Press Releases: Ohio
January 12, 2010
Kaiser Permanente Volunteers Offer Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
CLEVELAND — Kaiser Permanente will once again honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through a day of volunteering on Monday, January 18. This special day provides employees and physicians with the opportunity to volunteer at designated community organizations in a meaningful way, without compromising our ability to provide essential services or access to care for members. This year, our employees and physicians are invited to participate with students at Cleveland’s John F. Kennedy High School, 17100 Harvard Ave. Cleveland, OH 44128.
The theme of this year’s volunteer is “The Fierce Urgency of Now.” The day will begin at 7:00 a.m. with a student-driven service project in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente team members, JFK alumni, Neighborhood Leadership Institute, and various community and faith organizations. Volunteers will assist in painting the boys and girls locker room and a peer mentoring/study tables classroom, and the restoration of display cases in the school’s main hallway.
Following the service project, a public celebration program will begin at noon. The program will feature inspirational music and dance selections, a Karamu Performing Arts Theatre presentation, dramatization and reenactment of the Woolworth sit-ins by a JFK 9th grade English class, video vignettes, and student recognition for academic achievement. Ginn Academy founder and Executive Director Ted Ginn, Sr. will provide the keynote address at the program.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is America’s leading integrated health care delivery system. Founded in 1945, it is a group practice prepayment program headquartered in Oakland, Calif. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care needs of 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. It encompasses the not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the Permanente Medical Groups. Nationwide, Kaiser Permanente includes approximately 165,000 technical, administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than 14,000 physicians representing all specialties. The system’s Labor Management Partnership is the largest health care labor-management partnership in the United States. It governs how workers, managers, physicians and dentists work together to make Kaiser Permanente the best place to receive care, and the best place to work. For more Kaiser Permanente news, visit the Kaiser Permanente News Center at: www.kp.org/newscenter.
In northeast Ohio, Kaiser Permanente addresses the health care needs of approximately 140,000 members in a nine county area. Services are provided by more than 180 Ohio Permanente Medical Group physicians, 3,000 network affiliated physicians and more than 1,900 non-physician employees. In 2010, Kaiser Permanente of Ohio celebrates 46 years of providing care in Northeast Ohio.
