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 WADE ANNUAL AWARDS

Every year, WADE honors two of it's members at the WADE Annual Conference by presenting two awards.  Applications for the Distinguished Service Award and Diabetes Educator of the Year for 2011 will be posted later this year.

Diabetes Educator of the Year Award: Honors an educator who has been an inspiration to patients and colleagues through their commitment, innovation and effectiveness in their role as educator. The recipient of this award receives $500. See 2010,  2009 and 2008 award winners  see list of other other winners going back to 1987 on the WADE history page

The Distinguished Service Award: Recognizes an individual for their leadership and contribution to WADE. The recipient of this award receives $250. See 2010,  2009 and 2008 award winners See list of winners going back to 2000 on the WADE history page

If you know of a deserving candidate, please take the time to complete the application form by clicking on the appropriate link below and following the instructions. Candidates need to be WADE members, however you need not be a member of WADE to nominate a candidate.

 


 

WADE AWARD WINNER
ADE President, Pat Haldi, Honored at the 2009 Annual AADE Meeting 

 
Each year at the annual meeting, AADE recognizes two active members who have made special contributions to the political process by participating, promoting and developing legislative advocacy to benefit diabetes education.
 
This year AADE honored Pat Haldi, MSN, RN, CRRN, CDE, of Washington and Carol Rasmussen, MSN, NP-C, CDE, of Utah with the 2009 Legislative Leadership award.  Patricia became active with legislative issues when she first joined her state chapter and assumed the role of legislative liaison. Since then, she has been motivating members around the state of Washington to get active with issues that affect diabetes education and educators. Recently, WADE sent three members, Shirley Vacanti, Becky Petty and Pat Haldi to the nation’s capitol for the 2009 AADE Public Policy Forum. They have since seen the fruits of their labor by having Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA 5th) sign on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 2425.