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John Hancock Helps Expand Affordable Access to Fresh, Healthy Food for Communities in Need by Matching Vitality Savings
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John Hancock Helps Expand Affordable Access to Fresh, Healthy Food for Communities in Need by Matching Vitality Savings

Wholesome Wave to Use Donations from John Hancock to Fund Produce Prescription Programs and Drive Policy Change

John Hancock, the US division of Toronto-based Manulife (NYSE: MFC) announced a commitment to empower sustained health and wellbeing for its customers and community partners by matching the HealthyFood™ savings of John Hancock Vitality life insurance customers with donations to Wholesome Wave, a national nonprofit organization that provides affordable access to nutritious food. John Hancock Vitality customers participating in the HealthyFood benefit can earn Vitality Points and enjoy discounts on purchases of fresh produce at participating grocers, and beginning today, John Hancock will match each dollar saved by customers through the HealthyFood program for the remainder of 2022 with a donation to Wholesome Wave.*

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