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Samsung Named a 2018 Finalist for U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Award
9/12/2018
Ridgefield Park, N.J., September 12, 2018 — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation named Samsung Electronics America, Inc. a finalist in the 2018 Corporate Citizenship Awards, in the category of health and wellness, for the Samsung Innovation Center at Children’s Health Fund.
Samsung was selected as a finalist for its work in the Health and Wellness category because of its close partnership with Children’s Health Fund. More than 20 million children lack consistent, high quality health care in the U.S. due to issues with transportation, lack of insurance, cost and competing urgent priorities. In partnership with Children’s Health Fund, the Samsung Innovation Center was created to address this problem by improving health care availability for vulnerable children and families.
The Samsung Center provided over 66,000 children with access to needed primary care services such as automated vision screening, telehealth, and toolkits that provide real-time information and test results for low-income families who otherwise would have gone without care.