PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) is accepting applications from community-based organizations to host teams of 30+ employee volunteers during Blue across Rhode Island, the company’s annual day of service on Friday, Sept. 18.   

One of the largest events of its kind in the state, Blue across Rhode Island will mark its 15th anniversary in 2026.   

While BCBSRI employees volunteer year-round, Blue across Rhode Island brings associates together for a full workday of organized service projects statewide. Each year, more than 500 employees volunteer in teams on projects developed in partnership with selected community partners.   

“Fifteen years of Blue across Rhode Island represents thousands of hours of volunteer service and hundreds of thousands of lives touched across our state," said Carolyn Belisle, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility. “We look forward to another year of rolling up our sleeves alongside the incredible organizations doing this vital work every day.”     

Details and application instructions for Blue across Rhode Island are available online. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. on Friday, April 24. For more information, contact BlueAngel.News@bcbsri.org.  

Since the launch of Blue across Rhode Island in 2012, BCBSRI employees have given 43,000 volunteer hours at such projects as building housing, painting community spaces, sprucing up landscaping, and packing food items for hunger programs. These projects have positively impacted more than 238,000 Rhode Islanders. 

Since its founding, BCBSRI has prioritized relationships with community organizations through philanthropy, partnership, and volunteer service. These efforts, including Blue across Rhode Island, have been enhanced for the past 25 years through a focused and coordinated BCBSRI program—BlueAngel Community Investment.