United Way
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is proud to have long-standing partnerships with the United Way organizations in our service area.
Our annual United Way campaign is held in the fall. It is our largest employee giving campaign, and campaigns are held in each of our office locations.
We don’t just listen at BCBSKS. We put our hands to work to make a real, tangible difference in the lives of fellow Kansans. Each year during campaign week, in addition to monetary donations, employees generously volunteer their time at United Way partner agencies. We are thrilled to share this year’s grand campaign total. Here is what our employees, retirees and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation made possible.
The efforts to support these United Ways are heavily concentrated on our employee giving campaign, but our partnerships are year-round. Our year-round efforts include providing continued education to employees and through corporate volunteerism opportunities.
United Way is an organization focused on creating community-based and community-led solutions that strengthen the cornerstones for a good quality of life: education, financial stability and health.
United Way of Kaw Valley
Learn more about the United Way of Kaw Valley and its service areas of Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson and Douglas counties.
United Way of SW Missouri & SE Kansas
Learn more about the United Way of SW Missouri & SE Kansas. BCBSKS supports the SE Kansas component.
Campaign grand total
$269,767.83
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas employees, retirees and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation donated a total of $269,767.83 to United Way campaigns in Topeka, Salina, Wichita, Hutchinson, Hays, Dodge City, Manhattan, Garden City, Hays, Pittsburg and Lawrence.
Volunteer hours
8,578,617
The national value of a volunteer hour is $31.80. This number represents how many volunteer hours our grand campaign total equates to.
Donations raised
$1,371,478.28
Over the last five years, employees, retirees and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation have donated a total of $1,371,478.28 to United Way organizations around the state.