December 2022
5 Healthy Activities To Add to Your Holiday Plans
The holiday season may be busy and stressful, but there are easy activities to add to your winter plans that can make a positive impact on your health. We share a few ideas for incorporating movement and wellness during this year's celebrations.
Reducing Diabetes in South Carolina
More than half of all adults in South Carolina have diabetes or prediabetes. About 120,000 are unaware they have the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association®*. Each year, 26,000 South Carolinians are diagnosed with the disease. In 2022, Diabetes Free SC supported multiple new initiatives aimed at reducing diabetes in South Carolina.
Award Winning Employer Reduces Burnout With Wellness Programs
This year's winner for the LiveLifeBlue award in the Midlands focuses its wellness programs on diversity and inclusion to make sure all employees can participate. The company shares other insights it has learned in reducing burnout through wellness efforts.
Building Better Mental Health for Children in Need
In 2019, the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation joined Epworth Children’s Home (ECH) to start the Epworth Center for Counseling (ECC) in the Midlands. The goal of the (ECC) is to give more access to counseling for high-risk children and families.
12 Ways BlueCross Gave Back This Year
Every year BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and its employees give back through donations and volunteering efforts across the state. This year employees served almost 20,000 hours. Looking back on the year, we share just a few ways the company gave back in 2022.