Anthem Foundation Contributes $1 Million to American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program

Anthem Foundation
Sep 7, 2018 · 2 min read

Disasters can strike at any time and can leave devastating effects for communities and their families including increased stress, emotional concerns, and financial strain. On August 30, 2018, the American Red Cross recognized our efforts for supporting the Red Cross Disaster Relief through the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) with an annual commitment of $1 million.

Through the partnership, the efforts to support disaster relief activities, such as sheltering, feeding, purchasing and distributing relief supplies, in advance of major disasters, will help ensure the Red Cross can respond immediately with comfort and care when disasters occur.

We care about making a difference in people’s lives and taking action right now. Each year, the Red Cross responds to nearly 64,000 disasters across the country, including home fires, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornados, and wildfires. With the use of the funds from the ADGP, people who are in need of assistance can receive assistance, regardless of cost.

Our contribution also enables the Red Cross to deliver services to our military and veterans at every stage of their military life through Red Cross offices across the country on more than a hundred installations around the world, including Djibouti and Kuwait. To date, the Red Cross has trained more than 15,300 family members in improving coping skills and resilience, providing over 304,000 emergency communications services to more than 79,000 military members and their families has distributed nearly 782,000 care, comfort and therapy items at military hospitals and medical facilities.

Read more about our commitment to Disaster Relief efforts around the country, and our promise in supporting initiatives that can have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve by visiting: http://www.anthemcorporateresponsibility.com/disaster-relief.

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The Anthem Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Anthem Inc. Since its establishment the foundation has granted more than $165 million in grants to organizations that support our Healthy Generations program.

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AnthemFoundation

The Anthem Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Anthem Inc. Since its establishment the foundation has granted more than $165 million in grants to organizations that support our Healthy Generations program.

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