Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Receives Award - March 2010

March 09, 2010

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City was recently honored by the Arts Council for being the highest grossing campaign for the ArtsKC Fund in the large business category. Peter Yelorda, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Executive Vice President of Community Affairs, accepted the award at a luncheon attended by community leaders.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City raised more than $25,000 for the ArtsKC fund. Seventy percent of money raised will go directly to artists and arts organizations. This is the second year in a row that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City has been honored as the highest grossing campaign in the large business category.

The ArtsKC Fund is an annual fundraising campaign to raise stable sources of funding for more than 100 local arts organizations, arts programs and artists.

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, the largest not-for-profit health insurer in the state and the only not-for-profit health insurer in Kansas City, has been part of the Kansas City community since 1938. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health coverage to nearly 1 million residents in the greater Kansas City area and Northwest Missouri. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information on our company, visit our website at www.BlueKC.com. Our mission statement: We will use our role as the area's leading health insurer to provide affordable access to healthcare and to improve the health and wellness of our members.

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