| Associate Giving Campaign Community Service Day |
Healthy Helpings Food Drive Healthy Habits Series |
Associate Giving Campaign
Each year, WellPoint associates give generously to nonprofit organizations across the country through our Associate Giving Campaign. A 50 percent match from the WellPoint Foundation increases the impact of these gifts. During the 2010-2011 Campaign, associates nationwide pledged nearly $4 million to support six national health-related nonprofits and their local chapters. With the WellPoint Foundation match, that total will be raised to almost $6 million.Healthy Helpings Food Drive
WellPoint's annual Healthy Helpings Food Drive supports food banks across the country. In the past 4 years, WellPoint associates have collected approximately 73,000 pounds of food for local food banks in over 40 locations. In addition, during the 2009 holiday season, WellPoint made a generous donation on behalf of all our associates to Feeding America, a leading domestic hunger-relief organization that operates more than 200 regional member food banks nationwide. This donation helped provide more than two million meals to those in need in our local communities.
Community Service Day
Since its inception in 2008, thousands of associates and their families and friends have participated in WellPoint’s annual Community Service Day (CSD), helping nonprofit partners across the country. A few examples of the work accomplished by volunteers to date include:
34 murals painted
40 classrooms painted and enhanced
48 miles of trails built, cleared or rehabilitated
151 acres of green space beautified
174 rooms in community clinics cleaned, repaired and painted
144 play areas improved
200 patients examined at community health fairs
188 rooms in emergency shelters renovated
241 community garden plots planted with flowers, vegetables and fruits
1,750 meals served to clients of nonprofit agencies
3,450 trees planted
4,200 children engaged in fun and fit activities
88,000 pounds of food sorted for distribution to low income individuals
124,000 pounds of medical supplies shipped for redistribution overseas
