Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) celebrated 42 years of organizing for health care access and justice at our 2019 Annual Awards Dinner on Friday, May 3, 2019. With nearly 200 people in attendance, the Dinner was a great success and a wonderful time.
As part of the Dinner, CCHCC honored volunteers, community leaders, and organizations that have been instrumental in advancing health care access and justice, civil rights,and environmental justice.
Watch our 2019 Year-In-Review slideshow. [1]
Download our 2019 Adbook Dinner Program. [2]
Champaign County Health Care Consumers 2019 Award Recipients
Aimee Olson Advocate Award
Liliana Streber Ramirez
Download the award presentation (pdf) [3]or view the award presentation on YouTube [4].
Harry J. Baker Community Service Award
Libeth Rosas
Download the award presentation (pdf) [5] or view the award presentation on YouTube [6]. [6]
Leadership in Government Award
Kyle Patterson, Champaign County Board
Stephanie Fortado, Champaign County Board
Download the award presentation (pdf) [7] or view the award presentation on YouTube [8].
Lilia E. Peters Service to New Immigrants and International Community Award
Mauricio Salinas
Download the award presentation (pdf), [9] or view the award presentation on YouTube [10]. [10]
Lifetime Achievement Award
Edwin “Ebbie” Cook (In Memoriam)
Magnolia “Maggie” Cook
MD Pelmore
Jerry “JB” Lewis
Eileen Oldham
Download the award presentation (pdf) [11], or view the award presentation on YouTube [12]. [12]
Golden Bedpan Dis-service Award
Big Pharma
Download the award presentation (pdf) [13] or view the award presentation on YouTube. [14]
View the closing remarks from CCHCC’s Executive Director, Claudia Lennhoff. [15]
You can also download the pdf of her presentation. [16]
Thank you to Carle, Julian and Arlene Rappaport, and Ruth E. Wyman Law Office LLC for their donations of Honorary Tables.
A special thank you to:
- Jeff Helgesen, Paul Mock, and Armad Beaudoin for the tunes;
- Jeff Machota for the Adbook and Slideshow;
- Ron Keller for Certificates of Award layout;
- Jim Bean for framing Certificates of Award;
- Taylor Bean Photography for the event photography;
- And Holiday Inn for their hospitality and service.
CCHCC extends a special thanks to all of the 2019 Adbook supporters!
- AFSCME Council 31
- Carle
- Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
- Health Alliance
- Lincoln Building
- The Eye Center
- AFL-CIO of Champaign County
- AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 88
- Age Options
- Andy Bloeser
- At Ease Body Therapies
- Avicenna Community Health Center
- Bangs
- Bank Champaign
- Barb Pritchard
- Barham Benefit Group
- Birch Tree Counseling, LLC
- Black Dog Smoke & Ale House
- Blue Moon Farm
- Central Illinois Jobs with Justice
- Champaign County Christian Health Center
- Champaign-Urbana Tenant Union
- Common Ground Food Co-op
- Community Choices
- Complete Care Pharmacy
- Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
- Esquire Lounge
- EverThrive Illinois
- Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
- Holiday Inn
- Illini Tutoring
- Jeffrey D. Frerichs DDS
- Lights’ Prosthetic Eyes, Inc.
- Martin Hood
- Piato
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois
- Promise Healthcare
- Rosecrance
- Ruth Wyman for Circuit Judge
- Share Power Responsible Investing, Inc.
- Sharon Irish
- Spritz Jewelers
- Sue Keller Counseling, LLC
- The Pavilion
- University YMCA
- Vietnam Veterans Against the War
