JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,
July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Florida Blue Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2016
Sapphire Awards through September 18,
2015. The Sapphire Awards, given annually by the Florida
Blue Foundation since 2005, recognize excellence and innovation in
nonprofit community health leadership and programming in
Florida. Three categories of
awards are available: program, organization and individual.
Sapphire Awards honorees must demonstrate leadership, success
and high merit while improving health-related outcomes or access to
health-related services for Florida's at-risk populations and
communities.
"We need community members to help identify the best of the best
in nonprofit health care," said Velma
Monteiro-Tribble, Florida Blue Foundation director of grants
and programs. "Nominations from the community make it possible for
award-winning strategies to gain the recognition and support they
deserve."
A total of approximately $360,000
will be shared among the honorees (organization, program and
individual categories) to continue the recognized initiatives.
Applications and eligibility requirements are available online
at the Foundation's website. The deadline to apply is September 18, 2015.
The Sapphire Awards are the premier honor given annually by the
Florida Blue Foundation. Sapphire Awards honorees are an elite
group first nominated through a community call for applications,
and then chosen by an independent panel of national experts in
nonprofit health and health care policy. The 2016 Sapphire Awards
will be presented at the Sapphire Symposium and Awards on
April 20-21, 2016, at Rosen Plaza
Hotel, Orlando, Fla.
Florida Blue Foundation is Florida's only statewide health care
philanthropy dedicated to improving the health and well-being of
the people of Florida and their communities. It is a separate,
philanthropic affiliate of Florida
Blue, Florida's Blue Cross and Blue Shield company. The
Foundation and its parent are independent licensees of the Blue
Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent
Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. For more information about
the Foundation, please visit www.floridabluefoundation.com.
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