Novant Health pediatric patients get ‘Grins to Go’ bags from UnitedHealthcare employees

Elizabeth Brooks, 13, of Marshville, NC high fives Dr. Health E. Hound, the mascot for UnitedHealthcare after receiving a "Grins to Go" bag on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. UnitedHealthcare employees delivered the bags to children at Novant Health’s Hemby Children’s Hospital, a part of Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte. The bags, stuffed with toys and books, can be purchased online. Proceeds help pay for UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation medical grants that help children gain access to health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their parents’ commercial health insurance plans. Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com

UnitedHealthcare employees delivered “Grins to Go” bags to children Tuesday at Hemby Children’s Hospital, a part of Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte.

The “boredom-busting bags” with children’s toys and books were stuffed by UnitedHealthcare employees in Greensboro as part of UnitedHealthcare Children Foundation’s “Delivering Grins” program.

Grins to Go bags can also be purchased online. Proceeds fund the foundation’s medical grants that pay for children’s health-related services that are not covered, or not fully covered, by commercial health insurance plan.

Karen Garloch

This story was originally published October 27, 2015 at 6:36 PM with the headline "Novant Health pediatric patients get ‘Grins to Go’ bags from UnitedHealthcare employees."

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