Living well in spite of a mental health diagnosis can be and usually is challenging. So, in the hope of encouraging participants of our national and international Fresh Hope support groups, we will bestow two awards at the fifth annual Night of Inspiring Hope on June 11, 2020, in Omaha, NE. One award will be for a loved one; the other for an individual with a mental health challenge.
Qualifications
- Nominations may be submitted by anyone, even yourself.
- Nominees for the Hope and Courage Award must be regular attendees of any national, international, or online Fresh Hope group.
- Both winners will be recognized during the Gala.
The Encouraging Hope Award will recognize a loved one - an individual who is extremely encouraging and hopeful to family, friends, acquaintances, or coworkers living with a mental health challenge.
Nominate another Fresh Hope participant!
Nominate yourself!
The Hope and Courage Award will be awarded to a Fresh Hope group participant living with a mental health diagnosis. The recipient will be an individual who lives with a mental health challenge, but has the courage and hope to continue to persevere in spite of it.
Click here to learn more about Fresh Hope for Mental Health.
2016 Hope and Courage Award
Ashley Grau, Burbank, CA
2016 Living Out Hope Award
Lisa Klemp, Waxahachie, TX and
Jon Press, Oswego, IL
2016 Overcoming Stigma with Hope Award
Marlene Edgren, Omaha, NE
2016 Encouraging Hope Award Bryan Wichman, Lincoln, NE
2017 Encouraging Hope Award
Richard Hill
Burbank, CA
and Penny Lambert
Colorado Springs, CO
2017 Overcoming Stigma
with Hope Award
Lee Kyle
Colorado Springs, CO
2017 Living Out Hope Award
Sarah Price
Omaha, NE
2017 Hope and Courage Award
Susan Vance
Omaha, NE
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2018 Encouraging Hope Award
Kris Meissner
Omaha, NE
2018 Hope and Courage Award
Kaitlin Suchting
Red Oak, IA
Our Speaker, Naomi Judd
Click below to make a nomination.
Click below to make a nomination.
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2019 Encouraging Hope Award
Paul Novak, Jon Hanchett, and
Judy Hopkins
2019 Hope and Courage Award
Christel Flores, Andrea Pedersen, and
Rebecca Blevins
Blair, NE
Shawano, WI
Our Past Winners
Blair, NE
Omaha, NE
Bellevue, NE
Mechanicsville, VA
