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Cardinal Health Foundation Awards Grant Funding to Organizations Helping Promote Healthy Lifestyles
08/25/2014

Dublin, Ohio, Aug. 25, 2014 — The Cardinal Health Foundation announced it will award 28 grants to help non-profit organizations across the country that promote active, healthy lifestyles and encourage health literacy and patient education. In total, the Foundation will award $229,000.

The Cardinal Health Essential to Wellness grant program awarded grants to organizations across the country residing in areas that have a large presence of Cardinal Health employees. This grant program is one of the many ways Cardinal Health continues to play a pivotal role in helping individuals, including employees, live healthier lives.

This year’s Essential to Wellness program called for proposals that addressed promoting healthy, active lifestyles for children, families and the elderly and encouraging health literacy, patient education and engagement. The grants awarded support a variety of initiatives such as providing diabetes supplies to summer camps for children, educating children and their families on healthy lifestyles and supporting child abuse and neglect prevention programs.

“We couldn’t be more pleased with the number of organizations that expressed interest and applied to receive these grants to benefit their communities,” said Dianne Radigan, vice president of Community Relations. “It’s obvious there is a movement to promote healthy lifestyles and Cardinal Health is committed to helping improve health and healthcare.”

Eligible geographic locations included: Little Rock, Arkansas; Lake and McHenry County, Illinois; Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Radcliff, Kentucky and El Paso, Texas.

Organizations receiving funding from the 2014 Cardinal Health Essential to Wellness program include:

  • American Diabetes Association (Little Rock, AR)
  • Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation, Inc (Little Rock, AR)
  • Arkansas Rice Depot, Inc (Little Rock, AR)
  • Arkansas Special Olympics, Inc (North Little Rock, AR)
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas, Inc. (Little Rock, AR)
  • Allendale Association, Inc (Lake Villa, IL)
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
  • Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (Chicago, IL)
  • Boys and Girls Club of Lake County (North Chicago, IL)
  • Casa Lake County, Inc (Vernon Hills, IL)
  • Foundation for Special Education District of Lake County (Gages Lake, IL)
  • Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (Lake Forest, IL)
  • Healthreach, Inc. (Waukegan, IL)
  • Northern Illinois Food Bank (Park City, IL)
  • One Hope United (Lake Villa, IL)
  • Pads Crisis Services, Inc. (North Chicago, IL)
  • Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
  • American Cancer Society, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
  • Community Health Clinic, Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY)
  • Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (Elizabethtown, KY)
  • Kentucky Diabetes Camp for Children, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
  • Helping Hand of Hope, Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY)
  • Mission Hope for Kids, Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY)
  • Music & Arts Center of Cultural Learning, Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY)
  • Springhaven, Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY)
  • USA Cares, Inc. (Radcliff, KY)
  • PB&J Family Services, Inc. (Albuquerque, NM)
  • Adults and Youth United Development Association, Inc. (San Elizario, TX) 

About the Cardinal Health Foundation 
The Cardinal Health Foundation supports local, national and international programs that improve health care quality and build healthy communities. The Cardinal Health Foundation also offers grants to encourage employee service to the community and works through international agencies to donate much-needed medical supplies and funding to those who need them in times of disaster. To learn more, visit cardinalhealth.com/community.

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