CCHCC celebrated 37 years of organizing for health care access and justice at our2014 Annual Awards Dinner on Friday, May 2, 2014. With nearly two hundred people in attendance, the Dinner was a great success and a wonderful time!
As part of the Dinner, CCHCC honored community leaders, elected officials, and organizations that have been instrumental in advancing health care access and justice, civil rights, and environmental justice.
Watch our2014 Year-In-Review slideshow. [1]
Downloadour 2014 Adbook Dinner Program (pdf). [2]
Champaign County Health Care Consumers 2014Award Recipients
Henrietta De Boer Volunteer of the Year Award
- Amanda Hwu
Download the award presentation (pdf) [3] or view the award presentation on YouTube [4].
Aimee Olson Advocate of the Year Award
- Peggy Ore
Download the award presentation (pdf) [5] or view the award presentation on YouTube [6].
Harry J.Baker Community Service
- Emma Coverdill and Peggy Ore
Download the award presentation (pdf) [7] or view the award presentation on YouTube [8].
ElsieField Health Care Provider
- Promise Healthcare
Download the award presentation (pdf) [9] or view the award presentation on YouTube [10].
Leadershipin Government
- Representative Naomi Jakobsson
Download the award presentation (pdf) [11] or view the award presentation on YouTube [12].
Lifetime Achievement
- Esther Patt
Download the award presentation (pdf) [13] or view the award presentation on YouTube [14].
John Lee Johnson Social Justice
- 5th & Hill resident leaders: M D Pelmore,Edwin Cook, Maggie Cook, Eileen Oldham, and Jessie Clarette
Download the award presentation (pdf) [15] or view the award presentation on YouTube [16].
Special Recognition
- Jose Castillo-Pilcol
Download the award presentation (pdf) [17] or view the award presentation on YouTube [18].
The Golden Bedpan (disservice award)
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (ILEPA)
Download the award presentation (pdf) [19] or view the award presentation on YouTube [20].
View the closing remarks [21] from CCHCC”s Executive Director, Claudia Lennhoff. You can also download the pdf of her presentation. [22]
Claudia also shared a personal account of how health insurance saves lives. [23]
Thank you Carle Foundation Hospital, Ruth E. Wyman Law Office, and Presence Covenant for sponsoring the Harry J. Baker tables at the 2014 Dinner and helping low-income consumers to be able to attend the Dinner!
A special thank you to:
- Jeff Helgesen, Chris Beyt, and Armand Beaudoin for their wonderful jazz music;
- Jeff Machota for the Adbook design and layout;
- Jen Tayabji for the slideshow of the year-in-review;
- Bill Branson for the event photography;
- Chrissy Ruiz for the photobooth;
- Fleurish for the floral arrangement;
- And Hawthorn Suite for their hospitality and service.
CCHCC extends a special thanks to all of the2014 Adbook supporters!
- Carle
- The Eye Center
- AFSCME Council 31
- Wellcare
- Molina Healthcare
- AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 88
- Amnesty International – UIUC Chapter
- Analog Outfitters, Inc.
- Astrid Berkson for County Board District 9
- Avicenna Community Health Center
- Bank Champaign
- Barb Pritchard
- Barham Benefit Group
- Birch Tree Counseling
- Black Dog Smoke & Ale House
- Busey Bank
- C-U Public Health District
- Carol Ammons for State Representative
- CCHCC Board
- Central Illinois Jobs with Justice
- Champaign Urbana Tenant Union
- Citizen Action/Illinois
- Common Ground Food Co-op
- Community Choices
- Community Elements
- Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
- East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging
- Eric Thorsland for Illinois
- Esquire Lounge
- Evans, Froelich, Beth & Chamley
- Graduate Employees Organization
- Hawthorn Suites
- Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
- Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
- Jeffrey D Frerichs, DDS
- Jenny Putman
- Kevin Elliott, MA, LCPC
- Lincoln Building
- Lisa Dixon
- Martin, Hood, Friese & Associates, LLC
- Mueller Kids
- PNC Bank
- Presence Covenant
- Progressive Asset Management Group
- Promise Healthcare
- Reisman Law Office
- Rogard”s Office Plus
- Ruth E. Wyman Law Office
- Sharon Irish/Mean Lids
- Strawberry Fields
- Susan Olson/Bangs
- The Great Impasta
- The Pavilion
- University YMCA
- Vietnam Veterans Against the War