DENVER, Dec. 8, 2014
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
(NYSE: DVA), one of the nation's largest and most innovative health
care communities, is encouraging individuals and businesses to
support local nonprofits on Colorado Gives Day, Dec. 9, in an effort to strengthen community and
create a culture of support.
Colorado Gives Day – an annual statewide movement to celebrate
and increase philanthropy through online giving – encourages
strategic partnerships between businesses, individuals and
nonprofits.
"Community engagement and philanthropy are important to the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Village and we frequently challenge
ourselves on what we're doing to be true corporate citizens," said
Kent Thiry, co-chairman and CEO of
DaVita HealthCare Partners. "We've contributed more than a million
dollars to nonprofits and charities in Colorado so far this year and we thought that
by partnering with Colorado Gives Day we can make the most of our
giving and encourage others in the community to give too."
For Colorado Gives Day, DaVita HealthCare Partners is donating
to the following seven organizations. Individuals can make a
donation by clicking on the organization below.
- City Year Denver
- Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
- Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA)
- Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST)
- Public Education Business Coalition (PEBC)
- STRIVE Prep Schools
- Youth on Record (YOR)
Although none of these organizations perform work related to
DaVita HealthCare Partners' core business, the company has
longstanding relationships with all of them due to its strong
commitment to community engagement. All of the organizations
benefiting from the donation encourage innovation, creativity and
service excellence in the areas of education and culture.
In the last three years, DaVita HealthCare Partners has given
nearly $5 million to local nonprofits
in Colorado. But DaVita HealthCare
Partners' community engagement goes well beyond corporate
philanthropy.
DaVita HealthCare Partners has a unique partnership with Denver
Public Schools to design customized leadership and development
programs for administrators, principals and teachers. The programs
are modeled on longstanding DaVita University training and
development courses and initiatives, including Academy,
DaVita Way of Management,
DaVita Way of Team and DaVita Way of Leadership.
DaVita HealthCare Partners also created a program called
"Dynamic Volunteerism" that aims to help local nonprofits grow and
thrive in ways unique to their needs. The program matches an
organization's needs with a DaVita HealthCare Partners teammate's
passion and expertise to help meet the organization's mission and
goals.
DaVita HealthCare Partners' worldwide headquarters at 2000
16th St., Denver, CO
80202 is frequently used as a public asset, from conference rooms
used by city and state officials for public meetings to its
14th floor marketplace hosting nonprofits for
fundraising purposes. This past Election
Day, one of the busiest polling places in the state of
Colorado was in DaVita Healthcare
Partners headquarters' lobby.
This year, DaVita HealthCare Partners also gave more than
$1.5 million to nonprofits across the
country through the DaVita® Way of Giving, the company's locally
focused charitable giving initiative that helps 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations grow and thrive. As active and engaged citizens in
their communities, teammates were encouraged to democratically
choose locally based nonprofits to receive contributions.
Giving back is part of DaVita HealthCare Partners' Trilogy of
Care: Caring for Our Patients, Caring for Each Other and Caring for
the World. As a community first and a company second, DaVita
HealthCare Partners has a passion for and commitment to clinical
excellence and improving patients' health and quality of life.
To learn more about DaVita HealthCare Partners' vision for
corporate social responsibility, please visit DaVita.com/CSR.
For more information about Colorado Gives Day, please visit
ColoradoGives.org.
About DaVita HealthCare Partners
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a Fortune 500® company, is the
parent company of DaVita Kidney Care
and HealthCare Partners. DaVita Kidney
Care is a leading provider of kidney care in the United States, delivering dialysis
services to patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage
renal disease. As of Sept. 30, 2014,
DaVita Kidney Care operated or
provided administrative services at 2,152 outpatient dialysis
centers located in the United
States serving approximately 170,000 patients. The company
also operated 87 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10
countries outside the United
States. HealthCare Partners manages and operates medical
groups and affiliated physician networks in Arizona, California, Nevada, New
Mexico, and Florida in its
pursuit to deliver excellent-quality health care in a dignified and
compassionate manner. As of Sept. 30,
2014, HealthCare Partners provided integrated care
management for approximately 836,000 patients. For more
information, please visit DaVitaHealthCarePartners.com.
DaVita and DaVita HealthCare Partners are trademarks or
registered trademarks of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
Contact Information
Media:
David Gilles
Phone: (303) 876-7497
Cell: (432) 266-1289
David.Gilles@DaVita.com
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