The ICONS
Foundation Awards

An ICONS Award is given to individuals that have shown exceptional responsibility in promoting the holistic approach to wellness and healthy lifestyles. Individuals that are chosen for this prestigious award represent many dimensions of society that is necessary to make life-long changes in the health and well-being of all Americans. They understand that wellness and healthy lifestyles has many dimensions and offer solutions by working together to be a change agent for building healthier and wealthier communities in the 21st century.

Please contact us at The ICONS Foundation at claudie@theiconsfoundation.org

ICONS AWARD CATEGORIES
  • School Foods Service
  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Food Industry
  • Food Service Management
  • Food Science
  • Medical
  • Literacy
  • Family
  • Sports
AWARD ELGIBILITY CRITERIA

ICONS Award Recipients are nominated by individuals that have recognized their commitment to health and well-being of families in our communities and the education of our future leaders. The ICONS Foundation recognizes these individuals for their vision and work.

THE SELECTION PROCESS
  • Applications for nominating an individual for the ICONS Award are available from The ICONS Foundation. The ICONS Advisory Council carefully reviews each application. Recommendations are made and nominees are contacted.
  • The ICONS Foundation would like to recognize past ICONS Award Recipients.
  • The ICONS Award recipient from each respective category is recognized at the Annual ICONS Awards Ceremony each year.
PAST RECIPIENTS

The ICONS Foundation past award recipients were recognized for demonstrating exceptional responsibility, dedication, and leadership in building healthy communities in the following categories:

School Food Service Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Cain M. Jones, Former, Food Service Director, Chicago Public Schools

Educator, Food Service Professional and Author

Gertrude Applebaum, Vice President, inTEAM and Associates

School Food Service Professional

Colleta Hines-Newell, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Arlington Heights, School District 25

Educational Assistance

Claudia Freed, Executive Director, Educational Assistance Limited

Government/Health Care

John Stroger, President, The Cook County Board of Commissioners

Dr. James D. Oliver, Assistant Dean

Urban & Metropolitan Affairs, University of Illinois Extension, N.E. Region

Food Industry Carl Fulkerson, President

Concept Food Brokers

Food Service Management Jean Crudup, Former, District Manager

Sodexho/ Chicago Public Schools

Nutrition Education Joyce Meyers, Public Health Nutritionist

Chicago Public Schools

Healthy Ethnic Cooking Wilbert Jones, President & Author

Healthy Concepts

Education Janice Buckley, Principal

Dewey Elementary School, Chicago Public Schools

Sports Franco Harris, President

Super Bakery

Media Hermene D. Hartman, President

N’Digo Mega Newspaper

Carol O’Neil, T.V. Personality

Healthy Lifestyles and Fitness, Atlanta, GA

Medical

Robert Moore, M.D. (Retired), Little Rock, Arkansas

Dr. Wah Jun /Tze,

Founder/President Global Child Health Society and Global ChildNet, Canada

Dawn Walker

Executive Director, Canadian Institute of Child Health, Ontario, Canada

Elizabeth Turner

Executive Director, SUSTAIN, Washington, D.C.

Bill Shore

Founder/Executive Director, Share Our Strength, Washington, D.C.

Pam Smith, RD

President, Life /communications, Orlando, Florida

Deborah Duchon

Director, Nutrition for New Americans Project, Georgia State University

Literacy Janis F. Kearney, Author

Cotton Field of Dreams

Food Manufacturer Lisa and George Renoso

LaMorenita, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

Food Manufacturer Art Velasquez, President

Azteca Foods

Food Manufacturer Jim Mauer, President

Zartic Foods