 artists represent one of the largest artist communities in the country. Included are visual arts, dancers, classical musicians, actors, poets, singers, all working to enrich the cultural landscape of our city. http://www.alliedartsokc.com 

Walk America 
An annual spring rite for CLF employees is the Walk America event. We join the nearly 500,000 walkers nationwide - including 24,000 company teams like our own - to raise funds and awareness for the nearly half a million babies each year who are born prematurely.  http://www.modimes.org/ttp://www.walkamerica.org/ 

Light The Night Walk
The Light The Night^® Walk is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's nationwide evening walk to raise funds and awareness about blood-related cancers. It holds special significance for C.L. Frates & Company. Funds raised support the Society's mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma - and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The Walk celebrates the lives of survivors and remembers those lost.  http://www.lightthenight.org/

Relay For Life
Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. Started more than 15 years ago by one man, the event is now the national association's largest event. During the Relay For Life, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times. Our employees know how to make a team that works. http://www.relayforlife.org/ 

Junior Achievement: Rock-n-Roll Bowl is another fun and popular event raising money that will be used to inspire young capitalist in our area.

The YWCA Gaylord Center for Battered Women: The center is the recipient of an annual gift from the employees of C.L. Frates & Company.   two board members with CLF connections. 

American Heart Association: The Heart Walk is especially important to several of our employees who are alive today because of advances made possible through research that has been funded by such events.

This is the legacy of C.L. Frates & Company
 and the people who are the company.