Nazareth College is among 11 nonprofit Rochester area organizations receiving Excellus BlueCross BlueShield's Community Health Awards to help improve the community's health.
Nazareth will receive up to $4,000 to help support 13 Head Start Hearing Screenings for approximately 750 Head Start students throughout the greater Rochester area. Excellus BCBS is donating almost $108,000 to 33 nonprofits across upstate New York with this round of its Community Health Award program.
Nazareth offers undergraduate and graduate degrees related to speech pathology. Graduates of the undergraduate program — communications sciences and disorders — have high acceptance rates into graduate programs in speech pathology or audiology.
"The grants demonstrate a corporate commitment to supporting local organizations that share our mission as a nonprofit health plan," said Holly Snow, director of community health engagement for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
Awards focus on improving the health status of the community, reducing the incidence of specific diseases, promoting health education and enhancing overall wellness. Winning organizations are selected based on the proposed program's scope of need, goals and the number of people expected to benefit from it.
The other nonprofit organizations in the Finger Lakes region chosen to receive Excellus BCBS Community Health Awards include:
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