Magic Johnson Foundation and UnitedHealthcare Bring Holiday Hope to Michigan Families
November 18 2016 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
- Holiday Hope events provide nearly
5,000 families in Detroit, Flint and Lansing with food, coats,
essential living items and toys
On Saturday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Nov. 20, the Magic Johnson
Foundation and UnitedHealthcare will hold three Holiday Hope events
to provide Michigan families with food, holiday trimmings, coats,
essential living items and toys.
Nearly 5,000 families are expected to participate in the events
in Lansing, Flint and Detroit. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, community
leaders and UnitedHealthcare volunteers will attend the Lansing and
Flint events. Community leaders, UnitedHealthcare volunteers and
other partner volunteers will attend the Detroit event.
This is the third year of Holiday Hope events for Magic Johnson
Foundation and the second year of a three-year partnership with
UnitedHealthcare. An additional $30,000 grant by UnitedHealthcare
helped the foundation expand its efforts this year to include
Flint.
“Since 2014, Holiday Hope has served more than 24,000 Michigan
residents with nearly $2 million worth of food, turkeys, toys,
coats and personal care items,” said Johnson, founder of Magic
Johnson Foundation and Michigan native. “UnitedHealthcare and other
community partners have joined us in bringing hope and cheer to
Michigan communities. I couldn’t enjoy the holidays without
providing some help to families in the state where I grew up.”
“Since its inception, the Magic Johnson Foundation has worked to
improve the quality of life in our communities,” said Dennis
Mouras, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Michigan.
“UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity to support the
Magic Johnson Foundation and bring holiday cheer to people
throughout Michigan.”
Last year, nearly 3,000 Detroit and Lansing families were
provided with holiday assistance through the Magic Johnson
Foundation and UnitedHealthcare partnership. In total,
UnitedHealthcare has donated over $400,000 to support Holiday Hope
– the largest multiyear grant to the Magic Johnson Foundation by a
corporation in Michigan.
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 $14 million to underserved communities since
inception. For more information about the Magic Johnson Foundation,
please visit http://magicjohnson.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 1 million 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
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