Posted on March 5, 2019
A home is a place to feel comfort, security and joy. A place to share with family and friends, or just a place to relax. A home is a safe haven, and evokes a deep emotional connection inside of us. But what if you didn’t have a place to call home? What if one of […]
Posted on February 1, 2019
If you had the chance to pay it forward would you? After overcoming a major hurdle in her personal life, our associate Kristina Misiaszek did just that. In 2014 Kristina was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. As a result of her diagnosis, she underwent ostomy surgery. Now in remission for the past three years, she decided […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
Each year our Risk Adjustment team participates in a half day team building activity in which we volunteer our time to an organization in our community. On Nov. 21, 2016, our team spent approximately 3.5 hours preparing food distribution boxes as well as sorting through the donations that had been received leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
For four years now the Health Management team has come up with creative ways to eliminate excessive amounts of leftover Halloween candy in associate’s homes and encourage them to help support our soldiers. Once we receive the candy there is a sorting process, forms for mailing process and finally weighing…one year we sent over 75 […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
Our family and I have been volunteering for the Springfield Rescue Mission for years. We deliver food to shut-ins and those in need on the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays. This practice has been extremely humbling for my children. They now look forward to spending the time before a holiday serving those in our community. […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
My church, Trinity United Methodist Church in Springfield, is very important to me and my family. I am especially active in the youth fellowship, leading a youth service several times throughout the year and helping with the youth groups. My proudest moment at Trinity was when we voted to become a Reconciling Congregation. The Methodist […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
Throughout the year we donate non-perishable food items to the open pantry and any other food drives that we are aware of. It is important to us as a family to help the less fortunate with the most basic of needs. We also support the Rays of Hope. This is near and dear to our […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
Every year, the kids and I try to find different ways that we can support groups within our town and the surrounding ones. This year we gathered over 11 kid’s winter coats, in our home alone, for different ages and sizes. We also invited our friends/neighbors to be a part of this and clean out […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
Our family knows how to give back. Each year, we donate toys (picked out by our children) to Health New England’s Holiday Families Toy Drive. Our family also donates money to the Friends of the Homeless to cover the cost of 100 meals and volunteer to serve those meals. Our money is also donated to several non-profit […]
Posted on December 19, 2016
Every year I pick a different charity to support. The last two years I hosted a diaper drive in my home. I collected hundreds of boxes of diapers and wipes to donate, with the help of my local community and friends, to The Grey House in Springfield. 1 in 4 homes struggles to provide clean […]