as private sector companies, but in
improving people’s lives and our communities,”
NJBIA President Philip Kirschner told a crowd of 240
at the event. “Where would our communities be
without the charitable work that businesses like QualCare
do throughout the year?”
As a vehicle for healthcare for more than 500,000 New
Jersey residents, QualCare, Inc. knows firsthand how
devastating breast cancer can be. Six years ago, the
company got serious about raising money for breast cancer
awareness, research and treatment programs. To date,
its efforts have helped raise $3 million for New Jersey’s
two leading cancer organizations.
QualCare, which is the largest, full-service, provider-sponsored,
managed care organization in New Jersey, began as an
original sponsor of the LIFE Event — a single-day
golf outing that annually raises $500,000 for the Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Cancer Institute
of New Jersey. The LIFE (LPGA Pros In the Fight to Eradicate
Breast Cancer) Event raises more money for breast cancer
awareness and treatment programs than any other one-day
event.
Ann Noble, QualCare’s vice president of workers’
compensation, serves as the treasurer of the Val Skinner
Foundation, which founded the LIFE Event, and QualCare
staff and resources are used to support the cause. QualCare
supports several programs aimed at winning the battle
against breast cancer. Its very own president and chief
executive officer, Annette Catino, is seated on the
Leadership Council of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey,
which focuses on raising awareness of cancer services
and clinical trials available to residents of the State.
QualCare is also directly involved in raising breast
cancer awareness by supporting the “On the Way
to the Cure” tour. The tour features a distinctive
“big pink vehicle” that recently traveled
to 10 college and university campuses in the Eastern
United States. This initiative is aimed at bringing
breast cancer awareness and prevention practices to
young women in their 20s and 30s, a generally neglected
group.
Since 1984, NJBIA annually has honored a select group
of its members with an Award for Excellence. The Awards
for Excellence winners demonstrate outstanding achievements
in one of four award categories: Environmental Quality,
Outstanding
Employer, Enterprise and Public Service. All NJBIA member
companies are eligible to be nominated.
An independent panel of judges reviewed the nominations.
Eighteen members of the Service Corps of Retired Executives
(SCORE) volunteered their time to conduct the judging.
They were joined by four members of NJBIA’s policy
committees: William Baney and Joann Trezza of the Human
Resources Committee, and Tom Eckhoff and John Kinkela
of the Environmental Quality Committee.
Mercadien P.C., Certified Public Accountants of Princeton,
verified the information supplied by the winning applicants.
With more than 23,000 members, NJBIA is the nation’s
largest state-level employer association.
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