Health Net, Inc. : Health Net, Armed Services YMCA and Blue Star Families Present: Families in the Kitchen
04/30/2012| 08:35am US/Eastern
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In honor of the Month of the Military Child
Health
Net Federal Services, LLC, part of the Government Contracts segment
of Health
Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) has partnered with Blue Star Families and Armed
Services YMCA (ASYMCA) of Hampton Roads to present Families in the
Kitchen, an interactive evening for military families to prepare a
healthy meal together on Monday, April 30.
Approximately 20 local military families have been invited to
participate in a hands-on event with the goal of drawing families
together and putting emphasis on meal time as a way to stay connected as
a family before, during and after deployment.
"Health Net recognizes the unique pressures and challenges military
families face. In observance of the Month of the Military Child, we have
partnered with Blue Star Families and ASYMCA to host an evening that
brings families together. It's important to establish and continue
healthy family routines, and meal time is an ideal time to reconnect and
decompress as a family unit," said Tom Carrato, president of Health Net
Federal Services.
Parents and children will prepare their own fresh garden salad and
healthy pizza to take home, bake and enjoy. The hour-long event will
begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Hampton Roads ASYMCA, 1465 Lakeside Road,
Virginia Beach, Va.
"The Armed
Services YMCA of Hampton Roads is excited to partner with Health
Net's Families in the Kitchen event, which aligns with our mission to
make military life easier for military families," said Juanita Pryor,
regional outreach programs director, Armed Services YMCA of Hampton
Roads. "We are proud to partner on events like these that benefit the
families we work with."
"The Families in the Kitchen event is a great opportunity for our
military families to enjoy," said Sheri Robey-Lapan, Blue
Star Families senior director, Programs. "Health Net, a true
supporter of our military family, brings a unique and fun-filled event
to our community, and we are thrilled to be part of the evening."
In addition to a delicious and healthy meal, each family will leave with
a cookbook created by Health Net filled with fast, easy recipes kids can
help prepare, and copies of Health Net's kid's journal, My
Life, designed for military children who are experiencing the
deployment of a loved one.
Members of the media are invited to attend. For more information,
contact Angela Kennedy at (571) 227-6630.
About Health Net
Health Net, Inc. is a publicly traded managed care organization that
delivers managed health care services through health plans and
government-sponsored managed care plans. Its mission is to help people
be healthy, secure and comfortable. Health Net, through its
subsidiaries, provides and administers health benefits to approximately
6.0 million individuals across the country through group, individual,
Medicare (including the Medicare prescription drug benefit commonly
referred to as "Part D"), Medicaid, U.S. Department of Defense,
including TRICARE, and Veterans Affairs programs. Health Net's
behavioral health services subsidiary, Managed Health Network, Inc.,
provides behavioral health, substance abuse and employee assistance
programs to approximately 5.0 million individuals, including Health
Net's own health plan members. Health Net's subsidiaries also offer
managed health care products related to prescription drugs, and offer
managed health care product coordination for multi-region employers and
administrative services for medical groups and self-funded benefits
programs.
For more information on Health Net, Inc., please visit the Health Net's
website at www.healthnet.com.
Health Net Federal Services Contact:
Molly Tuttle,
916-351-5355
molly.m.tuttle@healthnet.com
or
Health
Net, Inc. Contact:
Margita Thompson, 818-676-7912
margita.thompson@healthnet.com
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