UnitedHealthcare Joins Magic Johnson Foundation to Bring Holiday Hope to Michigan Families
November 20 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Holiday Hope events provide
underserved families in Michigan with food, clothing, toys and
holiday trimmings during the holiday season
- Events sponsored by
UnitedHealthcare, part of a three-year partnership with Magic
Johnson Foundation
UnitedHealthcare and the Magic Johnson Foundation will present
Holiday Hope events to 2,800 families in Michigan.
Holiday Hope is a relief effort aimed at supporting distressed
Michigan families during the holiday season. The events provide
families with food, holiday trimmings, essential living necessities
and other items to bring seasonal cheer.
The events – held on Saturday, Nov. 21, and Sunday, Nov. 22, in
Detroit and Lansing, respectively – are part of a three-year
partnership between UnitedHealthcare and the Magic Johnson
Foundation. UnitedHealthcare will be the presenting sponsor for the
Magic Johnson Foundation Holiday Hope efforts.
According to the 2014 America’s Health Rankings® report,
Michigan ranks 31st in the nation for children living in poverty,
with more than 19 percent of people under 18 living in households
at or below the poverty threshold.
“Magic Johnson Foundation created Holiday Hope last year to
bring essential support to underserved families in Michigan during
the holiday season. With UnitedHealthcare as a partner, we are able
to extend our reach and help more than 20,000 Michigan residents
over the next three years. We want to continue to make a positive
difference in the lives of others,” said Earvin “Magic” Johnson,
founder of the Magic Johnson Foundation.
“UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity to support the
Magic Johnson Foundation and its efforts to enhance Michiganders’
well-being and quality of life,” said Dennis Mouras, CEO of
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Michigan. “We look forward to
participating in the Holiday Hope events and giving people living
in our state the necessities they need – and deserve – to live
healthier lives.”
For more information about the Magic Johnson Foundation, visit
http://magicjohnson.org.
About the Magic Johnson
FoundationThe Magic Johnson Foundation, founded by
basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson is a 501(c) (3)
organization that was established in 1991 as a grantmaker and to
raise funds for community-based organizations focused on HIV/AIDS
education and prevention. The organization has since expanded its
mission and now develops programs that address the educational,
health and social needs of ethnically diverse urban communities.
MJF has donated over $20 Million to underserved communities since
inception.
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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. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
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