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Community Health Center, Gardenshare in Canton get assistance for wellness and health programs

Posted 7/28/16

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recently awarded grants to the Community Health Center of the North Country and GardenShare in Canton. Both recipients received up to $4,000 of the $87,000 allocated by …

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Community Health Center, Gardenshare in Canton get assistance for wellness and health programs

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recently awarded grants to the Community Health Center of the North Country and GardenShare in Canton.

Both recipients received up to $4,000 of the $87,000 allocated by the company to help fund health and wellness programs in the company’s 31-county upstate New York region.

The Community Health Center of the North Country, Canton, will use the funds to make 250 carbon monoxide detectors and 300 informational brochures available to St. Lawrence County residents, 26 percent of whom do not have a carbon monoxide detector in their homes.

GardenShare, Canton, has already allocated its grant money to make bonus Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits available to low-income St. Lawrence County residents who shop at farmer’s markets. The benefits are expected to help low-income families increase their consumption of healthy fruits and vegetables.

At the awards presentation, Jim Reed, regional president, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, presented awards to Ray Babowicz, director of marketing and communications, and Makenzie Farmer, grants manager, Community Health Center of the North Country; and Gloria McAdam, executive director, and Carol Pynchon, board president, GardenShare.

The two North Country nonprofits were among those selected from a pool of 185 upstate New York applications to receive Excellus BlueCross BlueShield’s 2016 Community Health Awards.