Wine Tasting Event raises more than $10,000 for UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation Medical Grant Program

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UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) medical grant recipient Milo Hill and his parents, Sean and Jana Hill, arrive at Glazer Children’s Museum in Tampa, Fla. for the wine tasting fundraising event. David Lewis (right), President & CEO UnitedHealthcare Central/North Florida, welcomes Milo and his parents. David Lewis and his wife, Kim Lewis, join Mike Wrage and Kathy Wrage from the Strategic Group, Clay Hall from Francis Coppola wine and his wife, Kellie Hall.

UnitedHealthcare administrative assistant and former elementary school art teacher for Milo Hill stands with Hill before he is introduced to guests. Evening festivities and donations including wine, beer and food carving/charcuterie and dessert stations, silent auction table, raffles, mystery wine pull bags and wine bottle toss all helped generate more than $10,000for the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation medical grant program. David Lewis joins Chris Roederer, Senior VP of Human Resources for Tampa General Hospital, after opening wine pull bags with their prized selections.

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More than 130 guests gathered at UnitedHealthcare’s (UHC) annual wine tasting event at the Glazer Children’s Museum in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, May 19, 2016, where over $10,000 was raised for the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) medical grant program.

Joining the guests were UHCCF grant recipient and local St. Petersburg, Fla. residents Milo Hill and his parents, Jana and Sean Hill. Diagnosed with Leukemia in 2012, Milo’s family received two UHCCF grants in 2013 and 2014. The combined grants paid for all of his hospital chemotherapy, at-home chemotherapy, hospitalization costs, prescriptions, and occupational therapy that were needed as a result of muscle deterioration.

“The grants gave us comfort and peace of mind so that we didn’t have to worry about our financials and we could focus on taking care of Milo and getting him better. Today, he is in full remission and finishing his first grade year at public school. The grants gave Milo and us the gift of life in every way.”

About UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation

The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides medical grants to help children gain access to health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their parents’ commercial health insurance plan. Families can receive up to $5,000 annually per child ($10,000 lifetime maximum per child), and do not need to have insurance through UnitedHealthcare to be eligible. UHCCF was founded in 1999. Since 2007, UHCCF has awarded over 10,000 grants valued at more than $29 million to children and their families across the United States. UHCCF’s funding is provided by contributions from individuals, corporations and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) employees. To apply for a grant, donate or learn more, please visit www.UHCCF.org .

About UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with 1 million physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.