KidsFirst Cooperman-Bogue Awards

Nominations for exemplary social service frontline staff who serve Pinellas County children and families will be accepted through the deadline of February 9, 2024.

KidsFirst Cooperman-Bogue Awards recognize outstanding social services professionals who provide direct services and work tirelessly to put children first! Awardees receive a monetary award in the amount of $1,000 each, plus they are recognized via JWB’s social media, website, press releases, and PSAs. Awardees will also be publicly recognized during the JWB Annual KidsFirst Awards Luncheon on Friday, April 26, 2024, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at The Coliseum, 535 4th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL.

Please review the Nomination Criteria at the link below. Nominations are reviewed and ranked by an independent selection committee. Nominations submitted that meet criteria will remain in the running throughout the year.

To nominate a remarkable social services employee making a difference in the lives of Pinellas County children and families, complete and submit the online Nomination Form at the link below.

Thank you for helping us recognize and lift up exemplary frontline workers who are consistently putting KIDS FIRST!

KidsFirst Winners

Congratulations to last year’s 2022 KidsFirst Cooperman-Bogue Award Winners for their life-changing work with Pinellas County children and families!

  • Summer Kirk | Pace Center for Girls of Pinellas
  • Christina Mokhtar Hassan | Suncoast Center
  • Johnareus Young | City of Clearwater
  • Mary Wooding | Healthy Families, Florida Department of Health in Pinellas

Sponsors

JWB would like to recognize and thank our sponsors. Thanks to their generosity, quarterly winners receive monetary awards to acknowledge their tireless work of always putting children first. Their contributions also help make possible an annual awards luncheon where all winners are honored.

2023 KidsFirst Awards Luncheon

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