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Awards and Recognition

2010

  • “Health Promotion on the South Side” program named 1 of 3 Finalists for 5th Annual Ohio Nonprofit Excellence Award, Central Region.
  • 7 members of The Community Based Volunteer Program of the Columbus City Schools received The President’s Volunteer Service Award Bronze Medal from President Obama
  • Senior Vice President of Nutrition Programs Charlie Kozlesky selected as Finalist in ConAgra Foods Foundation’s Champions Against Child Hunger competition

2009

  • Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities AmeriCorps Member Jen Vonderahe received Molina Healthcare’s Community Champion Award
  • Volunteer Bill Lenkey received an Honorable Mention at Medical Mutual’s Outstanding Senior Volunteer Awards Luncheon
  • Ohio Hispanic Coalition’s Padrino Award in recognition of “commitment to provide healthy food and snacks to our (the coalition’s) children of our (the coalition’s) After School Program.”

2007

  • Better Business Bureau Integrity AwardChief Executive Officer Bill Dolan named 2007 Champion of Children
  • Chief Operating Officer Dianne Radigan awarded St. Vincent Family Centers’ Corcoran Award for Social Justice
2006
  • Recertification: Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations Standards for Excellence program
  • Afterschool Nutrition & Education Vice President Shelly Roth recognized as one of Central Ohio’s finest young professionals by Business First’s Forty Under 40
  • Nutrition Specialist Misty Rife honored as Child Care Provider of the Year by Wright Patterson Air Force Base
2005
  • Finalist: Better Business Bureau Integrity Awards
  • Victory Against Hunger Award: Congressional Hunger Center
2004
  • Certification: Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance Standards
  • Innovation in Prevention Award: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recognition of Instructing Metropolitan Professionals about Community Teaching (IMPACT) program 
  • Healthy Sprouts Award: National Gardening Association
  • Point of Light Award: The Nation’s Volunteer of the Day
  • Chief Operating Officer Dianne Radigan named a Woman of Achievement by YWCA
  • Chief Executive Officer Bill Dolan named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young
  • Senior Vice President Charlie Kozlesky awarded the State Team Healthy School Hero Award by Action for Healthy Kids
  • Director of Early Childhood Nutrition Dyane Turner named the Emerging Dietetic Leader by the American Dietetic Association
2003
  • Certification: Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations Standards for Excellence program 
2002
  • Victory Against Hunger Award: Congressional Hunger Center
2001
  • Victory Against Hunger Award: Congressional Hunger Center
  • Ohio Proud Governor’s Award
  • Golden Rule Award: Alvis House
  • Finalist: Leadership for Changing the World
  • Chief Executive Officer Bill Dolan named Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist by Ernst & Young