Wellspring Women's Center in Sacramento Receives Valentine's Day Grins 2 Go Bags for Children and Donation from UnitedHealthcare for Transportation Fund

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Local children receive a Valentine's Day-themed Grins 2 Go™ bag from Kevin Kandalaft of UnitedHealthcare at Wellspring Women's Center on Monday, Feb. 13. Wellspring serves as a drop-in center to women and their children, providing food and social services in a safe and enriching environment (Video: Anita Sen).

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--()--UnitedHealthcare employees distributed 150 Valentine’s Day-themed Grins 2 Go™ bags to Wellspring Women’s Center in Sacramento this morning. In addition, Kevin Kandalaft from UnitedHealthcare presented a donation to help fund free bus passes for women served by the center.

Wellspring serves as a drop-in center to women and their children, providing food and social services in a safe and enriching environment. Valentine’s Day-themed Grins 2 Go bags contain toys, games and other fun activities for children ages four to 12. All proceeds from the bags directly support medical grants given by UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation to children and their families.

About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with 1 million physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.

About UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation
The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides medical grants to help children gain access to health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their parents’ commercial health insurance plan. Families can receive up to $5,000 annually per child ($10,000 lifetime maximum per child), and do not need to have insurance through UnitedHealthcare to be eligible. UHCCF was founded in 1999. Since 2007, UHCCF has awarded more than 13,000 grants valued at over $35 million to children and their families across the United States. UHCCF’s funding is provided by contributions from individuals, corporations and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) employees. To apply for a grant, donate or learn more, please visit UHCCF.org.

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Contacts

UnitedHealthcare
Matt Rodriguez, 714-252-0479
matt.rodriguez@uhc.com

Release Summary

UnitedHealthcare employees distributed 150 Valentine’s Day-themed Grins 2 Go™ bags to Wellspring Women’s Center in Sacramento this morning.

Contacts

UnitedHealthcare
Matt Rodriguez, 714-252-0479
matt.rodriguez@uhc.com