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"The generosity shown by our associates during this campaign highlightstheir integrity and commitment to improving the community where they live andwork," said Monye Connolly, president of BCBSGa. "I am grateful for theincredible generosity of our associates and am proud that we are living themission of our organization in every day ways."
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The funds pledged by BCBSGa associates will receive a 50 percent matchfrom the WellPoint Foundation, the parent foundation of the Blue Cross BlueShield of Georgia Foundation, increasing the total to more than $2 million.These funds will help hundreds of not-for-profit organizations fulfill theirmissions. The WellPoint Foundation is one of the nation's largest corporatefoundations with net assets of nearly $200 million.
Across the country, associates of BCBSGa's parent company, WellPoint,Inc., pledged more than $15 million, surpassing the national goal of $13.8million. The 50 percent match from the WellPoint Foundation will raise thetotal to more than $23 million.
During 2007, the WellPoint Foundation and its subsidiary state foundationsfunded $20 million in grants to numerous programs across the country. In manyinstances, the foundations provide emergency grants to support communitiesaffected by disasters. For example, the BCBSGa Foundation provided a $50,000grant to Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus following a devastating tornadoin March of this year.
"Through our Foundations and our social responsibility programs, we putthe full weight of the company into finding lasting solutions to the socialissues we understand best -- health care quality, affordability andaccessibility," said Caroline 'Caz' Matthews, president of the WellPointFoundation. "In the end, this focus, guided in part by our new State HealthIndex, which helps us identify the most critical health care needs in thestate, allows us to have a measurable and sustainable impact in thecommunities we serve."
About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia is an independent licensee of the BlueCross and Blue Shield Association and is an operating subsidiary of WellPointInc., the largest publicly traded commercial health benefits company in termsof membership in the United States. WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licenseeof the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the BlueCross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee forColorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as BlueCross Blue Shield in 10 New York City metropolitan counties and as Blue Cross,Blue Shield or Blue Cross Blue Shield in selected upstate counties only),Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.),Wisconsin; and through UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint isavailable at http://www.wellpoint.com. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia canbe found on the web at http://www.bcbsga.com.
About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Foundation is a tax-exempt organizationdescribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is a licenseeof the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. The BCBSGa Foundation supportsthe charitable activities of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, an independentlicensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and an operatingsubsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. [WellPoint Inc. serves its members in otherstates through the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and BlueShield licensee for Colora
