Portland, Oregon, May 24th, 2010 — a leader in healthcare translation and website localization services announced today an August 31st, 2010 application deadline for their annual Translation Grant Program. The annual donation program will award $5000 of in-kind translation services to an organization that shares their philosophy of improving healthcare access for ethnic communities.
"viaLanguage team members feel strongly about giving back to the community. It’s part of our culture. Knowing this grant may enable others to access healthcare is why we have a tradition to sponsor this program”, said Chanin Ballance, CEO of viaLanguage. “Through this grant, viaLanguage aspires to help an innovative healthcare organization improve the health and access to healthcare of underserved, ethnic communities here in the US.”
To be eligible applicants must be actively working to improve access to health or healthcare for its ethnic and Limited English Speaking (LEP) communities. Eligible organizations must be headquartered in the US and include a program with one or more of the following focus areas: health education, accessing healthcare, disaster & relief services, environment, science & technology, voluntarism & community outreach and youth advocacy & programs. The recipient of the viaLanguage Translation Grant will be selected the week of September 13th, 2010.
For additional information and an application, click here.
About viaLanguage
viaLanguage is a leading provider of healthcare and medical translation, localization and cultural adaptation services. viaLanguage combines thousands of healthcare linguists with advanced technology to serve as an outsourced partner for multilingual marketing, educational and compliance outreach. Healthcare, medical and life science organizations nationwide rely on viaLanguage services to educate consumers, increase marketing share and build multilingual brand for their products and services. A partial client list includes Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, WellCare Health Plans, Bravo Health, Caritas Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Walmart and St. Jude Medical. Corporate Headquarters are located at 700 SW Taylor Street, Suite 310 Portland, OR 97205-3016. For more information, visit vialanguage.com or call us at 503-243-2007.
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