Tufts Health Plan employees are traveling across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island on June 19, 2018, during the company’s tenth annual Volunteer Day, to serve local nonprofits in projects ranging from food preparation to yard work.
“Our employees are extraordinary, and they demonstrate their commitment to our community and our members each and every day,” said Tom Croswell, Tufts Health Plan president and CEO. “Seeing more than 750 employees giving back reflects our values and makes me proud. I am thankful for each and every employee who is out in the community today.”
Now in its tenth year, Volunteer Day builds on the work Tufts Health Plan does throughout the year. Employees volunteered 7,193 hours in the community in 2017. This year, the company’s ambitious goal of 10,000 hours in community volunteering is to mark the Tufts Health Plan Foundation’s 10-year anniversary.
“What an honor to work with colleagues who care about our communities and show it with action,” said Nora Moreno Cargie, vice president for corporate citizenship and president of Tufts Health Plan Foundation. “This Volunteer Day, Tufts Health Plan is living its values—from our senior leaders to our customer service staff– together we expect to make a real difference to the nonprofit organizations and the people they serve.”
The Tufts Health Plan team expects to complete 2000 hours on Volunteer Day. The value of the company’s volunteer time, grants, matching gifts, sponsorship support to nonprofits, in-kind and other donations totaled more than $5 million in 2017.
A full list of projects and their descriptions is below.
Organization |
Project Description |
Project Location |
Bay Cove Human Services |
Volunteers will rake, clean up and help to |
36 & 44 Orlando St Mattapan, MA |
Community Rowing |
Volunteers will improve safe access to the water |
20 Nonantum Rd Brighton, MA |
Community Servings |
Volunteers will prepare and package meals in the |
18 Marbury Ter Jamaica Plain, MA |
Connecticut Food Bank |
Volunteers will sort and pack food and grocery |
2 Research Parkway, Wallingford, CT |
Cradles to Crayons |
Volunteers will help with inspecting, sorting and |
155 N Beacon St Brighton, MA |
Esplanade Association |
Volunteers will remove invasive plants or weeds |
Clarendon Plaza Nearest Footbridge: Boston, MA |
Federal Hill House |
Volunteers will work on the playground and |
9 Courtland St Providence, RI |
Friendly House |
Volunteers will help get the organization ready |
36 Wall St Worcester, MA |
Greater Boston Food |
Volunteers will work in the warehouse, |
70 South Bay Ave Boston, MA |
Jewish Community |
Volunteers will paint Kindness Rocks to line |
49 Edmands Rd Framingham, MA |
Jewish Community |
Volunteers will paint Kindness Rocks to line |
677 Winchester St Newton, MA |
Life Connection Center |
Volunteers will help with neighborhood clean-up, |
192 Appleton St Lowell, MA |
Mass Audubon’s Habitat |
Volunteers will use weed wrenches, loppers, |
10 Juniper Rd Belmont, MA |
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless |
Volunteers will work in teams to build a bed, |
Tufts Health Plan 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA |
National Braille Press |
Volunteers will help to assemble print/braille |
88 St. Stephen St Boston, MA |
New Hampshire Food |
Volunteers will work in the production garden |
1056 River Rd Manchester, NH |
Operation American |
Volunteers will make Paracord “Survival” |
Tufts Health Plan 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA |
Pine Street Inn |
Volunteers will work in the kitchen chopping vegetables, |
444 Harrison Ave Boston, MA |
Room to Grow |
Volunteers will sort, organize and display |
142 Berkley St #22 Boston, MA |
Springwell – Meals on |
Volunteers from the Senior Products and Tufts |
Tufts Health Plan 705 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA |
St. Francis House |
Volunteers will assist with meal preparation in |
39 Boylston St Boston, MA |
The Dimock Center |
Volunteers will clean-up the Center grounds |
55 Dimock St Boston, MA |
The Food Project |
Volunteers will help with planting, weeding, |
94 Concord Rd Intersection of Rte 126 and Baker Bridge Rd Lincoln, MA |
Urban Farming Institute |
Volunteers will plant, weed, compost and water |
227 Harold Street, Dorchester, MA |
Victory Programs – |
Volunteers will work in ReVision’s Urban Farm |
38 Fabyan St Dorchester, MA |
Waltham Boys & Girls |
Volunteers will help to prepare the Club for an |
20 Exchange St Waltham, MA |
Watertown Boys & Girls |
Volunteers will set up the site at Hale Reservation |
80 Carby St Westwood, MA |
Women’s Lunch Place |
Volunteers will assist kitchen staff with food |
67 Newbury St Boston, MA |
Worcester County Food |
Volunteers will sort, inspect and organize |
474 Boston Turnpike Shrewsbury, MA |
About Tufts Health Plan
Tufts Health Plan is nationally recognized for its commitment to providing innovative, high-quality health care coverage. Staying true to our mission of improving the health and wellness of the diverse communities we serve, we touch the lives of more than 1.1 million members in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire through employer-sponsored plans; Medicare; Medicaid and Marketplace plans, offering health insurance coverage across the life span regardless of age or circumstance.