BCBSTX Spreading Kindness Statewide to Celebrate 95 Years of Serving Texans

BCBSTX Spreading Kindness Statewide to Celebrate 95 Years of Serving Texans

Sep. 30, 2024

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas is counting down to its 95th anniversary with a statewide 95 Days of Kindness campaign to celebrate nearly a century of service to the people of Texas.

Since Sept. 16 - exactly 95 days before BCBSTX's Dec. 20 anniversary - employees across 16 offices statewide have been participating in acts of kindness in recognition of organization's commitment to building healthier communities. Throughout the campaign that lasts until Dec. 20, employees will support more than a dozen organizations, including the American Red Cross, Undies for Everyone and NMDP, formerly Be the Match. Employees are anticipated to complete more than 1,000 volunteer hours by participating in events such as awareness walks, donation drives and service projects.

95 Days of Kindness Events

Statewide

• Sept. 16 - 27 - Diaper donation drive benefiting Hope Supply Co.
• Nov. 1 - Nov. 28 - Texas employee giving campaign.
• Nov. 1 - Food donation drive benefiting community partners.
• Nov. 15 - Blanket and warm clothing donation drive benefiting community partners.
• Dec. 1 - Texas holiday donation drive benefiting community partners.

Abilene

• Sept. 1 - 30 - Meals on Wheels pantry drive.
• Sept. 1 - Dec. 1 - Collecting soda can tabs for Ronald McDonald House.
• Sept. 1 - Dec. 1 - Collecting eyeglasses and hearing aids for Lions Club.
• Sept. 1 - Dec. 1 - Writing inspirational cards for Ben Richey Boys Ranch for children and single mothers, Operation Gratitude Christmas cards benefiting Rusted & Weathered for deployed military personnel, and Letters Against Isolation for area assisted-living and recreation centers and Meals on Wheels.
• Sept. 19 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting Dignity Health Management Center.
• Oct. 3 - Volunteering with West Texas Veterans Support Services annual Axe Throwing Tournament benefiting the Restoring Texas project.
• Oct. 4 - 25 - Employees wear red every Friday in support of deployed military personnel with Rusted & Weathered.
• Oct. 8 - Hendrick Regional blood drive.
• Oct. 26 - Boots on the Ground building beds for Beds 4 Kidz benefiting Abilene-area shelters.
• Oct. 31 - Volunteering at Abilene State Supported Living Center Halloween parade.
• Nov. 8 - American Red Cross blood drive.
• Nov. 11 - Packing Thanksgiving bags for area schools.
• Dec. 1 - 20 - Toys for Tots donation drive.
• Dec. 2 - Setting up Christmas Lane display at Abilene State Supported Living Center.
• Dec. 2 - 20 - Supporting Abilene State Supported Living Center Christmas Lane event.

Amarillo

• Oct. 4 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting Alzheimer's Association of West Texas.
• Nov. 1 - Assembling NMDP, formerly Be The Match, swab kits.
• Dec. 6 - Writing inspirational cards for Kids Inc. of Amarillo.

Austin

• Sept. 17 - Packing Undies for Everyone donations for Austin ISD.
• Sept. 17 - Oct. 9 - Snack donation drive benefiting Con Mi Madre.
• Sept. 28 - Volunteering with Drive a Senior Austin for Oktoberfest.
• Oct. 9 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting Round Rock ISD.
• Oct. 11 - Volunteering with Wonders & Worries No Worries Classic.
• Oct. 16 - We Are Blood blood drive.
• Oct. 26 - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Walk.
• Oct. 27 - American Heart Association Austin Heart Walk.
• Oct. 27 - Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk.
• Oct. 30 - Flu-a-Palooza in collaboration with the Laundry Cares Foundation.
• Nov. 2 - Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's.
• Dec. 18 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.

Corpus Christi

• Sept. 16 - Spanish Baby Book Drive benefitting Driscoll Children's Hospital.
• Sept. 17 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting Corpus Christi ISD.
• Oct. 23 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.
• Oct. 23 - Wear pink for breast cancer awareness.

Dallas/North Texas

• Sept. 16 - Diaper donation drive benefiting Hope Supply Co.
• Sept. 16 - Employees wear green for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month.
• Sept. 17 - Executives pack On the Go care kits for Austin Street Center.
• Sept. 21 - American Heart Association Dallas Heart Walk.
• Sept. 23 - Employees wear purple or teal for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
• Sept. 24 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting Storehouse of Collin County.
• Sept. 28 - Distributing Sound the Alarm flyers for the American Red Cross.
• Oct. 5 - Volunteering with the American Red Cross to install fire alarms.
• Oct. 8 - 14 - State Fair of Texas giveaways and sponsorship.
• Oct. 12 - Distributing care packages to those in need with Helping Hands, Open Hearts.
• Oct. 17 - Grand Prairie Fitness Court launches.
• Oct. 18 - 19 - Volunteering with 6 Stones Mission Network community powered revitalization.
• Oct. 19 - Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
• Oct. 23 - Packing Undies for Everyone donations benefiting DFW-area children.
• Oct. 26 - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Walk.
• Nov. 2 - American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Walk.
• Nov. 9 - Distributing care packages to those in need with Helping Hands, Open Hearts.
• Nov. 13 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.
• Dec. 7 - Distributing care packages to those in need with Helping Hands, Open Hearts.

El Paso

• Sept. 18 - Oct. 15 - Spanish Baby Book Drive benefiting El Paso Children's Hospital.
• Oct. 18 - Packing Undies for Everyone donations benefiting Communities in Schools of El Paso.
• Oct. 29 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting YMCA El Paso del Norte Region.
• Nov. 12 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.

Houston

• Sept. 18 - Packing Undies for Everyone donations for Conroe and Alief ISD.
• Sept. 26 - Assembling essential item kits for chemotherapy patients and wearing teal for ovarian cancer awareness in partnership with Ovarcome.
• Oct. 9 - Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center blood drive.
• Oct. 12 - Houston Eye Stroll for Vision supporting Prevent Blindness Texas.
• Nov. 16 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.

Marshall/East Texas

• Essential item kit assembly benefiting Cypress Jr. Women's Club and One Love World.
• Assembling NMDP swab kits.
• Sept. 16 - Dec. 20 - Preparing sack lunches for people in need for Newgate Mission.
• Oct. 19 - 20 - Volunteering with Show Stock Supporters of Panola.
• Nov. 9 - Volunteering at the Back to Basics Show Pig Clinic.
• Nov. 15 - Toys for Tots donation drive.
• Dec. 14 - 15 - Volunteering at the 4th Annual Panola Christmas Classic.

San Angelo

• Sept. 16 - Donation drive benefiting Keepers of Hope.
• Sept. 18 - Delivering for Meals for the Elderly (every Wednesday through December).
• Sept. 20 - Eyeglasses donation drive with Texas Lions Eye Bank Alliance.
• Sept. 21 - Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's.
• Sept. 21 - Volunteering with Growing Garden Cities.
• Sept. 27 - Essential item kit assembly benefitting a community partner.
• Oct. 12 - Volunteering with Keep San Angelo Beautiful.
• Oct. 18 - Volunteering at St. Paul Presbyterian Church monthly food distribution.
• Nov. 9 - Volunteering at St. Paul Presbyterian Church monthly food distribution.
• Nov. 15 - Eyeglasses donation drive with Texas Lions Eye Bank Alliance.
• Dec. 14 - Volunteering at St. Paul Presbyterian Church monthly food distribution.
• Dec. 20 - Eyeglasses donation drive with Texas Lions Eye Bank Alliance.

San Antonio

• Sept. 18 - Spanish Baby Book Drive benefiting University Health Foundation.
• Sept. 18 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.
• Sept. 25 - Wear Blue Day supporting Morgan's Inclusion Initiative.
• Oct. 9 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting Muscular Dystrophy Association of San Antonio.
• Oct. 15 - Packing Undies for Everyone donations for Communities in Schools of San Antonio.
• Nov. 2 - Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk.

Waco

• Sept. 23 - Employees wear purple or teal for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
• Sept. 27 - Basic essential item kit assembly benefiting Caritas of Waco.
• Sept. 27 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.
• Sept. 27 - Packing snack kits for The Cove.
• Sept. 28 - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of Darkness Community Walk.

Wichita Falls

• Sept. 17 - Essential item kit assembly benefiting First Step.
• Oct. 9 - Assembling NMDP swab kits.
• Oct. 9 - Writing inspirational cards for a community partner.
• Oct. 12 - Big Brothers Big Sisters Dino Dash.
• Oct. 12 - American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
• Oct. 31 - Halloween buckets for the Children's Home.
• Nov. 15 - Blanket donations benefiting Base Camp Lindsey.
• Nov. 22 - Thanksgiving food drive with Texas Oncology.
• Nov. 25 - Volunteering with Midwestern State University Burns Fantasy of Lights boot collection.
• Dec. 13 - Soups and Socks donations for the unhoused.

^{Note: Some events are subject to change}

Throughout the campaign, employees will help pack 17,500 undergarments for more than 2,500 Texas children in need in collaboration with Undies for Everyone. BCBSTX will also assemble 5,000 swab kits for the bone registry NMDP. Additionally, employees will help package 1,600 essential item kits benefiting community partner organizations statewide.