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Meet Cecilia Bermudez: Celebrate Caring Honoree

Friday, 14 June 2019 by Sarah Bishop

Caring is in all of us, and nurses truly embody that spirit. Independence Blue Cross received nearly 700 submissions for its Celebrate Caring campaign. We are honored to share the stories of our top 10 finalists, including Cecilia Bermudez, oncology nurse at Reading Hospital-Tower Health. Cecilia Bermudez used to be a chemistry tutor at a private liberal arts college....

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Meet Evelyn Cannon-Dingle, Celebrate Caring Honoree

Wednesday, 12 June 2019 by Britni Zahodnick

Nurse Evelyn Cannon-Dingle, in a hospital room

Caring is in all of us, and nurses truly embody that spirit. Independence Blue Cross received nearly 700 submissions for its Celebrate Caring campaign. We are honored to share the stories of our top 10 finalists, including Evelyn Cannon-Dingle, a nurse at Inspira Medical Center Vineland.

Learning the Value of Community

Evelyn Cannon-Dingle decided she was destined to become a nurse when she was in the second grade....

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Meet Megan Vennalil, Celebrate Caring Honoree

Wednesday, 12 June 2019 by Britni Zahodnick

Nurse Megan Vennalil talks to another woman

Caring is in all of us, and nurses truly embody that spirit. Independence Blue Cross received nearly 700 submissions for its Celebrate Caring campaign. We are honored to share the stories of our top 10 finalists, including Megan Vennalil, a nurse at Einstein Medical Center.

Inspired by Nurses at a Young Age

Nurses make a difference in people’s lives every day,...

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Providence Center: 25 Years of Inspiring Futures Full of Possibility

Monday, 10 June 2019 by Veronica Serrano

Juan Lopez (left) and David Chiles (right) right at the Providence Center 25th anniversary event

^{Juan Lopez (left) and David Chiles (right) at the Providence Center 25th anniversary event.} While it may be known as the City of Brotherly Love, poverty and high crime rates are major problems in some parts of Philadelphia. In the Fairhill section of North Philadelphia, young people are surrounded by some of the highest poverty and violent crime rates,...

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Addressing the Growing Issue of Malnutrition in Older Adults

Tuesday, 04 June 2019 by Dr. Heidi J. Syropoulos

A senior woman receives a delivery of food from MANNA

^{Philadelphia-based MANNA delivers healthy meals and provides nutritional counseling to seriously ill people in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties.} Should you eat a different diet if you’re sick? Do you have the same nutritional needs when you’re 80 as you do when you’re 30? I ask these questions because nutrition is such a hot topic in our culture....

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CHOP’s Youth Heart Watch: Creating a Culture of Responsiveness in Philadelphia Schools

Monday, 03 June 2019 by Britni Zahodnick

People holding a banner, celebrating a school's certification as a Youth Heart Watch school

^{Zane Schultz (right), of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, presents the Youth Heart Watch award to Philadelphia’s first Heart Safe school.} At age 16, Zane Schultz witnessed his friend and teammate, Rafe Maccarone, collapse on the soccer field during a routine warmup in their hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida. The minutes after Rafe’s collapse were marked by chaos and fear....

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Independence Blue Cross: Our Investment in Community Health

Wednesday, 29 May 2019 by Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, MGA

Lorina Marshall-Blake planting something at a volunteer event

^{Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, volunteering with the Independence Blue Cross Blue Crew at Share Food Program} For more than 80 years, Independence Blue Cross (Independence) has enhanced the health and well-being of the communities we serve. We have a responsibility as the leading health insurance company in Philadelphia to make quality health care accessible and affordable and to ensure good health is in reach for everyone....

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Meet Kate Gleason-Bachman, Celebrate Caring Honoree

Friday, 24 May 2019 by Sarah Bishop

Kate Gleason-Bachman, taking a patient's blood pressure.

Caring is in all of us, and nurses truly embody that spirit. Independence Blue Cross received nearly 700 submissions for its Celebrate Caring campaign. We are honored to share the stories of our top ten finalists, including Kate Gleason-Bachman, a nurse at Pathways to Housing PA.

A Team Devoted Exclusively to Opioid Use Disorder

Pathways to Housing PA (Pathways) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower people with disabilities to improve their housing stability,...

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Honoring America’s Heroes at the Medal of Honor Grove

Thursday, 23 May 2019 by Mattie Johnson

Blue Crew volunteers sprucing up the grounds at the Medal of Honor Grove

^{Blue Crew volunteers helping to spruce up the Medal of Honor Grove.} There are approximately 30 million military veterans in the United States, and that number keeps growing every day! The IVets, Independence Blue Cross’s associate resource group for veterans, includes many men and women who have served on behalf of American citizens....

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Meet Micah Maxton, Celebrate Caring Honoree

Tuesday, 21 May 2019 by Sarah Bishop

Caring is in all of us, and nurses truly embody that spirit. Independence Blue Cross received nearly 700 submissions for its Celebrate Caring campaign. We are honored to share the stories of our top 10 finalists, including Micah Maxton, Emergency Department nurse at Roxborough Memorial Hospital.

Turning Tragedy into Triumph

Growing up in North Philly,...

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