Monday, January 9, 2012

Anthem gives time, funds back to community

Blue Ridge Medical Center, $64,800 to support the Latino Community Health Promoters in Action program.

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Anthem also contributed more than $440,000 to support local events, community organizations and nonprofits, including:

  • $185,000 to support the American Heart Association's Heart Walk in Richmond, Roanoke and South Hampton Roads;
  • $105,000 to sponsor Radio Disney's Get Active, Get Fit program across Virginia;
  • $43,000 to sponsor Anthem LemonAid, which supports the fight against pediatric cancer, in Richmond, Roanoke and South Hampton Roads;
  • $35,000 to sponsor the Massey Fundraising Challenge, Massey Cancer Center's largest annual fundraiser to support cancer treatment research; and
  • $10,000 to sponsor the ASK 5K and Fun Walk in Richmond.

Anthem associates in Virginia pledged $422,396 during the company's annual giving campaign in November to six beneficiaries:American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Community Health Charities, Feeding America, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and United Way. Campaign pledges are backed by a 50 percent match from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, bringing the total pledged to $633,594.

More than 310 company associates and their family members volunteered at community organizations throughout Virginia during the company's Community Service Day on April 30.

Allstate Foundation assists nonprofits

The Allstate Foundation donated $125,400 in 2011 to Virginia nonprofits that support safe teen driving, economic education for victims of domestic violence and Junior Achievement, among others.

Chesterfield County Public Schools received $3,500 for their safe teen driving programs, and the Virginia High School League got $45,000 for the student leaders conference and scholarships.

More than 35 Allstate agents in the state also have donated $1,000 Hands in the Community Grants to organizations where they volunteer, including Good Neighbor Village, Powhatan High School and the Burrowsville Ruritan Club.

Throughout the five-state Capital Region, the Allstate Foundation has provided $370,000 to more than 20 organizations.

"Allstate Insurance Company recognizes that our agents are vital to supporting their community, and it just makes sense for them to support those nonprofit organizations that also have helping hands for others," said Dave Prendergast, field senior vice president for Allstate's Capital Region.

"The Allstate Foundation is very proud of its two nationwide signature programs ? promoting safe teen driving and working to prevent domestic violence through education and economic empowerment," he said.

Kinder Morgan helps education effort

Kinder Morgan Foundation has donated $2,500 to the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls to fund the Vocational-Educational Partnership Program at the John G. Wood alternative school.

The Vocational-Educational Partnership Program is designed to fill the gap between knowledge learned in the classroom and the job training/real life experiences that employers demand.

Service Experts donates work clothing

When Service Experts worldwide introduced a new logo for company uniforms, Richmond's Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning (the largest division of Lennox Corp.) donated $45,000 worth of out-of-date work clothing through global philanthropy initiative Good360.

Items such as sturdy long-sleeved work shirts, T-shirts, pants and jackets were collected from the local branch as well as Service Experts offices and employees around the United States and Canada.

Coupons benefit Va. Special Olympics

Special Olympics Virginia received more than $14,000 from Procter & Gamble in 2011 through special coupons in the company's January brandSAVER coupon book.

Special Olympics programs nationwide received a donation from the company each time a coupon from the book was redeemed. The 2012 coupon book was in the Jan. 1 Times-Dispatch.

Source: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/jan/08/tdmony02-notable-gifts-for-jan-8-ar-1594970/

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