“Elevance Health values our local ties – community is one of our company’s core values,” Boudreaux said. “When our neighbors need help, we take it to heart, and we are hands-on.”
Elevance Health associates saw opportunities to help and have jumped on them: Misty Lee of Virginia arranged shipments of bottled water, plastic bags, tissues and baby wipes to four locations, and she personally delivered needed supplies to health plan members. Carl LaFerney of Virginia bought bottled water in the Lynchburg area and drove it an hour to Roanoke, where store shelves were bare. Josh Wright of Virginia ventured into flooded areas to deliver 900 diapers. Adam Perez of North Carolina secured three pallets of bottled water and 900 cans of baby formula from a corporate retail partner for Western North Carolina. Tina Fleck of Florida has cleaned out homes and given rides to neighbors whose cars were destroyed.
Working directly through associates and local non-profits, Elevance Health and its affiliated health plans have delivered portable energy sources via helicopter, distributed medicine and relief supplies, reached out to health plan members to offer assistance, and helped clear roads and homes of debris.
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