North Carolina Prevention Partners Receives Award
NC Prevention Partners (NCPP) in Chapel Hill received statewide honors from the
North Carolina Center for Nonprofits at the 2007 Summit for the Nonprofit Sector in Winston-Salem, NC, October 25, 2007. NCPP was selected for one of three 2007 Nonprofit Sector Stewardship Awards recognizing exemplary stewardship of resources.
Executive Director of the North Carolina State Health Plan and NCPP board member George C. Stokes, along with NCPP Executive Director Meg Molloy, Board Vice Chair Gregg Stave, Director of Communications and Marketing Andrew Tucker, Policy and Events Coordinator Elina Urli, and Marketing Assistant Georgia Alwon-Mount accepted the award for NCPP.
NCPP was created in 1998 to improve the health of all North Carolinians by preventing poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and tobacco use. It works with diverse partners to influence policy and build projects that prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and stroke. These diseases cost the state nearly $16 billion each year.
"We are honoring NC Prevention Partners for three reasons. First, the organization showed the courage to reinvent itself, including major changes on the board of directors, in order to achieve its mission. Then it made the hard decision to end some programs so it could focus its resources on those with the most potential impact. And, it used Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence for its organizational transformation and its ongoing planning,” said Jane Kendall, president of the N.C. Center for Nonprofits.
The N.C. Center for Nonprofits serves as a statewide network for nonprofit board and staff members, an information center on effective nonprofit organizational practices, and an advocate for the nonprofit sector as a whole. Its mission is to serve, promote, and represent the nonprofit sector and strengthen nonprofits’ effectiveness as they improve North Carolina’s quality of life.
Congratulations, NC Prevention Partners!***
