Local Chapter Excellence Award
Recognizes a local APHON chapter that has excelled in promoting the mission, vision, and goals of the association. The receiving Chapter receives a $250 honorarium, recognition at the annual conference, and a press release. The APHON Local Chapter Committee determines the award recipient.
Candidates for this award must meet the following criteria:
- An APHON Chapter in good standing.
- Has not received the award previously within the last 3 years.
- Submitted all required paperwork to APHON headquarters.
- The chapter demonstrated outstanding contributions within the pediatric hematology/oncology profession.
- Create strategies to recruit and retain national and local chapter APHON members.
- Create an environment that encourages the participation of all segments of the membership.
- Increase APHON’s presence and contributions to the profession.
- To develop educational opportunities, programs, and/or products.
Local Chapter Excellence Award Recipients
The 2026 Local Chapter Excellence Award was granted to the St. Louis Gateway Chapter.
Pictured are Local Chapter Committee Vice Chair Stacy Wolf, St. Louis Gateway Chapter President Barbie Ricken, and APHON President Amy Newman.
Past Recipients
- 2025: Central Florida Chapter
- 2024: Arizona Chapter
- 2023: Northeast Ohio Chapter
- 2022: Mississippi Local Chapter & Long Island Local Chapter
- 2021: Southern California Chapter
- 2020: Central Illinois Chapter
- 2019: San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter
- 2018: Long Island Chapter
- 2017: National Capital Chapter
- 2016: New Jersey Chapter
- 2015: Northeast Ohio Chapter
- 2014: Wisconsin Chapter
- 2013: Seattle (SEAPHON) Chapter
- 2012: Arkansas Chapter
- 2011: Charlotte Chapter
San Antonio Chapter - 2010: Texas Gulf Coast Chapter
- 2009: Southern California Chapter
- 2008: Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter
- 2007: Louisville Chapter
- 2006: Wisconsin Chapter
- 2005: Minnesota Chapter