Sun Life U.S. grants $350,000 to organizations in support of diabetes programs
"As we have seen before and during the pandemic, there are large gaps among communities when it comes to accessing healthcare and health-related services," said
The recipients of the Team Up Against Diabetes grants are chosen based on innovative approaches to diabetes support, and access to nutrition and other related health services. The applications for the grant are reviewed every year by a team of Sun Life employees, business partners and independent health experts.
This year's Sun Life Team Up Against Diabetes grant program winners are:
Shepherd's Clinic, Diabetes Self-Management Program,
Shepherd's Clinic provides healthcare for uninsured or underinsured adults in
Whispering Roots, Food Justice Initiative: Food Access, Education and Sustainability for Marginalized Communities,
Whispering Roots uses next-generation agricultural practices to cultivate healthy communities. Some of their practices include emergency food distribution, food pharmacy, farm stands, STEM nutrition and culinary education, and indigenous agricultural support. With the help of Sun Life, Whispering Roots will expand their "Grow, Feed, and Educate" model in the following ways: Grow- cultivate, maintain, and harvest gardens to produce vegetables and indigenous plants. Feed- through expanding its delivery of over 1,600 meals on a weekly basis. Educate- through nutrition and culinary classes, food pharmacy classes, and indigenous sustainability training.
Appetite For Change, Community Cooks Meal Boxes,
Appetite For Change uses food as a tool to build health, wealth, and social change. Being a black led organization, their goal is to create health equity and to eliminate health disparities in
The Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully (CHOICES),
CHOICES was founded as a resource center for families with children at greater risk for childhood obesity. Sun Life's grant will help CHOICES increase the number of children and families that they support by expanding their educational services, increasing food distribution, and implementing new learning opportunities. For the youth program, the goal is to increase knowledge of cooking basics for proper nutrition, increase physical activity, decrease technology time and in this way drive positive changes in attitudes and mental health. The grant will support 33,000 children and families over the next year.
The 2021 Team Up Against Diabetes judging panel consisted of:
Mary Beth Baril , associate director, Stop-Loss & Health, Sun LifeU.S. Marlene Campbell-Biggs , client manager, Stop-Loss & Health, Sun LifeU.S. - Dr.
Tracy Hamill , assistant vice president and medical director, Sun LifeU.S. Ann-Marie Hejna , senior business development executive,ComPsych Corporation Tammi Hendrick , executive administrative assistant, Sun LifeU.S. Latoya Keatts, LTD claims case manager, Sun LifeU.S. Peter Kilmartin , Jr., partner,Mercer Health & Benefits Glenna Lasater , vice president of Human Resources,The MGIS Companies, Inc. Andre Lockett , licensing specialist, Broker Services, Sun LifeU.S. Misty Randall , vice president, Employee Benefits Marketing,HUB International Karen White , assistant vice president, Client Solutions, Sun LifeU.S.
Since the Team Up Against Diabetes grant program began in 2016, Sun Life has donated over
For more information about Sun Life's Team Up Against Diabetes grant program, visit www.sunlife.com/usgrants.
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