Public Health Guardian Award
The Licking County Board of Health may designate one or more individuals, agencies, or programs, as recipient of the Public Health Guardian Award each year.
Selection criteria include, but are not limited to:
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Board of Health members or Employees with distinguished service.
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Elected or appointed officials whose actions have advanced or supported public health.
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Physicians, nurses, or other medical professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the community.
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Any individual, agency, or program that has made a significant contribution to the promotion and protection of public health in Licking County.
Award Recipients
2006
The Licking
County Board of Health presented the 2006 Public Health Guardian Award to Vera
Bagent in recognition of her contributions as a valued volunteer and her
commitment to the completion of the vital records data entry project. Vera
donated over a thousand hours of her time to enter information from paper copies
of birth and death certificates into a computer database. This reduced the time
it takes to find a record and allows computer searches for public health
statistics and information.2005
The Licking County Board of Health presented the 2005 Public Health Guardian Award to the Granville Village Council, the Newark City Council, and the Health City Council, at the January 30, 2006 combined Mayors meeting in Granville. The councils were honored for their efforts to protect the public’s health from the hazards of environmental tobacco smoke, by enacting smoke-free workplaces and public places regulations in their communities.
2004
The
Licking County Board of Health honored the memory of John David Tegtmeyer by
naming him as recipient of the 2004 Public Health Guardian Award. The award was
in recognition of John's twenty-one years of service on the Licking County Board
of Health and his exceptional devotion to protecting the public's health.