UnitedHealthcare Awards $120,000 in Grants to Five Community Organizations in Michigan
October 11 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Grants ranging from $18,000 to
$27,000 will support programs that increase physical activity among
Michigan children and families
UnitedHealthcare awarded five grants totaling $120,000 to five
community organizations aimed at increasing regular physical
activity among Michigan children and families.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to support these
organizations that are launching creative programs to help people
across the state improve their health and well-being,” said Dennis
Mouras, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Michigan.
The five grant recipients include:
- Headwaters Land Conservancy,
Gaylord, $18,000 (www.headwaterslandconservancy.org) – The
Conservancy, in partnership with Kids Outdoor Ostego, will offer
the “Families Outdoor – Fun and Active” program with year-round
activities that encourage local families to be physically
active.
- National Kidney Foundation of
Michigan, Flint, $21,000 (www.nkfm.org/) – In partnership with
Hamilton Community Health Network (HCHN), the Foundation will offer
a physical fitness program to Flint-area adults.
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton
Harbor, $27,000 (www.bgcbh.org) – The Club will offer physical
activity sessions, Get-Fit Challenge activities, weekly basketball
leagues and the Triple Play program, which encourages healthy
habits, good nutrition and physical fitness, to more than 1,000
children.
- Leaders Advancing and Helping
Communities, Dearborn & Detroit, $27,000 (www.lahc.org) –
LAHC will train 30 teachers to lead classroom physical activity
breaks with more than 700 students and conduct an eight-week
activity and healthy-eating program for 180 parents to help
families increase their physical activity.
- Crim Fitness Foundation, Flint,
$27,000 (https://crim.org/) – Crim will offer a weekly
walk-to-school program for students, and group bike rides and
community-garden activities for adults.
Engaging in regular physical activity is vital to maintaining
health and wellness, yet many Michigan residents do not achieve
recommended levels. According to United Health Foundation’s
America’s Health RankingsTM, more than 25 percent of Michigan
adults are considered physically inactive, meaning they report
doing no physical activity or exercise such as running or walking
other than their regular job in the last 30 days.
UnitedHealthcare established the grant program in July following
two community brainstorming sessions with health and wellness
stakeholders to discuss opportunities to increase regular exercise
in Michigan.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 850,000 people in Michigan
enrolled in employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare and Medicaid
benefit plans with a network of 167 hospitals, and nearly 36,000
physicians and other care providers statewide.
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people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with 1 million physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
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