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• BCBSNC Foundation Launches www.inspirednc.org

  1/26/2012 - Contact: BCBSNC Media Line: 919-765-3005 For Immediate Release January 26, 2012 BCBSNC Foundation Challenges North Carolinians to Get Inspired, Inspire Others with Launch of New Website • Effort focuses on the individuals and organizations committed to finding solutions to some of today’s most pressing health issues, including access to dental care, childhood obesity and the uninsured, among others. • Through the sharing of stories, North Carolinians can help raise up... more

• BCBSNC Foundation Marks 10 Years of Giving with $1 Million to 10 Nonprofits

  11/16/2010 - BCBSNC Foundation Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary by Investing in 10 Organizations Proven to Deliver Results in Their Communities More than $67 million invested into North Carolina communities since 2000 Chapel Hill, N.C. – Today, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation marked its 10th anniversary by investing $1 million in 10 nonprofit organizations across North Carolina. Each organization will receive $100,000 to continue efforts that positively impact... more

• $3 Million Collaboration Announced to Address Childhood Obesity

  10/27/2010 - BCBSNC Foundation and The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. Launch $3 Million Initiative to Tackle State’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic Effort to target youngest North Carolinians, their families and child care professionals View Shape NC Fact Sheet (.pdf) Chapel Hill, N.C. – With North Carolina facing the fifth highest rate of childhood obesity in the country, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation today announced a... more

• Innovative Program Tackles Shortage in Primary Care

  6/2/2010 - Innovative Program Tackles Shortage in Primary Care Robust physician mentoring program shapes future of primary care U.S. will need 39,000 more family physicians by 2020 North Carolina will need 4,700 family physicians by 2020 Chapel Hill, N.C. – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation today announced a $1.18 million grant to the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) Foundation for a mentoring program to help... more

• BCBSNC Foundation Provides Uninsured and Low Income North Carolinians Access to Quality Dental Care

  5/6/2010 - BCBSNC Foundation Provides Uninsured and Low Income North Carolinians Access to Quality Dental Care Grant Provides Dental X-ray Bus that will Travel the State Chapel Hill, N.C. – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation today announced a grant that will help provide uninsured and low income North Carolinians access to quality dental care. The three-year, $610,000 grant, provided to the North Carolina Dental Health Fund... more