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Awards and Accolades

Reasons to Celebrate!!

2008 Awards

Arkansan of the Week

Arkansas Hospice CNA Sharon Edwards was named Arkansan of the Week by Channel 4 in Little Rock. Read about it in the Spring 2008 newsletter.

20 People to Watch in 2008
Jennifer Schieble, RN, and Jennifer Luke, RN were honored by the Russellville Courier by being named 2 of the 20 people to watch in 2008

2007 Awards

Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives

Judith Wooten, our Chief Operating Officer, was made a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).  The American College of Healthcare Executives is a “professional society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of professional, educational and leadership performance; the highest ethical standards and conduct; and the advancement of healthcare management excellence”

Arkansas Hospital Association
2007 Diamond Award Excellence

"Arkansas Hospice Matters," our semi-annual newsletter.

Physician of the Year

Dr. Martin Koehn, the Arkansas Hospice Medical Director for the Hot Springs Inpatient Hospice Services, was named Physician of the Year at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center.

Winner

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Best Nurses in Arkansas, 2007

Arkansas Hospice RN Becky Messenger was voted one of the 4 best nurses in the state.

Winner

Allegra Print and Imaging Grant

Winner

The Horace C. Cabe Foundation Grant

 

2006 Awards

Arkansas Hospital Association
2006 Diamond Award

Internet Web site Category for the redesign of the Arkansas Hospice and Arkansas Hospice Foundation site. Redesign by James Little of mmerse and Carol Gale and Candace Millwood of Arkansas Hospice.

NHPCO 2006 Photography, Writing, and Film Contest
Third Place Winner in the Photography category for "The Comforter." This photo was taken by Candace Millwood, Communications & Media Director for Arkansas Hospice, on a Spa Day with a grandmother (the patient) and her granddaughter.

 

2005 Awards

Winner
Arkansas Business Non-Profit Org. of the Year 2004

In March 2005, Arkansas Hospice was selected from a list of five of the best non-profit organizations in the State as the Arkansas Business Non-Profit Organization of the Year 2004.

Winner
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Best Nurses in AR, 2005

Terry Minton, RN, Arkansas Hospice Inpatient Center. “Terry set the bar for patient care at Arkansas Hospice.” Article on Terry Minton was listed 1st of 4 feature articles on best nurses, in supplement to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Health Care Careers: Best Nurses in Arkansas, May 8, 2005.

NHPCO 2005 Photography, Writing, and Film Contest
First Place Winner in the Film category for Angels Among Us – Arkansas Hospice Foundation/AETN hospice documentary

Published in NHPCO’s December 2005 issue of NewsLine/Insights (industry newsletter w/national and internet circulation). Winning entries were displayed at the 20th NHPCO Management and Leadership Conference in Florida.

Senior Arkansans Hall of Fame
Dr. Virginia Vollmer, nominated by Arkansas Hospice, inducted Fall of 2005

Dr. Vollmer has been chosen as one of three inductees, out of 18 nominees, for induction into the Senior Arkansan Hall of Fame. Nominees and inductees were honored on October 12th during the Awards Luncheon at the Annual Aging Conference in Hot Springs.

Arkansas Hospital Association
2005 Diamond Award

Special Purpose Category for Towbin Heritage Society Planned Giving brochure

2005 Judges’ Merit Award
Writing Category for Pampered by an Angel article

There were 162 entries in the overall program, and the Diamond Awards were presented October 20th during Arkansas Hospital Association’s 75th Annual Meeting and Trade Show at the Little Rock Peabody Hotel.

2004 Awards

Winner – M. Catherine Ray Award
Arkansas Hospice Volunteer Program Wins National Award (8/25/04)
Arkansas Hospice Angels named the 2004 recipient of the M. Catherine Ray Award from the National Hospice Organization for outstanding contributions to the hospice community through volunteerism. The award was presented to the Angels at National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Management and Leadership Conference on Oct. 1 in Washington, D.C. This prestigious award is given to outstanding hospice volunteer groups in the memory of M. Catherine Ray, a hospice volunteer, educator and author who specialized in caring for the dying and for hospice volunteers and staff.

Third Place – Photo Contest
Arkansas Hospice's "Angels Among Us" photograph won third place in NHPCO’s national photo contest. The photo was taken by Dorothy Seals, Arkansas Hospice Media Marketing Specialist, in July 2004 when she accompanied the first Angels session at our Little Rock Inpatient Center.
 
Winner – Arkansas Hospice Foundation voted Best Charitable Foundation 2004
Best of Business Arkansas Business Readers’ Poll

Arkansas Hospice Foundation named Best Charitable Foundation by Arkansas Business for 2004 in the December 13 edition of Arkansas Business “Best of Businesses.” Awards were given to businesses in 50 different categories. The winners were selected based on community voting over a three-month period.  

2003 Awards

Winner - Arkansas Business Non-Profit Executive of the Year 2002
Arkansas Hospice’s CEO, Michael Aureli, named as Arkansas Business Non-profit Executive of the Year 2002.

Semi-Finalist - Arkansas Business Non-Profit Organization of the Year 2002
Community esteem for Arkansas Hospice continued to grow in appreciation of the quality care provided to each of the 1031 patients served by Arkansas Hospice throughout the year. The hospice centers, especially, are appreciated for the unique service they bring to the state. The prestige of the program grew significantly at the end of February with the organization being selected as one of the top five non-profit organizations in Arkansas for 2002 and its Director being named as non-profit executive of that year. The resulting Goodwill toward our organization permeated the community.

NHPCO State Issues Sub-Committee
Michael Aureli, CEO of Arkansas Hospice, accepted an invitation from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to sit on its State Issues Sub-Committee.