Congratulations and Thank You to Our 2010 Grassroots Awards Recipients

by Marc Wetherhorn

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. – Albert Einstein

All of these outstanding Health Center Advocates were recognized at NACHC’s recent Policy & Issues Forum. If you know these folks or happen to see them, please say thanks. Their efforts have helped every health center!

The following were inducted into the NACHC Grassroots Hall of Fame for their lasting contributions to insuring the creation, survival and strength of Health Centers and the Health Center movement through their dedicated and tireless efforts over many years:

Scott S. GraffCommunity HealthCare Association of the Dakotas, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD

Barbra E. MinchWilliam F. Ryan Community Health Center, New York, NY

Sip MoudenCommunity Health Centers of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

Miguel (Mike) Trevino, Jr. – Gateway Community Health Center, Inc., Laredo, TX

Alfreda TurnerCharter Oak Health Center, Inc., Hartford, CT

The NACHC Grassroots MVP Award is named in honor of the late Elizabeth K. (Betsey) Cooke whose constant effort and unflagging persistence as an advocate for America’s health centers and health center patients set an example for all health center advocates to follow.

The 2010 honorees all went above and beyond in their efforts to insure that their Members of Congress actively supported Health Centers or to establish and expand grassroots advocacy efforts at their health center or in their state last year. They are

Ellen AdlamPeninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, Soldotna, AK

Tary L. BrownAlbany Area Primary Health Care, Albany, GA

Rev. Robert T. Carlson - Penobscot Community Health Center, Bangor, ME

Suzanne CohenHealth Federation of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

J. Lorraine EstradasArroyo Vista Family Health Center, Los Angeles, CA

Jane Garcia - La Clinica De La Raza, Oakland, CA

Blake HallCommunity Health of South Florida, Inc, Miami, FL

Dana HughesMichigan Primary Care Association, Lansing, MI

Dennis KruseFamily Care Health Centers, Saint Louis, MO

E. Benjamin Money, Jr.North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc., Morrisville, NC

Sarah K, Noonan -Westside Health, Inc, Wilmington, DE

Kim SchwartzRoanoke Chowan Community Health Center, Ahoskie, NC

Steve ShattlsValley Health Systems, Inc., Huntington, WV

Soren TjernellCommunity Clinic Consortium, Richmond, CA

Beth WrobelHealthLinc, Inc., Valparaiso, IN

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