Point32Health Foundation and Corporate Citizenship update

Seeking project partners for our annual Volunteer Week

Beginning Friday, June 16, through Friday, June 23, Point32Health colleagues will serve together in community during our annual Volunteer Week. Our volunteerism will support nonprofits that provide critical services across the region. 

Apply now to host a Volunteer Week activity. The project must accommodate at least 10 volunteers and can be either in-person or virtual. Activities should advance health equity and address the social determinants of health--a priority for Point32Health.

We welcome options that give volunteers flexibility in timing, project size and physical ability. Nonprofit organizations will receive a stipend ranging from $500 to $2,500 (depending upon size and scope) to host a project.

Applications are due Friday, Feb. 24. If you have questions, contact the Corporate Citizenship team.

Reporting back to community

Over the course of the last year, hundreds of community members shared their wisdom and experience through community listening sessions, key informant interviews and focus groups. Our Foundation team also engaged in conversations with hundreds of organizations in the communities where we live and work. These insights and perspectives have helped us better understand what is important to those closest to the issues facing communities and consider how we can participate in supporting solutions.

We will share how these contributions shaped our new strategic plan at a webinar for community leaders on Wednesday, March 29. Click the link below to register. All are welcome.

Ending hunger in Massachusetts

Community leaders working to improve access to healthy food across the Commonwealth convened this week in Boston. This forum builds on the national strategy put forward at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health late last year, where Mass. was well represented.

Nonprofit organizations supporting the event included: About Fresh, Children’s Health Watch, Community Servings, Daily Table, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Food Bank of Western MA, MA Food System Collaborative, Mass General Brigham, Mass Law Reform Institute, Stone Soup Café and Worcester County Food Bank.

Celebrating inclusion efforts in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Assisted Living Association (RIALA) recognized Point32Health Foundation with their first-ever DEI Champions Award at their annual meeting on Friday, January 20.

The award—shared with AARP RI—recognizes efforts to train assisted living staff and increase their ability to care for LGTBQ+ older adults. A $10,000 Foundation grant supports this effort.

Pictured are (left to right) Phillip González, director of community investments for the Foundation, Kate Skouteris, vice president for New Hampshire and Rhode Island commercial markets, Point32Health; Linda Silveira, RIALA board chair and executive director of Greenwich Farms at Warwick; and David Bodah, executive director of RIALA.

YW Boston award celebrates "brightest, boldest, bravest"

YW Boston’s Academy of Women Achievers recognizes unstoppable women across Boston. Since 1996,150 women have been honored for demonstrating outstanding leadership and achievement in their professional and civic lives. 

We're excited to announce that Nora Moreno Cargie, president of Point32Health Foundation and vice president of Corporate Citizenship at Point32Health, will be inducted into the academy this year.

YW Boston promotes policies, practices, attitudes, and behaviors with a goal of creating more inclusive environments where women, people of color, and especially women of color can succeed. 

Honorees will be recognized at a ceremony in Boston on June 6.

Great Debates in Philanthropy

The Connecticut Council of Philanthropy Fundamentals of Philanthropy series continued this morning with a discussion on Impact Strategies: Exploring the Great Debates in Philanthropy.

David Addams, executive director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; Mendi Blue Paca, president and CEO of Fairfield County's Community Foundation; and Nora Moreno Cargie, president of Point32Health Foundation and vice president of Corporate Citizenship at Point32Health, presented on current issues facing philanthropy in a debate-style format.

Dr. King’s legacy of service at the heart of colleagues' engagement

Colleagues gathered at Point32Health's Canton office on January 17 for an event commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CEO Cain Hayes kicked off the program, encouraging colleagues to focus on ways we can cultivate a beloved community mindset and transform unjust systems. Cain reminded us of Dr. King's quote that "of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."

Jonathan David Dance was the guest speaker. He leads the Edward Brooke III Educational Foundation and spoke about Dr. King’s life during his time in Boston and his work to advance racial and economic justice.

Demonstrating our community of care in action, more than 40 colleagues assembled 300 mental health kits — containing stress balls, journals, coloring books and more — and wrote notes of encouragement for youth and teens served by the Boys and Girls Club of Boston and Dearborn STEM Academy. 

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