Healthy Kids gets National Attention:

• The program received national recognition at the Conference on Child Health in America sponsored by the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The conference was held in December 1991 in New Orleans.

  The Healthy Kids team, led by the program director Don Henderson, participated in a seminar that national policy makers billed as an innovative public/private partnership in child health. Joining Mr. Henderson were CDSA Director and Metro Commission Staff Director Dennis Poole, Healthy Kids Program Coordinator Carole Wade, and DHS supervisor Gloria Pauline.

  

• Healthy Kids was presented as an invitational paper at the first National Forum on Collaborative Resource Acquisition in Support of Family-Centered Community Supports and Services for Children with Disabilities.

  The Forum, held in Washington, D.C., was sponsored by the United Cerebral Palsy Association. Healthy Kids was invited to present its findings because it demonstrates how much improvement in the lives of children can be made when a community works together.

Healthy Kids Receives National Award:

• The Healthy Kids Program received the 1992 Community Health Promotion Award given by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  The program was nominated for the national award by Mary Beth Hunt, Area Coordinator for Maternal Infant Health, Oklahoma Department of Health. The award is given every two years to exemplary programs in community health promotion.

Healthy Kids Receives Local Award:

• In Late October of 1994 the Healthy Kids Program received one of the "Best of Enid" awards given as part of a city wide effort to prepare for the "all American Cities 1995" competition. Special thanks to Margaret Buvinger and Dr. John Provine who, along with program coordinator, Carole Wade, presented the Healthy Kids Program to the judges. In addition to a plaque, the program received a $500 cash award that has been used to provide public transportation for children to local medical appointments when no private transportation is available.