ACORN
Awards and Recognitions

2008 ACORN Volunteers win the "Work of Heart" Award in Health and Social Services
2007 Blue Foundation for a Health Florida grant to support the "Tooth Fairy" Dental Outreach Education Program
2006 Blue Foundation for A Healthy Florida Sapphire Award for Excellence in Community Health care
2006 American Dental Association's Samuel Harris Children's Dentistry Outreach grant to support the "Tooth Fairy" Dental Outreach Education Program
2005 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation grant to provide gas reimbursement coupons for mammography referral patients, and additional outreach support
2004 Sole Sisters: Stepping Up the Fight Against Breast Cancer: $61,000 raised for mammography screenings for uninsured women in north central Florida
2002-2008 AVON Breast Cancer Fund for Breast Cancer Outreach Education & Awareness
2001 Separate dental clinic built and opened; existing medical/dental clinic remodeled
2001-2004 The AEC Trust awarded 3 year grant to enhance the OB/GYN and Better Babies & Birth Outcomes Program
2002-2004 The National Health Service Corp approved a 3 year rotation for an OB/GYN Physician
2002-2003 The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida awarded a 2 year grant to support the Better Babies & Birth Outcomes Parenting Education Program
1998-2000 Capital Campaign initiated to fund a new dental clinic and restore and expand the medical clinic
1998 The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader Award
1997 & 1998 ACORN received three national awards over two years
1998 National Rural Health Association's Outstanding Rural Health Program
1997 Mutual of America Community Partnership Award
1987 Dental clinic opened
1976 Medical clinic opened to meet the growing needs of the rural population
1974-77 Health care focused on home visits and social service referrals
1974 Two churches funded VISTA volunteers (Volunteers in Service to America) to serve the healthcare needs of residents in rural Alachua County