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

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 36 & 44 Orlando St beautify two properties used by clients of Bay Cove Human Services. Mattapan, MA --- -------------------- ------------ Community Rowing Volunteers will improve safe access to the water 20 Nonantum Rd for all rowers Brighton, MA --- ------------ Community Servings Volunteers will prepare and package meals in the 18 Marbury Ter kitchen Jamaica Plain, MA --- ----------------- Connecticut Food Bank Volunteers will sort and pack food and grocery 2 Research Parkway, Wallingford, CT products. --- --------- Cradles to Crayons Volunteers will help with inspecting, sorting and 155 N Beacon St packaging donations Brighton, MA --- ------------ Esplanade Association Volunteers will remove invasive plants or weeds Clarendon Plaza and clean up litter along the Esplanade. Nearest Footbridge: Dartmouth St. Footbridge Boston, MA --- ---------- Federal Hill House Volunteers will work on the playground and 9 Courtland St outside space to get ready for summer camp. Activities will include outdoor clean-up, paint Providence, RI games on playground asphalt. --- ---------------------------- Friendly House Volunteers will help get the organization ready 36 Wall St Neighborhood Center for summer camp. Activities include but not limited to: Painting, cleaning or organizing Worcester, MA --- --------------------------------------------- ------------- Greater Boston Food Volunteers will work in the warehouse, 70 South Bay Ave Bank inspecting, sorting and packing food and grocery products. Boston, MA --- --------- ---------- Jewish Community Volunteers will paint Kindness Rocks to line 49 Edmands Rd Housing for the Elderly: pathways in the gardens; volunteers will also play Shillman House trivia with residents Framingham, MA -------------- --------------------- -------------- Jewish Community Volunteers will paint Kindness Rocks to line 677 Winchester St Housing for the Elderly: pathways in the gardens; volunteers will also play Coleman House trivia with residents Newton, MA ------------- --------------------- ---------- Life Connection Center Volunteers will help with neighborhood clean-up, 192 Appleton St picking up around the neighborhood and beautifying the outside space at the center. Lowell, MA Volunteers will also work in the soup kitchen. --- ---------------------------------------------- Mass Audubon’s Habitat Volunteers will use weed wrenches, loppers, 10 Juniper Rd Education Center and saws and hand pruners to pull, cut pile, haul and Wildlife Sanctuary chip meadow areas of the property. Belmont, MA ------------------ ---------------------------------- ----------- Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Volunteers will work in teams to build a bed, Tufts Health Plan which includes assembling, sanding, painting and the opportunity to write a personalized message. 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA Beds are delivered to children in need across Massachusetts --- ------------- National Braille Press Volunteers will help to assemble print/braille 88 St. Stephen St books for blind children Boston, MA --- ---------- New Hampshire Food Volunteers will work in the production garden 1056 River Rd Bank Garden which supplies fresh vegetables to local food pantries. Duties will include weeding, planting or Manchester, NH transplanting seedlings. --- ------------------------ Operation American Volunteers will make Paracord “Survival” Tufts Health Plan Soldier bracelets which will be distributed to deployed troops. 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA --- ------- ------------------------------------ Pine Street Inn Volunteers will work in the kitchen chopping vegetables, 444 Harrison Ave making sandwiches, weighing food and providing other basic meal preparation Boston, MA --- ------------------------------------------ ---------- Room to Grow Volunteers will sort, organize and display 142 Berkley St #22 donations of baby items Boston, MA --- ---------- Springwell - Meals on Volunteers from the Senior Products and Tufts Tufts Health Plan Wheels Health Public Plans members’ services call center will make Hello Summer Cards for the Meals on 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA Wheels program --- -------------- St. Francis House Volunteers will assist with meal preparation in 39 Boylston St the kitchen and clothing distribution 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, 94 Concord Rd harvesting, washing vegetables and preparing planting beds. Intersection of Rte 126 and Baker Bridge Rd Lincoln, MA --- ----------- Urban Farming Institute Volunteers will plant, weed, compost and water 227 Harold Street, Dorchester, MA crops. --- ------ Victory Programs - Volunteers will work in ReVision’s Urban Farm 38 Fabyan St Revision Urban Farm weeding, planting or transplanting seedlings Dorchester, MA --- -------------- Waltham Boys & Girls Volunteers will help to prepare the Club for an 20 Exchange St Club amazing start to summer camp. Projects may include outdoor clean-up and painting, organizing Waltham, MA art supplies, decorating bulletin boards and more --- ------------------------------------------------- Watertown Boys & Girls Volunteers will set up the site at Hale Reservation 80 Carby St Club in Westwood where the club holds it summer camp. Tasks include cleaning up the area, Westwood, MA sectioning off parts of the site for different activities, putting up tents, loading supplies and more. --- ----- Women’s Lunch Place Volunteers will assist kitchen staff with food 67 Newbury St preparation, serving meals to guests, and cleaning up. Boston, MA --- ------------ ---------- Worcester County Food Volunteers will sort, inspect and organize 474 Boston Turnpike Bank donated food and grocery products. 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.

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

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