Grantees in the News
Check out the grantees that are making headlines across the state:
- Program aims to increase number of family doctors (6-2-10)
- Mentoring program aims to encourage more medical students to choose a career in family medicine in NC (6-2-10)
- Blue Cross grant promotes more family docs (6-2-10)
- BCBSNC Foundation makes $1.18M grant for family medicine (6-16-10)
- Day care center creates an outdoor natural area to encourage creative, outdoor play (5-13-10)
- Kids in Parks program working to increase physical activity of children and their families
- All at the table to make the healthy choice the easy choice
- X-rays on wheels is mobile dental lab for the N.C. Dental Society's Missions of Mercy
- New dental X-ray bus to offer dental care to more than 6,000 patients each year (5-6-10)
- New bus provides uninsured and low income residents access to dental care (5-6-10)
- Dental X-Ray Bus in Hickory (5-5-10)
- Fitness garden dedicated at Mount Olive College (4-15-10)
- Cancer Services of Gaston County hosts the BCBSNC Foundation's Button Chair exhibit (4-15-10)
- BCBSNC Foundation's Button Chair at Meredith College (4-12-10)
- Farm to School project hosting open house (3-29-10)
- Hundreds line up for free dental clinic in Durham (3-12-10)
- McDowell child care center receive grant to move more and eat healthier (3-6-10)
- Free Clinic in Brunswick County gets a boost but the need is great (12-8-09)
- Homeless to housing, via parking meters through a plan developed by the United Way of the Cape Fear Area (12-15-09)
- Program bolsters 10 North Carolina safety-net dental clinics (12-14-09)
- Reading Connections in Guilford County has formed a coalition to help advocate for health literacy between patients and doctors (12-8-09)
- North Carolina Parent Teacher Association is working on parent advocacy for school health and developing a manual for parent engagement for school health issues (12-3-09)
- The BCBSNC Foundation Button Chair is on the move to the Sara Lee Bakery facility in Tarboro (11-11-09)
- Learn more about the interactive mapping project from Advocates for Health in Action a group trying to fight childhood obesity (11-8-09)
- The Button Chair creates awareness at Heritage Hospital (10-12-09)
BCBSNC Foundation's Button Chair exhibit
Learn more about the BCBSNC Foundation's Button Chair and host it at your upcoming event or worksite!
2009 Annual Report
Join host Bill Friday on a public radio-style journey across North Carolina.