Community Health Charities Hires Lisa Korade As Director Of Corporate Development For Georgia And Florida

July 31, 2008

Community Health Charities of Georgia (CHCG) is pleased to announce the hiring of Lisa Korade as Director of Corporate Development for the Georgia and Florida metropolitan markets.

CHCG connects Georgia employees with health and wellness information, volunteer opportunities and the ability to direct donations to the local health charities of their choice.  The only workplace giving program devoted exclusively to health, CHCG currently provides access to 41 participating health charities throughout Georgia.  Ms. Korade will work collaboratively with local Georgia and Florida affiliates as well as the national headquarters of CHC, located in the Southeast. 

“We partner with some of the state’s most respected employers, but there is tremendous potential to add more – which ultimately leads to more funding for our health charities and more help for Georgia employees who are facing a health crisis,” said Brenda Horne, CEO of the Georgia affiliate.  “With 1 of 3 employees personally affected by health issues, the need is greater than ever.  We are delighted to have Lisa join this effort.”

As the former Director of Volunteers at the Joy Foundation of Georgia, Ms. Korade brings a vast wealth of knowledge to CHC.  At the Joy Foundation, she was responsible for recruiting, training and organizing an 800-person volunteer force and helped raise more than $100,000 annually from events sponsoring the Foundation’s cause.  Her past experience includes other marketing, fundraising and event coordination roles.

In other news, CHCG recently debuted its new Web site – www.healthcharities.org/georgia.  The site offers many new features, including health news from the national office of CHC, a complete press release library and extensive information about Medicare Prescription Access and Social Security.  We encourage all CHCG campaign partners to place a link to our site on their company Intranet, so employees have 24/7 access to the health resources they need.

Georgia employers who want to learn more about CHC can contact Ms. Korade directly at 404-983-5300 or lkorade@healthcharities.org.  The local office of the Georgia affiliate can be reached at 770-457-8704 or bhorne@healthcharities.org.

For more information about CHCG, including a complete list of participating health charities, please visit www.healthcharities.org/georgia.

The mission of CHCG is to connect Georgia employees to the services of leading health charities through workplace giving, where they can direct donations to their partner agencies of choice.