Tufts Health Plan Employees Serving Communities Across New England for Company's Annual Volunteer Day
WATERTOWN, Mass., June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,000 Tufts Health Plan employees are traveling across New England today to serve local nonprofits as part of its 11(th) Annual Volunteer Day.
Tufts Health Plan's mission is to improve the health and wellness of the diverse communities it serves. During Volunteer Day, employees showcase this commitment by giving back to the cities and towns where they live and work. The health plan is celebrating its 40(th) anniversary this year.
"Volunteering isn't just something we do; it's who we are," said Tom Croswell, Tufts Health Plan president and CEO. "I'm incredibly proud of our dedicated employees who are so committed to our members and our local communities each and every day."
Volunteers will participate in a range of projects, including preparing meals for people with chronic illnesses, doing yard work, engaging older people in their choice of activities, sorting donated food, assembling books for people who are blind or visually impaired, setting up sites for summer camps, and more.
"Volunteer Day builds on the everyday work we do as a company to improve the health and wellness of the diverse communities we serve," said Nora Moreno Cargie, vice president of corporate citizenship for Tufts Health Plan and president of its Foundation. "We support and encourage employees to be engaged in community to make a difference. And they do."
Tufts Health Plan projects employees will complete approximately 3,000 service hours throughout the day. That time is valued at nearly $100,000 in total hours spent in community according to Independent Sector.
A full list of projects and their descriptions is below.
Organization Project Description Project Location
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2Life Communities Volunteers will build a vertical
garden so residents can enjoy nature
and cultivate and grow herbs,
vegetables and flowers.
30 Wallingford Rd
Brighton, MA
49 Edmands Rd Framingham, MA
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Bay Cove Human Volunteers will rake, clean up and
Services help to beautify two properties used
by clients of Bay Cove Human
Services.
36 & 44 Orlando St
Mattapan, MA
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Bread of Life Volunteers will unload the truck,
shelve and bag food for residents
and clean the pantry area.
54 Eastern Ave
Malden, MA
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Carroll Center for the Volunteers will help with store
Blind inventory and painting the lecture
hall.
770 Centre St
Newton, MA
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Community Rowing Volunteers will improve safe access
to the water for all rowers
20 Nonantum Rd
Brighton, MA
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Community Servings Volunteers will prepare and package
meals in the kitchen
18 Marbury Ter
Jamaica Plain, MA
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Connecticut Food Bank Volunteers will work in the 2 Research Parkway Wallingford,
warehouse, inspecting, sorting and CT
packing food and grocery products.
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Cradles to Crayons Volunteers will help with inspecting,
sorting and packaging donations
155 N Beacon St
Brighton, MA
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Volunteers will provide improvements
to the Equestrian Center and other
recreational areas to include
general barn maintenance from
painting and building paddocks to
Easter Seals spring cleanup.
3 Randolph St. # 1
Canton, MA
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Emerald Necklace Volunteers will work on ecological
Conservancy restoration such as planting trees
or wildflowers, controlling erosion,
building trails, or managing
invasive species in Franklin Park.
125 Fenway
Boston, MA
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Esplanade Association Volunteers will remove invasive
plants or weeds and clean up litter
along the Esplanade.
Clarendon Plaza
Nearest Footbridge: Dartmouth St.
Footbridge
Boston, MA
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Volunteers will work on the
playground and outside space to get
ready for summer camp. Activities
will include outdoor clean-up,
Federal Hill House paint games on playground asphalt.
9 Courtland St
Providence, RI
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Friendly House Volunteers will help get the
Neighborhood Center organization ready for summer camp.
Activities include but not limited
to: Painting, cleaning or
organizing
36 Wall St
Worcester, MA
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Germantown Volunteers will paint the entry way
Neighborhood Center and other spaces and organize
kitchen and pantry spaces.
366 Palmer St
Quincy, MA
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Greater Boston Food Volunteers will work in the
Bank warehouse, inspecting, sorting and
packing food and grocery products.
70 South Bay Ave
Boston, MA
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Hope and Comfort Volunteers will pack personal hygiene
products to be distributed to youth
organizations and food pantries. 659 Highland Ave Needham, MA
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Mass Audubon's Habitat Volunteers will use weed wrenches,
Education Center and loppers, saws and hand pruners to
Wildlife Sanctuary pull, cut pile, haul and chip meadow
areas of the property.
10 Juniper Rd
Belmont, MA
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Massachusetts Volunteers will work in teams to
Coalition for the build a bed, which includes
Homeless assembling, sanding, painting and
the opportunity to write a
personalized message. Beds are
delivered to children in need across
Massachusetts
Tufts Health Plan
705 Mt. Auburn St Watertown, MA
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Mill City Grows Volunteers will help with planting, 650 Suffolk St Suite G10, Lowell,
weeding, harvesting, washing MA
vegetables and preparing planting
beds.
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National Braille Press Volunteers will help to assemble the
print/braille book "Miss Nelson is
Missing" for blind children
88 St. Stephen St
Boston, MA
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New Hampshire Food Volunteers will work in the
Bank Garden production garden which supplies
fresh vegetables to local food
pantries. Duties will include
weeding, planting or transplanting
seedlings.
1056 River Rd
Manchester, NH
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Operation American Volunteers will make Paracord
Soldier "Survival" bracelets which will be
distributed to deployed troops.
Tufts Health Plan
705 Mt. Auburn St Watertown, MA
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Volunteers will work in the kitchen
chopping vegetables, making
sandwiches, weighing food and
providing other basic meal
Pine Street Inn preparation
444 Harrison Ave
Boston, MA
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Volunteers will help with Project
Hope's Summer Kick Off barbeque.
Volunteers will do face painting,
flip burgers, run the kids games,
Project Hope help with set-up and break-down.
550 Dudley St
Roxbury, MA
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Providence Boys and Volunteers will provide outdoor
Girls Club clean-up, set up for summer camp,
painting.
550 Branch Ave
Providence, RI
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Rhode Island Community Volunteers will work in the
Food Bank warehouse, inspecting, sorting and
packing food and grocery products. 200 Niantic Ave Providence, RI
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Service Dog Project Volunteers will conduct activities
ranging from kennel cleaning and
fence building to grass seeding and
raking leaves.
37 Boxford Rd
Ipswich, MA
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Springwell Volunteers will make Hello Summer
Cards for recipients of the Meals on
Wheels program
Tufts Health Plan
705 Mt. Auburn St. Watertown, MA
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St. Francis House Volunteers will assist with meal
preparation in the kitchen and
clothing distribution
39 Boylston St
Boston, MA
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The Dimock Center Volunteers will clean-up the Center
grounds
55 Dimock St
Boston, MA
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The Food Project Volunteers will help with planting,
weeding, harvesting, washing
vegetables and preparing planting
beds.
94 Concord Rd
Intersection of Rte 126 and Baker
Bridge Rd
Lincoln, MA
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Volunteers will assemble activities
and include supplies like Play-Doh,
laces, jumbo crayons, stickers, etc.
in the Fine Motor Fun Kits which
will be distributed to local
United Way nonprofits serving children 0-5.
Tufts Health Plan
705 Mt. Auburn St. Watertown, MA
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Urban Farming Volunteers will plant, weed, compost
Institute and water crops. 227 Harold Street, Dorchester, MA
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Waltham Boys & Girls Volunteers will help to prepare the
Club Club for an amazing start to summer
camp. Projects may include outdoor
clean-up and painting, organizing
art supplies, decorating bulletin
boards and more
20 Exchange St
Waltham, MA
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Waltham Fields Volunteers will tend specific crops,
Community Farms tasks may include weeding by hand or
hoe, transplanting seedlings,
planting seeds in rows or other
tasks that need to be done that day.
240 Beaver St
Waltham, MA
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Watertown Boys & Girls Volunteers will set up the site at
Club Hale Reservation in Westwood where
the club holds its summer camp.
Tasks include cleaning up the area,
sectioning off parts of the site for
different activities, putting up
tents, loading supplies and more.
80 Carby St
Watertown, MA
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Worcester County Food Volunteers will sort, inspect and
Bank organize donated food and grocery
products.
474 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA
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About Tufts Health Plan
Celebrating our 40(th) anniversary in 2019, Tufts Health Plan is nationally recognized for its commitment to providing innovative, high-quality health care coverage. Staying true to our mission of improving the health and wellness of the diverse communities we serve, we touch the lives of more than 1.16 million members in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut through employer-sponsored plans; Medicare; Medicaid and Marketplace plans, offering health insurance coverage across the life span regardless of age or circumstance. We are continually among the top health plans in the country based on quality and member satisfaction. Our Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO and Senior Care Options plans received a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the highest rating possible. (i)
To learn more about how we're redefining what a health plan can do, visit www.tuftshealthplan.com/whatwedo. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn
(i) Every year, Medicare evaluates plans based on a 5-Star rating system. Star Ratings are calculated each year and may change from one year to the next. For more information on plan ratings, go to www.medicare.gov. Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO plans received 5 out of 5 stars for contract years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Contact: Kathleen Makela
kathleen_makela@tufts-health.com
857-304-8293
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