As one of the largest employers in Delaware,
AstraZeneca maintains a significant community presence.
Each year, we contribute to more than 140 nonprofit organizations focused on health, disability, seniors, science and math education, families, women and children, youth development, community services and the arts.
Highlights of our support include:
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United Way of Delaware’s Healthy & Independent Communities
(www.uwde.org)
This program supports more than 40 local programs aimed at health, disability and seniors. -
Healthy Delawareans Today & Tomorrow (Learn more)
This program is a major collaborative partnership among AstraZeneca, Christiana Care Health System, the Delaware Helpline, the United Way of Delaware, and more than a dozen leading organizations throughout the state to help the uninsured identify and gain access to needed healthcare services. -
Christiana Care Health System Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
(www.christianacare.org
)
AstraZeneca’s contributions to this facility are targeted to programs for early lung cancer detection, genetic counseling and cancer survivors.
Other AstraZeneca Sites
AstraZeneca’s major manufacturing and research and development sites near Boston, Massachusetts (Waltham and Wetsborough) actively support nonprofit organizations in their communities. Most notably:
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AstraZeneca Hope Lodge, Boston, MA ( www.cancer.org
)
Opening in spring 2008, the AstraZeneca Hope Lodge will annually provide free lodging and support services to more than 1,500 cancer outpatients and their caregivers who must travel far from home for treatment in Boston.
