The Azalea Chapter of The Links, Incorporated

Azalea City Chapter has received the following awards and recognitions:

1999
Southern Area Conference in Charlotte, NC, second place award for International Trends and third place award for The Arts Facet 

2002
National Assembly in San Francisco, first place Umbrella Program award and third place award for work in Services to Youth Facet

2009
Southern Area Conference in Jacksonville, FL, Best Practices recognition for the “Linking the Past to the Future: Helping Grandparents Raise Grandchildren” Umbrella Program, STY Lead Facet; Best Practice for the Umbrella Program Mentoring Program; and, first place award recipient of the 2009 FedEx Mentoring Award, with a $2,500 program grant for the mentoring component of the Umbrella Program

Clayton County Metropolitan Partnership in Aging Award from the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Regional award from the Metropolitan Partnership in Aging/Atlanta Regional Commission for a non-profit organization, both in recognition of work done in partnership with the Clayton County Kinship Center – “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren” program

2010
37th National Assembly  in Detroit, MI, Best Practice recognition in The Arts Facet and the Umbrella Program, and recognition and stipend for participation in The Arts Signature program

2011
Southern Area Conference in New Orleans, LA, first place award for The Arts, including a monetary award and a score of Excellent for the Chapter Display

2012
Proclamations from the US House of Representatives and the Atlanta City Council for the Chapter’s work with the exhibit honoring Georgia’s African-American legislators

2013
Southern Area Conference in Miami, FL, second place to Health & Human Services and third place to Services to Youth, with both Facets receiving monetary awards

2014
39th National Assembly in National Harbor, MD, Health and Human Services Facet recognized as a Best Practice

2015
Southern Area Conference, in Birmingham, AL, first place to Health & Human Services Facet for “Be the Match” organ tissue donor programming with a monetary contribution received

2017
Southern Area Conference in Atlanta, GA, received Certificate of Achievement and “Best Practice” recognition for “Covenant House of Champions” transformational service in the area of Umbrella Programming

2018
41st National Assembly in Indianapolis, first place Umbrella Program award — National Trends & Services: Covenant House of Championsand third place award — Services to Youth – Integrated Program: Linking Children to Success: Achieving Excellence (Pre-K-6th Grade)