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2025Media releases

On World No Tobacco Day, Alberta Blue Cross®, Alberta Lung and Keep Tobacco Sacred rally Albertans against youth tobacco use and vaping

 In recognition of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, Alberta Blue Cross®, Alberta Lung and Keep Tobacco Sacred are drawing attention to the rising threat of youth tobacco use and vaping and the urgent need for community-based education and culturally respectful prevention resources. As a proud sponsor of Alberta…
Alberta Blue Cross®
May 29, 2025
2025Media releases

Alberta Blue Cross® teams up with United Way of the Alberta Capital Region to address period poverty through Period Promise campaign

In recognition of May 28 being Menstrual Hygiene Day, Alberta Blue Cross® is teaming up with United Way to normalize menstruation and address period poverty in our communities. Menstrual health is a fundamental aspect of human rights, dignity and public health. Menstrual Hygiene Day, observed annually on May 28, raises…
Alberta Blue Cross®
May 27, 2025
2025Media releases

What will you create?

Apply now for the Alberta Blue Cross® Built Together grant program. Alberta Blue Cross®’s popular Built Together grant program is now accepting 2025 applications. Built Together encourages active living by awarding $50,000 grants annually to an Alberta healthy living infrastructure project in each of the following communities: Edmonton, Calgary, a…
Alberta Blue Cross®
May 15, 2025
2025Media releases

Alberta Blue Cross® announces the Indigenous Scholarship program recipients

Alberta Blue Cross® is pleased to announce the 9 exceptional recipients of the 2025 Indigenous Scholarship program. “We’ve been privileged to support some incredibly deserving individuals in their education journeys through this program,” says Brian Geislinger, senior vice-president of Corporate Relations and Community Engagement with Alberta Blue Cross®. “This year…
Alberta Blue Cross®
April 24, 2025
2025Media releases

Two weeks left to apply for Alberta Blue Cross’s® Community Wellbeing grant program

Applications for Alberta Blue Cross®’s popular Community Wellbeing grant program close on April 30, 2025. Alberta Blue Cross® encourages urban and rural Alberta-based organizations (including Alberta chapters of national organizations) that promote the physical, mental or social wellbeing of community members to apply to win a $1,000 grant. This includes…
Alberta Blue Cross®
April 16, 2025