WELLPOINT INC 
By $50,000 grant for American Red Cross Spring Storms fund
INDIANAPOLIS - March 23, 2012 - To help communities across the Midwest recover from severe storms and tornados, WellPoint today announced that its corporate foundation has granted $50,000 to the American Red Cross 2012 Spring Storms fund. The Red Cross is using the funds to provide food, shelter and other relief to impacted individuals and families in states such as Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio.
"The men and women of WellPoint are committed to improving the lives of the people we serve and the health of our communities," said Lance Chrisman, executive director of the WellPoint Foundation. "Our hearts go out to those affected by the recent severe weather, and we thank the Red Cross for all they are doing to provide comfort and support when it is needed the most."
WellPoint, its foundation and associates are longstanding
supporters of the Red Cross, and the organization is one of
six charities included in the company's Associate Giving
Campaign. In 2011, pledges from WellPoint associates,
combined with a 50 percent match from the WellPoint
Foundation, resulted in Red Cross chapters receiving more
than $500,000 through the annual campaign. Also last
year, the WellPoint Foundation made a $100,000 donation to
the Red Cross for storm relief efforts in Georgia, Virginia
and Missouri. In recognition of this ongoing support,
the Red Cross has named the WellPoint Foundation a member of
its Annual Disaster Giving Program.
Additional information about WellPoint, its community work
and disaster relief efforts can be found at http://www.wellpointcorporateresponsibility.com.
About WellPoint
WellPoint works to simplify the connection between Health,
Care and Value. We help to improve the health of our members
and our communities, and provide greater value to our
customers and shareholders. WellPoint is one of the nation's
largest health benefits companies, with 34 million members in
its affiliated health plans, and a total of more than 65
million individuals served through its subsidiaries. As an
independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association, WellPoint serves members as the Blue Cross
licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana,
Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the
Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the
Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City
metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross
or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate
counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern
Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), and Wisconsin. In a
majority of these service areas, WellPoint's plans do
business as Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue
Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue
Cross Blue Shield, or Empire Blue Cross (in the New York
service areas). WellPoint also serves customers throughout
the country as UniCare and in certain California, Arizona and
Nevada markets through our recently acquired CareMore Health
Group, Inc. subsidiary. Additional information about
WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com.
About WellPoint Foundation
The WellPoint Foundation is the philanthropic arm of
WellPoint, Inc. and through charitable contributions and
programs, the Foundation promotes the inherent commitment of
WellPoint, Inc. to enhance the health and well-being of
individuals and families in communities that WellPoint, Inc.
and its affiliated health plans serve. The Foundation focuses
its funding on strategic initiatives that address and provide
innovative solutions to health care challenges, as well as
promoting the Healthy Generations Program, a
multi-generational initiative that targets specific disease
states and medical conditions. These disease states and
medical conditions include: prenatal care in the first
trimester, low birth weight babies, cardiac morbidity rates,
long term activities that decrease obesity and increase
physical activity, diabetes prevalence in adult populations,
adult pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations and smoking
cessation. The Foundation also coordinates the company's
annual associate giving campaign and provides a 50 percent
match of associates' campaign pledges.www.wellpointfoundation.org.
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