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Lorina Marshall-Blake honored with “Going Beyond Award”

Philadelphia, PA — October 17, 2013 — Living Beyond Breast Cancer has honored Lorina Marshall-Blake, president of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, with the Going Beyond Award, for using her personal experience with breast cancer to help others. Marshall-Blake was honored along with Amy Lessack, Marni Manko, and Susannah Wolf at the Butterfly Ball fundraiser held on October 12 at the Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia.

About the Independence Blue Cross Foundation
The Independence Blue Cross Foundation is a charitable, private foundation whose mission is leading solutions for a healthier community. The foundation targets the following areas of impact:

• Caring for our most vulnerable: Supporting nonprofit community health centers that deliver care to uninsured and underinsured people.
• Enhancing health care delivery: Strengthening the nursing workforce through education, career development, and research.
• Building healthy communities: Partnering with community leaders and programs to address community health and wellness needs.

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Donna Farrell
Independence Blue Cross
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Independence Blue Cross and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, serving the needs of Philadelphia and southeastern Pennsylvania.