All News From 2004

• BCBSNC Of North Carolina Foundation Awards Grants

  7/14/2004 - Chapel Hill, NC – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (BCBSNC Foundation) has awarded 14 grants totaling more than $183,000 to organizations that promote programs and services improving the health and well–being of North Carolinians. Grants were awarded to programs helping women, children, and seniors with priority given to programs stressing physical activity, offering health screenings and promoting health education and safety. The YWCA of the... more

• N.C. Health & Wellness Trust Fund Commission and BCBSNC Launch Fit Together, a $4.5 million statewide healthy lifestyle initiative

  4/7/2004 - Raleigh, NC — Today the N.C. Health & Wellness Trust Fund Commission (HWTFC) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) launched Fit Together, a long–term, comprehensive statewide overweight and obesity prevention initiative uniting $4.5 million in public and private resources. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, Chairperson, HWTFC, and Bob Greczyn, President and CEO of BCBSNC, announced the groundbreaking, three–year initiative at a news conference at the Central YMCA... more

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Awards Grants

  3/23/2004 - Chapel Hill, NC — The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (BCBSNC Foundation) has awarded 11 grants totaling more than $128,000 to organizations that promote programs and services improving the health and well-being of North Carolinians. Programs receiving priority for BCBSNC Foundation funding meet the needs of the uninsured, eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities, or promote physical activity, screenings and health education. The YWCA of the... more

• BCBSNC Foundation Announces $10 Million Grant to Support, Sustain and Expand Free Health Clinic Access Across North Carolina

  1/14/2004 - Chapel Hill, NC - The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (BCBSNC Foundation) today announced a $10 million grant to free health clinics across North Carolina to strengthen and expand the clinics' health services to the uninsured and underinsured. The BCBSNC Foundation is making the grant to the N.C. Association of Free Clinics (NCAFC) as part of a partnership between the organizations to strengthen the free health... more