Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation opens registration for Blue Cross Broad Street Run lottery on February 1

Philadelphia, PA — Registration for the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation’s 39th annual Blue Cross® Broad Street Run opens today at broadstreetrun.com. Registration will continue until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 2018. For the 22nd consecutive year, Independence Blue Cross (Independence) is the title sponsor of the 10-mile run, which is the nation’s sixth largest road race....
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Independence Blue Cross helps Philadelphia Eagles fans embrace its “underdog” spirit by sponsoring dog mask cutouts for the Big Game

IBX Eagles
Photo courtesy of Sabrina Louise Pierce.

Independence also announces a donation to The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia in support of the fundraising campaign started by Eagles team members

Philadelphia, PA — Independence Blue Cross (Independence), in celebration of the NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles (Eagles), will sponsor dog mask cutouts for fans to cheer on the team during the Big Game on Sunday,...
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Be Well Underground kicks off 2018 at Independence LIVE

Be Well at Independence LIVE
Photo credit: Susan Nam and Be Well Philly Independence LIVE welcomed Be Well Underground fans for the first super-secret pop-up workout of 2018 with Barre3 Rittenhouse. Independence Blue Cross is proud to sponsor Be Well Philly events throughout the city all year long. The exclusive Be Well Underground pop-up workouts and events include monthly boot camps,...
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Independence Blue Cross celebrates local Faces of Fearless award winner

Faces of Fearless winner Kimberly Lengel (left) with her daughter Devon and Independence Vice President of Corporate Communications Donna Farrell

Award-winning family gifted new, blue tandem bike at Philadelphia Zoo

Independence Blue Cross (Independence) celebrated the winner of the first ever Faces of FearlessSM award by gifting the family a new “Independence blue” tandem bike at a presentation at the Philadelphia Zoo on July 17,...
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IBC Foundation grant helps homeless youth gain confidence and life skills through music

Street Beats, a music production pilot program created by Covenant House Pennsylvania, aims to help homeless youth gain confidence, develop critical life skills, and express their creativity and emotions in a supportive environment. Created with a Building Healthier Communities grant from the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Street Beats empowers youth to create musical beats, write their own lyrics,...
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Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest returns to Philadelphia

Independence Blue Cross is excited to kick off another Summerfest season at the Blue Cross RiverRink! The fifth annual summer celebration promises to be the best yet at Philadelphia’s most iconic outdoor skating rink. Located on Columbus Boulevard at Penn’s Landing, visitors can enjoy roller skating, outdoor bowling, arcade games, carnival rides, and more from May 26 to September 3....
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Independence Blue Cross to help “strike out” Melanoma

Behind the SunSmart sunscreen dispenser are (L-R) Philadelphia Phillies Senior Vice President Dave Buck, Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation Executive Director Stacy Ostrau, Baseball Hall of Fame player Mike Schmidt, Independence Blue Cross President of Facilitated Health Networks Anthony V. Coletta, M.D., MBA, and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. Independence Blue Cross Executive Vice President and President of Facilitated Health Network Anthony V....
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Independence celebrates second anniversary of Indego!

On May 11, Independence Blue Cross joined The City of Philadelphia and Bicycle Transit Systems to celebrate the second anniversary of Indego Bike Share. Nearly 200 riders, partners, and supporters of Indego attended the party which was hosted at Independence LIVE, our new multipurpose community facility at 1919 Market Street. The event highlighted the bike share program’s many successes from the last 12 months: Reached more than one million trips Added 30 new stations and 300 additional bikes Launched the Indego Access discount pass program for low-income individuals Independence SVP Public Affairs Stephen P....
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Independence congratulates @RideIndego on hitting one million rides

Independence Blue Cross (Independence) proudly celebrates Indego’s latest accomplishment — reaching their one millionth trip just 18 months after the program launched on April 23, 2015. And we congratulate the winner of Indego’s Philly to a Milli contest, Calvin Linton, who will have a station temporarily re-named in his honor! IBX discounts As the title sponsor for Indego,...
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CPR Ready Campaign aims to save lives through CPR Preparedness

CPR Ready

The percentage of people who get bystander CPR in Philadelphia is half the national average

Philadelphia, PA— June 7, 2016 – The Philadelphia Regional CPR Awareness Coalition (“the Coalition”) today launched CPR Ready, a campaign designed to increase the number of people in the region who are qualified and willing to perform bystander Hands-Only CPR,...
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