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Sixty Kaiser Permanente Volunteers Help Rebuild Gulf Coast
Date:1/21/2008

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"We have never had a corporation demonstrate Kaiser Permanente's continued commitment to serving the Gulf Coast," said Jennifer Highsmith, corporate partnerships manager at Points of Light & Hands On Network. "By staying for a week in our volunteer housing and becoming immersed in the local community, Kaiser Permanente employees and physicians become involved on a deeper level, making a unique impact on the region. And because most of the volunteers have never met each other, it's a great team building exercise as well."

Of the almost 700 Kaiser Permanente physicians and employees who applied to volunteer on the Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts, 60 were selected from a pool of the most highly qualified applicants. Volunteers representing all facets of the Kaiser Permanente employee base are willingly using their vacation time to help people in need.

Kaiser Permanente employee volunteer Curshanda Woods has a heartbreaking connection to the disaster.

"I lost a member of my family because of Hurricane Katrina and several other family members may be permanently displaced," said Woods, a community relations specialist for Kaiser Permanente's Northern California office. "For Kaiser Permanente to provide me the opportunity to help my family's community makes me truly proud to work for this organization."

Vonnie Jones, a Kaiser Permanente medical assistant based in Washington D.C. is participating in the program as a group leader this year.

"There is nothing like it," Jones said. "I worked beside doctors, managers and IT professionals building houses, picking up trash and truly working together -- our commonality was that we all wanted to help."

Kaiser Permanente has made a long-term commitment to assisting with disaster relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast region. The company pledged $2 million to immediate relief efforts in 2005 and $1 million for long-term recovery in addition to significant voluntee
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