For immediate release: September 17, 2004
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BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF VERMONT ANNOUNCES DISTINGUISHED EMPLOYEE FOR JULY 2004

Berlin, VT - Jenette Pickel, a resident of Plainfield, VT has been chosen as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont's Distinguished Employee for July 2004.

Ms. Pickel is a mail processor II in the mailroom/micrographics unit and has been with Blue Cross and Blue Shield since March 1999. She is cited for her positive attitude, for her performance record and accuracy rate, and for her willingness to help her co-workers. A co-worker stated, "She has helped out many times, even working after hours. She does very well in everything she does. She is dependable and productive".

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont employs about 400 Vermonters at its headquarters in Berlin and its branch office in Williston. A committee of employees recognizes an employee each month in honor of Carol L. Goodrich, the winner of the first-ever Employee of the Year award in 1992. This program awards individuals who demonstrate extraordinary effort above and beyond the scope of their current responsibilities. More information about Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is available on the Internet at www.bcbsvt.com. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is an independent corporation operating under a license with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans.

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