2025 Applications Now Closed
2025 Healthiest State Annual Awards Categories:
The Healthiest State Annual Awards is our prestigious annual recognition program that celebrates people and organizations in 6 categories for implementing best practices to support the physical, social and mental well-being of Iowans. Apply or nominate someone you know in each of our six categories below!
K-12 Education
Individual
Youth Power
Early Care
Workplace
Health Care
2024 Award Winner Projects
Check in with our 2024 Healthiest State Award winners. Each received a monetary award to continue their efforts to create healthier environments for their students, employees and fellow citizens.
2024 Annual Awards Finalists & Winners
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Winner: Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Kingland Systems LLC
Navigate Wellbeing Solutions
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Winner: Bayer CropScience
Clarinda Regional Health Center
Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community
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Winner: Grinnell Mutual Insurance Company
Athene Annuity and Life Company
Johnson County Employee Wellness Program
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Presented by Malvern Bank
Winner: Melanie Bauch
Alysa Goethe
Courageous Fire
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Presented by Holmes Murphy
Winner: Lauren Schroeder
4-H Healthy Living Ambassadors
Mindfulness in Motion – No Boundaries
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Presented by Iowa Medical Society
Winner: Clarinda Regional Health Center
Broadlawns Family Health Center
Blank Children’s Pediatrics
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Presented by HealthPartners UnityPoint Health
Winner: Mitchellville Elementary
Ballard High School
Clear Creek Elementary
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Presented by Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Winner: Little Sprouts Early Learning CDH
Candace’s Caring Corner
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Presented by Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Little Friends of Living Faith
Winner: Red Oak Early Childhood Center