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CVS CAREMARK
DOWNTOWN 5K
Providence, RI
This annual event
features 21 different
races for children—
pre-kindergarten
through eighth grade
—as well as the All Kids
Can inspirational event,
a 200 meter race for
children with physical
and intellectual
disabilities.
VILLA ESPERANZA
SERVICES
Pasadena, CA
CVS Caremark associates
visit Villa Esperanza
Services—one of the
2010 CVS Caremark
Charitable Trust
grantees—making a
positive impact by
providing occupational
therapy to children
with developmental
disabilities.
With the economy intensifying the nonprofit sector’s
need for support, 2010 was a pivotal year for CVS
Caremark and the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust. Our
collective support made a real difference in 2010 and
positively demonstrated our company’s values to all
stakeholders. We supported more than 1,200 nonprofit
organizations and touched over 2.5 million lives in two
primary areas of focus: children with disabilities and
access to health care for the uninsured.
This year marked the sixth consecutive year of the
CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Baseball Camps at the
iconic Fenway Park. Nine camps over the course of
the baseball season gave hundreds of children with
disabilities from across New England an action-packed,
dream-fulfilling experience of playing ball at Fenway
and working one- on-one with Red Sox Batting Coach
Dave Magadan.
Through our signature philanthropic program, All Kids
Can, we also support nonprofit organizations that are
making life easier for children with disabilities. One
of our national partners is Boundless Playgrounds, an
organization dedicated to building accessible, inclusive
playgrounds in communities across America. To date,
CVS Caremark has supported 65 inclusive playgrounds in
the markets where our customers, clients, and colleagues
live and work. Twenty-three were completed in 2010.
Through the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, we
continued to find opportunities to invest in specific
areas across a broad range of communities. In 2010,
72 grantees received a total of $3.3 million in support.
About half of these grants aligned with the efforts
of All Kids Can. Among them, we allocated funds to
support programs that help improve the quality of life
for children with autism. We also donated to nonprofits
that provide independent living skills. For example,
United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc.
was awarded a grant for its training and support program
designed to help youth with disabilities, ages 14 to 21,
successfully transition into adulthood.
Given the high number of Americans without health
insurance, access to health care also remains an impor-
tant area for the Trust. Grants totaling approximately
$1.1 million will fund a wide range of services from
routine medical exams to helping diabetics manage
their disease. In Texas, the YWCA will use our support
to fund its Women’s Health program that provides free
mammograms for uninsured or underinsured women.
Our CVS/pharmacy in-store fundraising campaigns
collected nearly $10 million in 2010, with colleagues
and customers supporting partners such as St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital, the March of Dimes,
and the ALS Therapy Alliance.
We also made meaningful contributions in the area of
disaster relief. Closest to the hearts of our headquarters
employees, the Trust responded to historic flooding
in Rhode Island with donations to the American Red
Cross and to the United Way of Rhode Island. We also
responded to the earthquake in Haiti by donating
$175,000 to nonprofit partners providing relief.
Community
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