Actress Judy Reyes, Sound of Gol Foundation and UnitedHealthcare Create Community Gardens with Garfield Health Department
April 17 2015 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
- Sound of Gol Foundation founder
George Valencia, coaches and team will join Reyes and
UnitedHealthcare to create community gardens
- Volunteer event part of
UnitedHealthcare’s “Do Good. Live Well.” initiative
Award-winning actress Judy Reyes (Scrubs, Devious Maids), Sound
of Gol Foundation and UnitedHealthcare employees will participate
on Saturday, April 18, in a volunteer project supporting the
Garfield Health Department’s “Food for Thought: building and
harvesting community gardens” program. With the guidance of Garden
State Urban Farms and Rutgers Master Gardeners, volunteers will
help create nearly 300 EarthBox portable hydroponic gardens.
Food and flowers are being grown throughout Garfield during the
program’s third year, and are being tended to by middle and
high-school students, Housing Authority residents and individuals
with disabilities.
“UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity to support the
work of Sound of Gol Foundation and the Garfield Health
Department,” said Michael McGuire, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of New
Jersey. “Together we are building healthier communities by
providing greater access to, and greater awareness of, fresh
produce.”
Joining Reyes and UnitedHealthcare employees are Sound of Gol
Foundation founder George Valencia (27 Wolves), soccer coaches
Jorge Acosta and Fernando Barboto, and members of the foundation’s
U-12 girls soccer team.
Sound of Gol Foundation recently held tryouts and selected
participants for its inaugural youth exhibition soccer team. To
address the often high cost of participation in youth sports, the
foundation allows the team of U-12 girls to practice and play free
of charge while participating in weekly community service
projects.
“Our mission is to build a strong, well-rounded U-12 girls
soccer team with players who will become leaders in their
communities and the world,” said Valencia. “We hope to pave the way
for these girls to continually seek physical activity, philanthropy
and excellence throughout their lives.”
This project is the latest in UnitedHealthcare’s “Do Good. Live
Well.” program, an employee-volunteer initiative aimed at
preventing hunger and obesity, inspire service and encourage
volunteerism. For more information about the benefits of
volunteering and to find local opportunities to get involved, visit
www.DoGoodLiveWell.org. Follow @DoGoodLiveWell on Twitter or “like”
Do Good. Live Well. on Facebook.
About the Sound of Gol
FoundationThe Sound of Gol Foundation is a nonprofit
organization that supports youth development using soccer as a
vehicle to empower social and personal growth. Because youth soccer
has increasingly become a pay-to-play model, and school-based
sports programs continually suffer budget cuts, the efforts of the
Sound of Gol Foundation allow youth to explore and advance their
interests and experiences with sport and service to others. The
Foundation was inspired through the animated series, La Golda,
engaging kids to take action and do good around the world through
soccer. Learn more about the Sound of Gol Foundation at
www.soundofgol.org.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
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 more than 850,000 physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. Globally, UnitedHealthcare serves more than 45 million
people in health benefits and is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealthcareCourtney Johnson,
612-702-7703Courtney_T_Johnson@uhc.comorSound of Gol
FoundationSandy Montelongo, 201-724-5657Sandy@soundofgol.org
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