Tufts Health Plan Employees Demonstrate Their Commitment To The Community At Ninth Annual Volunteer Day

Staff To Spend Day Serving 20+ Non-Profits Across Eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire

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Jun 20, 2017, 09:30 ET

WATERTOWN, Mass., June 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Tufts Health Plan employees are participating in their ninth annual Volunteer Day today, fanning out across Eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, helping community organizations with projects ranging from preparing meals for local homeless shelters to providing safer access to the water for athletes with disabilities.

"The employees in our organization are extraordinary -- they believe very strongly in our mission and demonstrate their commitment to improving the lives of our members and our community each and every day," said Tom Croswell, Tufts Health Plan president and CEO. "Our mission is to improve the health and wellness of the diverse communities we serve. I can think of no better example of this than our annual Volunteer Day."

More than 500 Tufts Health Plan employees are signed up to volunteer this year, the organization's biggest turn out to date. Employees will complete more than 1,400 service hours, valued at $41,832 in total hours spent in community. Last year, employees volunteered more than 6,000 hours in community.

"Year after year, we continue to break our own records for volunteerism. Employees embrace the opportunity to give back to the communities where they live and work. We care about community. It's a core value for Tufts Health Plan," said Nora Moreno Cargie, vice president for corporate citizenship and president of Tufts Health Plan Foundation.

A full list of projects and their descriptions is below.

Organization	Description	Location
Community Servings	Volunteers will prepare and package meals in the kitchen.	18 Marbury Terrace Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Greater Boston Food Bank	Volunteers will work in the warehouse, inspecting, sorting and packing food and grocery products.	70 South Bay Avenue Boston, MA 02118
Home for Little Wanderers	Volunteers will help The Home for Little Wanderers and its partner The Thrift Shop of Boston by hanging, tagging, sorting and organizing clothing.	33 Corinth Street Roslindale, MA 02131
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly (JCHE): Coleman House	Volunteers at the Coleman House project will set up and then enjoy a picnic with the residents followed by a game of trivia.	Coleman House 677 Winchester Street Newton, MA 02459
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly (JCHE): Shillman House	Volunteers at the Shillman House project will play trivia with the residents and then set up and lead an activity to help residents paint and pot herbs in terracotta pots.	Shillman House 49 Edmands Road Framingham, MA 01701
National Braille Press	Volunteers will help assemble print/braille books for blind children.	88 Saint Stephen Street Boston, MA 02115
Pine Street Inn	Volunteers will work in the kitchen chopping vegetables, making sandwiches, weighing food and providing other basic meal preparation.	444 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02118
Rhode Island Community Food Bank	Volunteers will inspect, sort and pack food for distribution.	200 Niantic Avenue Providence, RI 02907
St. Francis House	Volunteers will assist with meal preparation in the kitchen and clothing distribution.	39 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116
Women's Lunch Place	Volunteers will assist kitchen staff with food preparation, serving lunch to guests, and cleaning up.	67 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116
Worcester County Food Bank	Volunteers will sort, inspect and organize donated food and grocery products.	474 Boston Turnpike Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Community Rowing	Volunteers will improve safe access to the water for rowers by installing new rub rail along the length of the dock and adding reflective tape to each of the supporting dock pilings.	20 Nonantum Road Brighton, MA 02135
The Dimock Center	Volunteers will support outdoor improvement projects on The Dimock Center's campus, including landscaping, mulching and planting.	55 Dimock Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
Esplanade Association	Volunteers will remove invasive plants or weeds and clean up litter along the Esplanade.	The Hatch Shell 47 David G Mugar Way Boston, MA 02108
Mass Audubon Society	Volunteers will work on outdoor projects, including planting, weeding, trail maintenance (putting woodchips on trails) and/or helping with the herd of goats.	10 Juniper Road Belmont, MA 02478
Mill City Grows	Volunteers will plant, tend and harvest crops. Rain or shine.	1001 Pawtucket Boulevard Lowell, MA 01854
New Hampshire Food Bank	Volunteers will work in the production garden which supplies fresh vegetables to local food pantries.	1056 River Road Manchester, NH 03104
Waltham Boys & Girls Club	Volunteers will help to prepare the Club for an amazing start to summer camp.	20 Exchange Street Waltham, MA 02451
Waltham Fields	Volunteers will tend specific crops; tasks may include weeding by hand or hoe, transplanting seedlings, planting seeds in rows, or whatever the farmer needs to be done that day!	240 Beaver Street Waltham, MA 02452
Watertown Boys & Girls Club	Volunteers will set up the site at Hale Reservation in Westwood where the Club holds its summer camp.	80 Carby Street Westwood, MA 02090
Jumpstart	Volunteers will be coloring, cutting and gluing projects that will be used to help children become kindergarten ready.	Tufts Health Plan on-site project 705 Mt. Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472
Project Hope	Volunteers will assemble Job Search Life Tool Kits for individuals graduating from Project Hope's training program.	Tufts Health Plan on-site project 705 Mt. Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472

About Tufts Health Plan
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 1.1 million members in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire through employer-sponsored plans; Medicare; Medicaid and Marketplace plans, offering health insurance coverage across the life span regardless of age or circumstance.

We continually rank among the top health plans in the country based on quality and member satisfaction:

Our private HMO and PPO plans are rated 5 out of 5 and our Medicaid plan is rated 4.5 out of 5 by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.ⁱ
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.ⁱⁱ

To learn more about how we're redefining what a health plan can do, visit tuftshealthplan.com/ourstories. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

ⁱ The National Committee for Quality Assurance Private Health Insurance Plan Rankings and Medicaid Health Insurance Rankings 2016-2017.

ⁱⁱ 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 year 2016 and 2017.

Contact: Kathleen Makela
kathleen_makela@tufts-health.com
857-304-8293

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