Blue Cross Blue Shield Gives Big!
Targeting Chicago’s inner-city teens, BCBS reached out and touched some kids with kindness, and a life-changing gift. These kids are “at-risk” meaning they have already lived some of the most difficult times of their lives, and the future does not look much different. BCBS wants to help change that.
BCBS Donates Dozens of Bikes to Charity!
26 bikes stood ready to roll onto the streets of Chicago, during the critical times of these kids’ life. Those twilight hours from 4-7 p.m. challenge these children every day. Do they do homework? Hang? Get in trouble? Now they have an incredible vehicle to help them climb mountains, both figuratively and literally, to choose a path to a healthy lifestyle, and make better choices. To feel like someone who does not have to care about you – does care about you, is empowering, that feeling increases self-worth and pride.
They Also Donated a Big Check (Literally.)
But that was not all, with a room full of adults biting back tears, Illinois, BCBS Director, Jay Todd Phillips, presented a $5,000 check to help make the lives of many other kids a whole lot better. Even for this jaded facilitator, who knew it was going to happen, the tears just kept dripping. It was a proud moment for BCBS and a thankful one for Chicago’s Inner-City, Boys and Girl’s Club.
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