Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont donate $8,555 to the Vermont Foodbank

Health plan matches all gifts dollar for dollar, is “humbled” by employees’ generosity

Berlin, Vt.— Employees at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (Blue Cross) donated $8,555 to the Vermont Foodbank to assist with the growing need for food assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Blue Cross matched these funds dollar-for-dollar to make the total donation $17,110.

“As a team of Vermonters servings Vermonters, all of us at Blue Cross care deeply about the health and wellbeing of our neighbors,” said Megan Peek, the health plan’s director of community relations and health promotion. “Our employees recognized the need for additional food resources in our local and statewide communities and responded with an online fundraising drive for the Vermont Foodbank.”

Blue Cross supported this effort by promising to match employees’ donations. Over the course of the two-week fundraiser, 85 Blue Cross employees donated to the Foodbank to support hunger relief for Vermonters facing food insecurity during this unprecedented health and economic crisis.

“The Vermont Foodbank has seen a 30-100% increase in the number of people in need of food assistance due to COVID-19,” said Vermont Foodbank CEO John Sayles. “These are unprecedented times that require that we all do what we can to meet this need. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont is doing just that, and we are grateful for their partnership.”

“Our employees were reaching out, looking for ways we could all give back and support our fellow Vermonters. Giving to the Foodbank allows us to impact a critical need affecting our neighbors throughout the entire state,” said Andrew Garland, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont’s vice president of client relations and external affairs. “We are so impressed and humbled by this outpouring of generosity from our team.”
 

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is Vermont’s only local, not-for-profit health plan. For over 70 years, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont has been enhancing the health and well-being of the Vermonters by offering innovative plans to individuals, seniors and businesses. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is dedicated to developing new ways to support high quality care and programs and events that promote wellness. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information, visit www.bcbsvt.com.
 

About Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a national federation of 34 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies that collectively provide health care coverage for one in three Americans.

 

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is an association of 35 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield companies.