Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Nominees for Award to Recognize Individuals Solving Community Health Problems @ (NAPS)—Do you know someone doing exceptional work to improve health or access to health care in his or her community? Or someone who hassolved a daunting community health problem? If so, nominate your local health hero for a 2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders award. As the nation’s largest health philanthropy, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selects 10 of these individuals each year to receive the Community Health Leaders award, which includes national recognition, opportunities to network and collaborate with fellow health leaders around the country, and $125,000 to support the leader’s work. The winners receive tools and knowledge to help them continuetheir efforts to improve health and health care wheretheylive. Selected leaders come from diverse professional backgrounds and regions of the country. They’re working to solve the health challenges that confront their own communities throughout the United States. Recent award winnersare providing compassionate care to dementia patients; supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth; providing free health care to homeless women; and developing support services for brain injury survivors. The annualcall for nominations will be released this fall. Don’t miss your chance to recognize your most outstandinglocal health lead- ers. For more information, visit www.communityhealthleaders.org.
