Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2015 Dorothy Wilson Mabry Award in Recognition of Outstanding Accomplishments by a Healthy Start Participant or Grass-Roots Community Leader.

Nominees must be from Northeast Florida. Submit the nomination form to Jennifer Gornto by January 6, 2015.

The award honors the legacy of Dorothy Wilson Mabry, a community volunteer and advocate, who devoted her life to supporting the empowerment and achievement of young women and vulnerable families. The Wilson Family provided a generous donation in honor of their mother which supports a stipend for the award recipient.

Previous recipients include Johnnie Dwayne Upson, a leader in the local Barbers for Babies program, and Magnolia Project participant Isadora Howell.