Anthem Foundation donates $90,000 to Gleaners
Anthem Foundation donates $90,000 to Gleaners
10/25/2010
For Immediate Release Gleaners Contact: Debbie Wilson 925-0191 ext. 117
October 20, 2010
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation donates $90,000
to Gleaners Food Bank
Photo: Robert W. Hillman, President of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Indiana and Carrie Petty, Gleaners’ Board Chair
As the sluggish and uncertain economy puts a strain on Indiana’s families, the need for food assistance continues to grow.
The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation announced a donation of $90,000 to Gleaners Food Bank to help combat the hunger and malnutrition facing an estimated 200,000 Hoosiers in 21 counties across central and southeastern Indiana.
“We are committed to improving the health of the community that has been Anthem’s home for more than 60 years,” said Robert W. Hillman, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana. “Our company mission calls us to address the food insecurity and hunger confronting thousands of our fellow Hoosiers. Nothing poses a more fundamental threat to Indiana’s health and well being. Anthem and its 5,000 associates in Indiana are proud to continue our longstanding support for the work of Gleaners and its network of hunger relief partners.”
With Anthem’s donation, Gleaners will be able to expand its Retail Store Donation Program to secure an additional 1.5 million pounds of nutritious food for hungry Hoosiers in 21 Indiana counties. “This magnificent gift will help us collect additional life-sustaining food for the growing numbers of families who struggle to put food on their tables,” stated Carrie Petty, Chair-Elect of Gleaners Board of Directors. “We are deeply grateful for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s partnership in the fight against hunger.”
About Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation: Through charitable grant making, the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation LLC, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, promotes Anthem’s inherent commitment to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families in communities that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield serves. The Foundation focuses its funding on strategic initiatives that address and provide innovative solutions to reduce the number of uninsured as well as organizations and nonprofit charities that promote the Healthy Generations Program, a multi-generational initiative that targets specific disease states and medical conditions. These include: prenatal care in the first trimester, low birth weight babies, cardiac morbidity rates, long term activities that decrease obesity and increase physical activity, diabetes prevalence in adult populations, adult pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations and smoking cessation. The Foundation also coordinates the company’s annual associate giving campaign and its parent foundation provides a 50 percent match of associates’ campaign pledges. ®ANTHEM is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. To learn more about the Foundation please visit
www.wellpointfoundation.org.
About Gleaners Food Bank: Nearly 200,000 Hoosiers are not hungry today because Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana provides food and critical groceries to hunger relief charities. Gleaners, a member of Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest), was established in 1980. Since then the food bank has distributed over a quarter billion pounds of food and critical grocery products to over 400 hunger relief programs serving Hoosiers in need in 21 central and southeastern Indiana counties. To learn more, log onto www.gleaners.org.
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