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(Nonprofits Receive the GlaxoSmithKline 12th Annual IMPACT Awards)

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has announced the recipients of the GlaxoSmithKline 12th Annual IMPACT Awards for providing access to community healthcare services. Each Pennsylvania-based nonprofit will receive a $40,000 award. A ceremony will be held on Tuesday, March 17 at GlaxoSmithKline in Philadelphia where grants will go to:

• Breastfeeding Resource Center (Montgomery County);
• Casa Guadalupe Center (Lehigh County);
• Co-County Wellness Services (Berks County);
• ElderNet of Lower Merion and Narberth (Montgomery County);
• Family and Community Service of Delaware County;
• Libertae, Inc. (Bucks County);
• Public Citizens for Children and Youth (Philadelphia);
• Resources for Children's Health (Philadelphia);
• St. Catherine Laboure Medical Clinic (Philadelphia); and
• Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (Philadelphia).

"All of the GlaxoSmithKline 12th Annual IMPACT Award winners are committed to the idea that everyone should have better access to healthcare and that no one should fall through the cracks. These organizations are on the front lines as change agents, working to build stronger and healthier communities. They are all deeply committed to their work and clients," said Mary Linda Andrews, GlaxoSmithKline Director, Community Partnerships.

Breastfeeding Resource Center, located in Glenside, Pa., provides expert clinical breastfeeding services to families, regardless of income, and serves as a resource for evidence-based breastfeeding information for healthcare professionals ('/>"/>