Tufts Health Plan Employees to Fan out Across New England to Serve Communities During Company's Tenth Annual Volunteer Day

35 Projects Benefit 29 Non-Profits Across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut

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Jun 19, 2018, 08:00 ET

WATERTOWN, Mass., June 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tufts Health Plan employees are traveling across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island today during the company's tenth annual Volunteer Day, to serve local nonprofits in projects ranging from food preparation to yard work.

"Our employees are extraordinary, and they demonstrate their commitment to our community and our members each and every day," said Tom Croswell, Tufts Health Plan president and CEO. "Seeing more than 750 employees giving back reflects our values and makes me proud. I am thankful for each and every employee who is out in the community today."

Now in its tenth year, Volunteer Day builds on the work Tufts Health Plan does throughout the year. Employees volunteered 7,193 hours in the community in 2017. This year, the company's ambitious goal of 10,000 hours in community volunteering is to mark the Tufts Health Plan Foundation's 10-year anniversary.

"What an honor to work with colleagues who care about our communities and show it with action," said Nora Moreno Cargie, vice president for corporate citizenship and president of Tufts Health Plan Foundation. "This Volunteer Day, Tufts Health Plan is living its values—from our senior leaders to our customer service staff-- together we expect to make a real difference to the nonprofit organizations and the people they serve."

The Tufts Health Plan team expects to complete 2000 hours on Volunteer Day. The value of the company's volunteer time, grants, matching gifts, sponsorship support to nonprofits, in-kind and other donations totaled more than $5 million in 2017.

A full list of projects and their descriptions is below.

Organization	Project Description	Project Location
Bay Cove Human Services	Volunteers will rake, clean up and help to beautify two properties used by clients of Bay Cove Human Services.	36 & 44 Orlando St Mattapan, MA
Community Rowing	Volunteers will improve safe access to the water for all rowers	20 Nonantum Rd Brighton, MA
Community Servings	Volunteers will prepare and package meals in the kitchen	18 Marbury Ter Jamaica Plain, MA
Connecticut Food Bank	Volunteers will sort and pack food and grocery products.	2 Research Parkway, Wallingford, CT
Cradles to Crayons	Volunteers will help with inspecting, sorting and packaging donations	155 N Beacon St Brighton, MA
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
Federal Hill House	Volunteers will work on the playground and outside space to get ready for summer camp. Activities will include outdoor clean-up, paint games on playground asphalt.	9 Courtland St Providence, RI
Friendly House Neighborhood Center	Volunteers will help get the organization ready for summer camp. Activities include but not limited to: Painting, cleaning or organizing	36 Wall St Worcester, MA
Greater Boston Food Bank	Volunteers will work in the warehouse, inspecting, sorting and packing food and grocery products.	70 South Bay Ave Boston, MA
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly: Shillman House	Volunteers will paint Kindness Rocks to line pathways in the gardens; volunteers will also play trivia with residents	49 Edmands Rd Framingham, MA
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly: Coleman House	Volunteers will paint Kindness Rocks to line pathways in the gardens; volunteers will also play trivia with residents	677 Winchester St Newton, MA
Life Connection Center	Volunteers will help with neighborhood clean-up, picking up around the neighborhood and beautifying the outside space at the center. Volunteers will also work in the soup kitchen.	192 Appleton St Lowell, MA
Mass Audubon's Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary	Volunteers will use weed wrenches, loppers, saws and hand pruners to pull, cut pile, haul and chip meadow areas of the property.	10 Juniper Rd Belmont, MA
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless	Volunteers will work in teams to build a bed, which includes 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 Street, Watertown, MA
National Braille Press	Volunteers will help to assemble print/braille books for blind children	88 St. Stephen St Boston, MA
New Hampshire Food Bank Garden	Volunteers will work in the production garden which supplies fresh vegetables to local food pantries. Duties will include weeding, planting or transplanting seedlings.	1056 River Rd Manchester, NH
Operation American Soldier	Volunteers will make Paracord "Survival" bracelets which will be distributed to deployed troops.	Tufts Health Plan 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA
Pine Street Inn	Volunteers will work in the kitchen chopping vegetables, making sandwiches, weighing food and providing other basic meal preparation	444 Harrison Ave Boston, MA
Room to Grow	Volunteers will sort, organize and display donations of baby items	142 Berkley St #22 Boston, MA
Springwell - Meals on Wheels	Volunteers from the Senior Products and Tufts Health Public Plans members' services call center will make Hello Summer Cards for the Meals on Wheels program	Tufts Health Plan 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA
St. Francis House	Volunteers will assist with meal preparation in the kitchen and clothing distribution	39 Boylston St Boston, MA
The Dimock Center	Volunteers will clean-up the Center grounds	55 Dimock St Boston, MA
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
Urban Farming Institute	Volunteers will plant, weed, compost and water crops.	227 Harold Street, Dorchester, MA
Victory Programs - Revision Urban Farm	Volunteers will work in ReVision's Urban Farm weeding, planting or transplanting seedlings	38 Fabyan St Dorchester, MA
Waltham Boys & Girls Club	Volunteers will help to prepare the 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
Watertown Boys & Girls Club	Volunteers will set up the site at Hale Reservation in Westwood where the club holds it 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 Westwood, MA
Women's Lunch Place	Volunteers will assist kitchen staff with food preparation, serving meals to guests, and cleaning up.	67 Newbury St Boston, MA
Worcester County Food Bank	Volunteers will sort, inspect and organize donated food and grocery products.	474 Boston Turnpike Shrewsbury, MA

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

Our private HMO and Massachusetts PPO plans are rated 5 out of 5 and our Massachusetts 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/connections. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

ⁱ The National Committee for Quality Assurance Private Health Insurance Plan Ratings and Medicaid Health Insurance Ratings 2017-2018. This rating references Tufts Health Plan's Massachusetts Medicaid plan. Tufts Health Plan's Rhode Island Medicaid plan has not yet been rated.
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 years 2016 -2018.

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