Alberta Blue Cross donates to 4 Wing MFRC
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4 Wing’s Military Family Resource Centre Society has seen a donation from a provincial health insurance provider to help with their operation.
Alberta Blue Cross says the group was part of a donation to help buy chairs, sanitation supplies and other materials as they reopened the resource centre to military families.
The donation was part of the larger “COVID Community Roots Program” where Alberta Blue Cross donated a total of $195,000 to 45 projects in 38 different communities in the province.
“These projects are helping to support the social, mental, emotional and physical well-being of people and communities across Alberta through the pandemic,” says Brian Geislinger, vice-president of Corporate Relations, Alberta Blue Cross. “We’re so glad to be able to support these initiatives.”
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The Alberta Blue Cross has provided funding for programs in the Peace Country and across the province since the early summer as part of its COVID Community Roots Program.
One of the most recent donations was to the Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools Education Foundation.
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Rebecca Smillie, the Community Impact manager at Alberta Blue Cross, said the program was a perfect fit during COVID.
“They have a regular program with the seniors in the Grande Prairie area,” she said. “But, of course, with COVID and all the isolation of centers (housing), the seniors were physically isolating but also the emotional repercussions that goes along with that.