News Releases
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05/09/13
-- One-on-one support available to help victims with health and financial issues --
HARTFORD, Conn. & HAMPTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Aetna Foundation has given $100,000 to the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) to help the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and the explosion in West, Texas, access the health care and practical support services they need to recover. PAF, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit patient assistance programs, will direct Aetna’s contribution toward helping any person impacted from the recent events, regardless of insurance status.more... -
05/02/13
-- Support aimed at improving health and health care and other causes --
-- Aetna employees donated $6.8M in 2012, up 25 percent over prior year; volunteer hours also increased by 12 percent --
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With an eye on increasing wellness and eliminating health disparities, Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) and its philanthropic arm, the Aetna Foundation, donated more than $14.6 million to nonprofit organizations in 2012. Grants were awarded to tackle poor nutrition and increase physical activity, confront the shortage of primary care physicians and find new ways to fix the fragmented delivery of health care, issues that disproportionately impactmore... -
04/11/13
Community program reaches out to Latino teens
ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thanks to a grant from the Aetna Foundation, young people in Anaheim can dance their way to better health with free classes from Anaheim Ballet. Today, Aetna Foundation representatives presented a $15,000 check to Anaheim Ballet that will let the school offer its daily STEP-UP! dance classes at no charge to young people in Anaheim. Mayor Tom Tait attended the ceremony celebrating the program's success. "STEP-UP! is much moremore... -
03/25/13
-- University of Pittsburgh Will Examine Influence of High Stress Neighborhoods on Mothers and Babies --
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, the statistics on infant mortality tell a disturbing story of racial health disparities. Here, African-American babies are three or even four times more likely to die in their first year of life than white infants. They also are more likely to be born with a low birth weight or born prematurely. Their mothers are more likely to be obese or not gain enough weight during their pregnancy, increasing their risk ofmore... -
03/25/13
-- Funds support The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families program --
BRONX, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Aetna Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. (CHCF) to help Latino families in the Bronx adopt healthy eating habits and exercise regularly. The funds support “Healthy Living,” the organization’s nutrition and fitness program for students and their families at P.S. 279 Captain Manuel Rivera, Jr., in the Fordham Heights neighborhood. CHCF’s “Healthy Living” combines Latinomore... -
03/22/13
Funding supports nutrition program for American Indian children in Arizona
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Continuing its efforts to promote health and wellness, the Aetna Foundation has awarded a $75,000 grant to FoodCorps. The funding aims to help transform eating habits of children from low-income communities by promoting nutrition, teaching gardening and expanding healthful school food choices. To pursue its work, FoodCorps recruits emerging leaders for a year of full-time public service dedicated to improving child health inmore... -
03/21/13
-- Funding Will Expand Outreach to African-American Women and Girls in Western Addition Neighborhood --
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its ongoing efforts to promote health care equity, the Aetna Foundation has awarded a $25,000, one-year grant to the Women’s Community Clinic in San Francisco. The funding will help the clinic provide health education and outreach, prenatal care, and health career training opportunities to low-income African-American women and girls in the Bay Area. Specifically, the Aetna Foundation funding will fuel programs at themore... -
03/21/13
-- Funds Will Expand Community Gardens, Provide Fresh Produce for Food Pantries in Greater Philadelphia--
EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Low-income residents of Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties can expect a greater supply of locally grown fresh vegetables this year. Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation, Triskeles, Inc. will more than double the number of community garden beds whose harvests are donated to local food pantries. This month, Triskeles and several hundred volunteers will build 95 raised garden beds in the greater Philadelphia areamore... -
03/05/13
-- Funding for Institute of Medicine to help improve residency programs; launch “hotspotting” fellowships from Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers --
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its work to improve health care in the United States, the Aetna Foundation has awarded two grants totaling $325,000 to help doctors adapt to a rapidly changing health care system and growing health care needs. The funding focuses on training young doctors for the post-reform health care landscape, which aims to improve the patient experience and population health and to lower health care costs. “Doctors needmore... -
02/28/13PERTH AMBOY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a ceremony today at the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center (JRMC), representatives of the Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna Foundation presented a $24,000 check to support a new JRMC program aimed at helping local young people from the Latino community improve their health. The funding supports “Proyecto Muevete Junto” (“Let’s Move Together”), a program designed to address rising rates of obesity in the Latino community in Perth Amboy andmore...
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