Aetna Granted $50,000 to Oregon Nonprofits
August 08 2011 - 10:36AM
Business Wire
Two Oregon nonprofits each were awarded $25,000 in support from
Aetna (NYSE: AET) to further their work in promoting healthy
lifestyles and healthy eating. The Oregon Health and Science
University Foundation and the Community Food Security Coalition,
both based in Portland, received the funds to support 2011
programs.
“Aetna is pleased and proud to support nonprofit organizations
here in Oregon that are working to make a difference on key health
and wellness challenges we face in our communities, said Norm
Seabrooks, Aetna’s local market president for Oregon.
The Oregon Health and Science University Foundation received a
$25,000 grant to support its month-long activity challenge Get
Going Oregon 2011. Kicked off on Saturday, July 23 with a health
fair and 5k walk, the program engages teens and adults to use a
web-based tracking tool to input their physical activities, such as
swimming, biking, walking and wheelchair racing. Participants are
encouraged to average 10,000 activity steps per day throughout the
month of August. Now in its second year, Get Going Oregon aims to
reduce the impact, incidence and prevalence of diabetes and
obesity.
Aetna also bestowed $25,000 in funding to the Community Food
Security Coalition to sponsor the first national conference devoted
to examining local food policies. The conference, held on May 23,
brought together several hundred healthy food advocates, elected
officials, planners, and public sector staff to discuss how
communities can implement policies at the state and local levels to
improve the availability of nutritious, healthful and affordable
food for its residents.
Nationwide during 2010, Aetna and its charitable giving arm the
Aetna Foundation gave $15.6 million in grants and sponsorships. In
addition, the Aetna employees, retirees and directors donated an
additional $6.9 million through the company’s matching gift
program, bringing combined giving in communities where Aetna
employees and customers live and work to $22.5 million. And,
Aetna’s employees donated more than dollars, generously giving
nearly 335,000 hours of their personal time and talents in
communities nationwide. Since 2003, Aetna employees have logged
more than 2.3 million volunteer hours.
“During 2010, Aetna and the Aetna Foundation were pleased to
provide grants and sponsorships to 661 nonprofit organizations
nationwide, and to match the generosity of our employees to another
9,492 organizations within our communities,” said Anne C. Beal,
M.D., M.P.H., Aetna Foundation president. “We also made significant
progress toward our goals of concentrating our grants on specific
health issues of national concern, giving nearly $2.35 million to
the fight against obesity, $1.24 million to improve racial and
ethnic equity in health and health care, and more than $1 million
to support better integrated health care in America.”
More information about Aetna’s and the Aetna Foundation’s 2010
efforts to help improve the health of children and adults and to
make our health care system more equitable and effective can be
found online in the multi-media annual giving report Investing in
Our Future.
About the Aetna Foundation
The Aetna Foundation, Inc. is the independent charitable and
philanthropic arm of Aetna, Inc. Since 1980, Aetna and the Aetna
Foundation have contributed $394 million in grants and
sponsorships, including $15.6 million in 2010. As a national health
foundation, we promote wellness, health, and access to high-quality
health care for everyone. This work is enhanced by the time and
commitment of Aetna employees, who have volunteered more than 2.3
million hours since 2003. Our current giving is focused on
addressing the rising rate of adult and childhood obesity in the
U.S.; promoting racial and ethnic equity in health and health care;
and advancing integrated health care. For more information, visit
www.AetnaFoundation.org.
About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care
benefits companies, serving approximately 36.5 million people with
information and resources to help them make better informed
decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of
traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance
products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental,
behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical
management capabilities and health care management services for
Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals,
college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans,
governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and
expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.
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