Every year, NC Prevention Partners recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations for their contributions to make NC a healthier place to live, work and play. These are the outstanding people who motivate others; these are the worksites that encourage healthier employees; these are media partners who educate the masses; these are legislators who make tough policy change happen.

NC Prevention Partners is honored to recognize the outstanding work of these individuals and organizations at our Annual Meeting.  Please contact us if you are interested in nominating a person, organization, or media outlet for their efforts to promote prevention in North Carolina.

2011 Award Winners for Prevention Excellence:

• Jim Long Award for Individual Prevention Excellence: Ruth Barlow, Office of State Personnel
• Media Prevention Excellence Award: Chris Fitzsimon and Clayton Henkel, NC Policy Watch
• Advocacy Prevention Excellence Award: Betsy Vetter, American Heart Association
• Workplace Prevention Excellence Award: NC Department of Transportation
• Hospital Prevention Excellence Award: Duplin General Hospital
• School Prevention Excellence Award: West Marion Elementary
• School District Prevention Excellence Award: Burke County Public Schools
• POWER Award: Gary L. Park, NC Prevention Partners Board Vice Chair; President, UNC Hospitals
• POWER Award: John G. Currin, Jr., NC Prevention Partners Board Member; President, Alamance Regional Medical Center
• Trailblazer Awards: Iredell-Statesville Schools, Senn Dunn Insurance, South Carolina Hospital Association

Previous Award Winners:

2010

• School Excellence: Mt. Airy City Schools
• Legislator Excellence: Representative Douglas Y. Yongue
• Workplace Excellence: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
• Individual Excellence: Kathryn M. Kolasa, PhD, RD, LDN

2009

• Beaulaville Elementary School – for programs that encourage wellness among staff and students.
• The Charlotte Observer – for unwavering support of healthy policies to reduce North Carolina’s rates of tobacco use.
• Representative Jeff Barnhart (R – Cabarrus) – for standing steady behind life-saving legislation to protect North Carolina workers from dangerous secondhand smoke.
• Mission Health System, Asheville – for innovative efforts to improve the health of their more than 6,000 employees, including healthy food, tobacco quitting and physical activity policies.

2008

• Business Excellence: Capitol Broadcasting Company
• Coalition Excellence: Soy Unica, Soy Latina
• Healthcare Excellence: Lenoir Memorial Hospital
• Individual Excellence: Mary Smith & Chuck Frock
• Legislator Excellence: Senator William Purcell, M.D.
• Media Excellence: Gaston Gazette
• School Excellence: South Mecklenburg High School
• Preventive Benefits Excellence: New Hanover Regional Medical Center
• Excellence in Winner's Circle, School Partner: Pitt Community College
• Excellence in Winner's Circle, Community Partner: Dr. Laura Linnan
• Lifetime Achievement, In Memoriam: Janet Reaves

2007

• Business Excellence: Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington
• Coalition Excellence: Healthy Carolinians of Orange County
• Healthcare Excellence: Nash County Health Department
• Individual Excellence: Jean Bunch, Chowan Hospital
• Legislator Excellence: Representative Hugh Holliman,  Davidson County
• Media Excellence: Matt Willoughby, North Carolina News Network
• School Excellence: Richfield Elementary School, Stanly County
• Preventive Benefits Excellence: North Carolina State Health Plan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
• Excellence in Winner's Circle, School Partner: Kathy Andersen, Nutrition Services Branch, NC Division of Public Health
• Excellence in Winner's Circle, Community Partner: New Hanover County

2006

• Business Excellence: Sports Endeavors, Inc., Hillsborough
• Coalition Excellence: Ashe County Health Council
• Healthcare Excellence: Bertie Memorial Hospital and Chowan Hospital Tobacco-Free Task Force
• Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation
• Individual Excellence: Nicole Henigin, Rockingham County Schools; Mary and Danny Pittman, Mr. P's Skateworld, Lumberton
• Legislator Excellence: Representative Rick Glazier, Cumberland County
• Media Excellence: News Talk 1360 WCHL, Chapel Hill-Carrboro
• School Excellence: Northside Elementary School, Norlina
• Health Plan Excellence: North Carolina State Health Plan
• Winner's Circle Partner Excellence: North Carolina Legislative Cafeteria

2005

• Winner's Circle Excellence: McDonald's Owner/Operators of the Carolinas
• Health Plan Excellence: North Carolina State Health Plan
• Coalition Excellence: Columbus County Healthy Carolinians
• Media Excellence: Charlotte Ranz
• Individual Excellence: Dr. James B. Cowan
• Business Excellence: Live for Life at Duke, Medical Review of North Carolina (now Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence)
• Healthcare Excellence: REX Healthcare
• Legislator Excellence: The Honorable Representative Jennifer Weiss
• School System Excellence: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Child Nutrition Services

2004

• Excellence in Media: Dean Linke, General & Sales Manager, State Government Radio
• Legislator Excellence: The Honorable Representative Carolyn Justice (R)
• Partner Excellence by a Winner's Circle Eating Out Venue: Wanda & Willie Roberson, Owners
• BCCC Campus Café, Special Affairs Catering, Roberson's Vending
• Coalition Excellence: The North Carolina Alliance for Health
• Excellence in Health: Tobacco Intervention Program, Wake Forest University
• Excellence in Business: High Point Regional Health System
• Partner Excellence in BASIC: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
• School Excellence: Child Nutrition Services, Alamance-Burlington School System
• Individual Excellence: Lynette Rivenbark Tolson, American Heart Association

2003

• Excellence in Media: Phyllis Parish, Senior Producer, WRAL-TV
• Excellence in Business: T. S. Designs, Inc.
• Individual Excellence: Janice Lebeuf Sommers, Director, NC Healthy Weight Initiative; John F. Murphy, III, Child Nutrition Services, NC Department of Public Instruction
• Partner Excellence in BASIC: IBM Corporation
• School Excellence: Child Nutrition Services, Cumberland County Schools
• Excellence in Health: Niakeya Jones (10,000 Steps Program), Robeson County Health Department
• Coalition Excellence: Gaston County Fitness and Nutrition Council
• Partner Excellence by a Winner's Circle Eating Out Venue: Family Fare Convenience Stores
• Legislator Excellence: The Honorable Larry M. Bell

2002

• Statewide Excellence in BASIC : Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
• Excellence of a Winner's Circle Eating Out Venue: Child Nutrition Services and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• Prevention Performance in Media: Barbara Solow, MS, The Independent Weekly
• Prevention Performance in Business: Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Berkeley Mills
• Excellence in Health : The SELF Improvement Program, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
• Local Excellence by a Coalition: Healthy Alamance Child Asthma Coalition
• State Excellence by a Coalition: Jim Martin, Vision 2010, Tobacco Prevention & Control Branch, Division of Public Health, NC DHHS
• Legislative Award: The Honorable Senator Ellie Kinnaird
• Individual Performance: Bob Parker, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

2001

• Excellence in Business: GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park
• Excellence in Health: Moses Cone Health Systems Vascular Center, Greensboro; Greensboro Transit Authority, Greensboro
• Coalition Award: Bladen Health Watch, Elizabethtown
• Individual Performance: Gary Minor, Jacksonville
• Restaurant Award: Front Porch, Elizabethtown
• Legislator Award: Sen. Edward Warren, Greenville
• Leadership in BASIC Preventive Benefits: Betsy LaForge, Doctors Health Plan, Durham
• Excellence in BASIC Preventive Benefits: Doctors Health Plan, Durham

2000

• Special Prevention Recognition of Legislators: Senator Wib Gulley;  Representative Martha Alexander
• Long Leaf Pine Award: Peg O'Connell, JD
• Physician Prevention Award (Co-sponsored by the NC Medical Society): Adam Goldstein, MD; Richard Rosen, MD
• Hospital Prevention Award (Co-sponsored by the NC Hospital Association): First Health of the Carolinas, Pinehurst
• Employer Prevention Award (Co-sponsored by the Wellness Council of NC): Chatham Steel Corp, Durham
• Local Coalition Prevention Award (Co-sponsored by the Cardiovascular Heart Program, Division of Public Health, NC DHHS): MC HeartWise Program, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro
• State Coalition Prevention Award: Coalition for a Health Trust Fund
• Winner's Circle Healthy Dining Program Local Partner Award (Co-sponsored by the Health Promotion Branch, Division of Public Health, NC DHHS): Pitt Partners for Health
• Winner's Circle Healthy Restaurant Award: Cubbie's, Winterville, NC

1998

• Individual Prevention Performance Award: The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
• NC Outstanding Statewide Prevention Award: NC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force & NC Dietetic Association
• NC Outstanding Local Prevention Award: Watauga Healthy Carolinians
• Prevention Performance Award: The Honorable Jim Long, Commissioner of Insurance