Aetna Announces Support for Rolling Thunder XXIV
May 26 2011 - 10:55AM
Business Wire
Aetna (NYSE: AET ) announced a major sponsorship of Rolling
Thunder XXIV, which benefits Rolling Thunder® Charities Inc.
Rolling Thunder is an annual event held the Sunday of Memorial Day
weekend that recognizes the sacrifices veterans have made for our
country, including Prisoners of War and those still Missing in
Action. Aetna will present the sponsorship to Rolling Thunder
during festivities May 29 in Washington, D.C. This year marks the
third consecutive year Aetna has sponsored the event.
“Aetna is proud again this year to support Rolling Thunder and
the veterans they help through their charitable and volunteer
work,” said Aetna Chairman, CEO and President Mark T. Bertolini.
“Each Memorial Day weekend, the Rolling Thunder demonstration
serves as a reminder of the contributions our veterans make for
this country.”
Rolling Thunder® Charities Inc. is a non-profit organization
created in 2007 to address the needs of veterans, active troops and
their families. A national organization, Rolling Thunder is
comprised of more than 100 chapters nationwide that work tirelessly
to increase awareness of veteran’s issues and support legislative
efforts to help veterans. The organization also spends hundreds of
thousands of dollars each year in financial aid, food, clothing and
other essentials to veterans, homeless veterans and veterans'
families in need.
“Rolling Thunder is very grateful to Aetna and Mark Bertolini
for their continued support of our efforts,” said Artie Muller,
executive director and founder of Rolling Thunder Inc. “We look
forward to working together on behalf of veterans and their
families.”
Aetna is involved in efforts in several markets to aid
organizations that benefit U.S. military veterans. Each year since
2000, for example, Aetna has been the title sponsor of the
Connecticut Veterans Day Parade in Hartford, Conn. “AetVets,” the
Aetna Veterans Employee Resource Group, also participates in
several other activities designed to assist veterans and their
families. The group has more than 130 employee members who
represent all branches of the U.S. military.
Earlier this year, Aetna Behavioral Health announced its support
for Give an Hour™, a non-profit organization providing free
counseling and other mental health services to members of the
military. Aetna Behavioral Health will actively recruit volunteers
from its network of over 104,000 behavioral health providers across
the United States, helping Give an Hour increase the number of
practitioners providing free counseling to the military community.
Aetna’s own employees who are clinicians in Aetna Behavioral Health
or the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) also will volunteer their
time.
About Aetna
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benefits companies, serving approximately 33.8 million people with
information and resources to help them make better informed
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