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Awarding Health Care Leaders

Posted 7/29/2010

(NAPSI) - Do you know someone who works hard to improve health or access to health care in his or her community? Consider nominating this community health hero for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders award.

As the nation's largest health philanthropy, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selects 10 unsung heroes each year to receive the Community Health Leaders award, which includes national recognition, opportunities to network and collaborate with other leaders around the country, and $125,000 to support the leader's work. The winners receive tools and knowledge to help them continue their work to improve health and health care where they live.

Community Health Leaders come from diverse professional backgrounds and regions of the country. They're working to solve the health challenges that confront most communities in the United States.

Recent award winners have, for instance, created a strategy to reduce obesity among Rhode Island residents, improved oral health in a remote Alaskan community, and provided mental health services to immigrants who have experienced torture.

The annual Call for Nominations is typically announced in mid-August. Deadline for nominations is the first week of October.

For more information, visit www.communityhealthleaders.org.