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ADVISORY/Corporate Health Care Companies Support Youth; 15 Corporate Leaders Participate.


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ADVISORY...For Saturday (June 10)

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000

The fourth annual "Health Care Invitational" will be held at Hill-Steck Park on 4th Avenue at Birch Street Birch Street may refer to:
  • 51 Birch Street, the 2005 documentary by Doug Block
  • Maryland Route 173
 on Saturday, June 10, 2000, from 8:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. The day will team "Corporate Guardians" with Denver Public School students in fun, physical and mental competitions. Fifteen six-member teams will compete for the grand prize; each team will be comprised of three adults and three students from Denver Kids, Inc.

Corporate sponsors for the event, each being represented by three employees, include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross.  Foundation, Colorado Access, Columbine columbine, in botany
columbine (kŏl`əmbīn), any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers.
 HEALTHPLAN, Hospital Shared Services shared services,
n.pl the administrative, clinical, or other service functions that are common to two or more hospitals or their health care facilities and used jointly or cooperatively by them.
, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , Mountain Medical Affiliates, PacifiCare, Pfizer, Inc., Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Rehab Designs, Schering Plough, Sloans Lake Managed Care, Target, United Healthcare and U S WEST. King Soopers donates all the food for the day and membership of Denver Active 20/30 and the Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater Program coordinate the day's activities. Special appearances will be made by the Denver Fire Department, the Colorado Department of transportation and the Re/Max hot air balloon This article is about hot air balloons themselves. For the associated activity, see Hot air ballooning.

The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology, dating back to its invention by the Montgolfier brothers in Annonay,
 will be there to give students short rides.

Each Corporate Guardian makes a cash contribution to Denver Kids, Inc. Due to minimal expenses, the cost of hosting the event is only 3% of the gross revenue.

The goals of the Invitational are to involve the corporate and health care communities in the education of today's children and youth and to promote wholesome activity as a means to healthy minds and bodies.

Denver Kids, Inc., a non-profit organization, is a preventive counseling program for at-risk students, grades K-12, who attend the Denver Public Schools Denver Public Schools is the public school system in Denver, Colorado, United States.

The first school was a log cabin on the corner of 12th street between Market and Larimer streets that opened in 1859.
. Their mission is to encourage students who face the personal challenges of higher risk environments, successfully complete high school and become useful, productive members of the community.
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