Connecticut Health Foundation publication among top U.S. organizations to be recognized for telling its story about improving the health of the people in Connecticut.
HARTFORD – August 17, 2011 – The state’s largest health foundation is pleased to announce that its 10-year history report, Shake the Very Foundation (/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/10yearhistory-smaller.pdf), has won a national award from APEX , the Annual Awards for Publication Excellence Competition. This year marked the 23rd annual awards for this international competition for writers, editors and publication staff, as well as business and nonprofit communicators. There were more than 3,700 entries, with 11 main categories and 127 subcategories.
“This report reflects a year-long commitment of an advisory board made up of staff and founding board members who wanted to tell the foundation’s story, and celebrate its accomplishments,” says Monette Goodrich, vice president of communications & public affairs.
In this report, you hear from grantees, health leadership Fellows, board members, and other partners about our work in children’s mental health, oral health and reducing racial and ethnic health disparities and public policy to improve health of people in Connecticut.
Shake the Very Foundation “competed” against 247 entries from across the country in this category and won the Awards of Excellence in the “One-of-a-kind Custom-Published Publications” small non-profit category. Awards are based on “excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry – in the opinion of the judges – in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.”
About the Connecticut Health Foundation
The Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) is the state’s largest independent health philanthropy dedicated to improving lives by changing health systems. Since it was established in July 1999, the foundation has supported innovative grant-making, public health policy research, technical assistance and convening to achieve its mission – to improve the health of the people of Connecticut.
Over the past 11 years, CT Health has awarded grants totaling $44 million in 45 cities and towns throughout the state in three priority areas:
- Improving access to children’s mental health services
- Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities
- Expanding access to and use of children’s oral health services
For more information about the foundation, please visit www.cthealth.org or contact Communications Officer Maryland Grier at Maryland@cthealth.org or 860.724.1580, ext. 21.