CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Nov. 18, 2010) - UnitedHealthcare has donated $2,500 to Food Bank of the Rockies to help the nonprofit provide nutritious food to residents in need in Colorado and Wyoming during the upcoming holiday season.

Food Bank of the Rockies last year distributed 35.7 million pounds of food through nearly 800 partner agencies, providing the equivalent of 27.9 million meals for hungry children, seniors and families.  Those efforts helped support more than 1,100 hunger-relief programs in Northern Colorado, Metro Denver and Wyoming.

"Support from companies such as UnitedHealthcare is crucial to meeting the needs of local families this holiday season and all year long," said Kevin Seggelke, president and CEO, Food Bank of the Rockies. "We are grateful for UnitedHealthcare's support to improve the health and well-being of area families."

"We are proud to be able to assist Food Bank of the Rockies to help ensure that no one in Colorado and Wyoming goes hungry this holiday season," said Beth Soberg, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Colorado. "UnitedHealthcare is committed to helping people lead healthier lives, which includes helping to put nutritious and warm meals on their tables this holiday season."

UnitedHealthcare has a history of supporting food banks in Colorado and nationwide.  In addition to financial contributions, UnitedHealthcare employees are also currently collecting canned goods to be delivered to Food Bank of the Rockies before Thanksgiving.

About Food Bank of the Rockies
Food Bank of the Rockies, a non-profit organization, distributed nearly 36 million pounds of food last year through 800 partner agencies. Those agencies administer 1,100 hunger-relief programs in Northern Colorado, including Metro Denver, and the entire state of Wyoming. Of the 367,000 people served annually, nearly half are children. Since 1978, FBR has provided 392 million pounds of food to our member agencies, which translates to more than 298 million meals for people in need. Food Bank of the Rockies' key programs are Fighting Hunger Feeding Hope - Food Distribution, Denver's Table Food Rescue and FBR's Nutrition Network for children and seniors. Food Bank of the Rockies is a member of Feeding America. For additional information, please visit www.foodbankrockies.org.

About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare (www.unitedhealthcare.com) provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services to individuals, public sector employers and businesses of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. The company organizes access to quality, affordable health care services on behalf of approximately 25 million individual consumers, contracting directly with more than 600,000 physicians and care professionals and 5,000 hospitals to offer them broad, convenient access to services nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.