- UnitedHealthcare donates 20 reading
stations and nearly 800 books as part of summer reading
initiative
- Community leaders, UnitedHealthcare
employees and mascot Dr. Health E. Hound to participate in reading
events featuring the Oliver & Hope™ books
series
This summer several Sacramento-area hospital and health clinics,
crisis nurseries and community-based organizations are receiving
reading stations and children’s books to help make visits to the
doctor’s office a little brighter and to encourage reading among
kids.
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This morning, Kevin Kandalaft from
UnitedHealthcare presented a reading corner and 165 Oliver &
Hope books to Wellspring Women’s Center. Kandalaft led a group
read-along with Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, Sister Judy Illig,
executive director for Wellspring Women’s Center, and
UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound. (Photo credit: Gary
Fong)
UnitedHealthcare is donating 20 UnitedHealthcare Children’s
Foundation (UHCCF) reading stations, nearly 800 Oliver & Hope
children’s books and 2,000 activity worksheets as part of a
Sacramento summer reading initiative.
The announcement was made at Wellspring Women’s Center where
UnitedHealthcare employees joined more than 50 children and
families, community leaders and UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health
E. Hound for a reading circle.
Throughout the summer, UnitedHealthcare employees will lead
reading circle events and deliver the reading stations to various
community-based organization and health care facilities in the
region. The reading stations provide children a colorful place to
read or draw, making doctor’s visits more enjoyable.
Each reading station will include a kid-sized table and chairs,
and copies of the award-winning Oliver & Hope book series that
delivers fun stories with engaging images that enable children to
imagine how they might become a hero like the characters. The
stories also teach subtle lessons about the power of friendship,
resiliency and imagination. The worksheets, available in English
and Spanish, include coloring pages and mazes, and give children
more educational and fun activities.
Organizations receiving the reading stations and books include
the Sacramento Children’s Home Crisis Nurseries, Next Move, the
Hope Clinic, YMCA of Sacramento, and Clara’s House.
UnitedHealthcare will donate 200 books to the Boys and Girls Clubs
of Greater Sacramento as part of the clubs’ summer reading
program.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to provide reading stations
and the Oliver & Hope series to health centers and physician
offices in Sacramento as an important health and learning resource
for children,” said Brandon Cuevas, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of
California.
According to the Children’s Reading Foundation, parents who read
with their children 20 minutes a day from birth through elementary
school help them become more proficient readers, and build strong
minds and strong relationships.
“These reading stations are a wonderful addition to our
Children’s Corner program fostering early learning opportunities
and activities,” said Sister Judy Illig, IBVM, executive director
for Wellspring Women’s Center, which received one reading station
and 165 books. “We appreciate UnitedHealthcare, its children’s
foundation, and employees for their generosity and commitment to
helping us provide a safe and welcoming place for the women and
children we serve.”
“Studies have shown that reading to children at a young age is
critical to brain development preparing kids for future school
success,” said Assemblymember Kevin McCarty. “I support
UnitedHealthcare’s efforts, which just like Oliver and Hope, have
compassion and courage to help our neediest children have access to
medical services.”
The donations raise awareness of UHCCF and its mission to
provide medical grants to help children gain access to
health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their
parents’ commercial health insurance plan.
Since 2007, UHCCF has awarded more than 9,000 grants valued
at over $27 million to children and their families across the
United States. Last year, UHCCF awarded medical grants worth an
estimated $5.4 million to more than 2,000 children across the
United States. UHCCF’s funding is provided by contributions from
individuals, corporations and UnitedHealth Group
employees. UHCCF has created the award-winning Oliver &
Hope series to raise funds for the foundation.
All three books of the Oliver & Hope series are available
through uhccf.org/shop for $16.95 each. Proceeds from the books and
plush toys from the series help fund the UHCCF child medical grant
program.
More information about the Oliver & Hope books, including
free audio recordings of the books as well as fun activities and
downloads, can be found at Oliver & Hope’s Clubhouse at
UHCCF.org.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare 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. UnitedHealthcare 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 uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
About UnitedHealthcare Children’s
Foundation
The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is a
501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides medical grants to
help children gain access to health-related services not covered,
or not fully covered, by their parents’ commercial health insurance
plan. Families can receive up to $5,000 annually per child ($10,000
lifetime maximum per child), and do not need to have insurance
through UnitedHealthcare to be eligible. UHCCF was founded in
1999. Since 2007, UHCCF has awarded more than 9,000 grants
valued at over $27 million to children and their families across
the United States. UHCCF’s funding is provided by contributions
from individuals, corporations and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
employees. To apply for a grant, donate or learn more, please
visit www.UHCCF.org.
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