Since 1993, the Michigan School Health Coordinators’ Association (MiSHCA) has granted the Children’s Health Award to formally recognize individuals and organizations who have directly contributed to Michigan’s school health effort through their dedication, commitment and perseverance.
Past awardees are listed below by year:
| 2019 | Deb Grischke | Action for Healthy Kids |
| Senator Goeff Hansen | Michigan Senate | |
| 2018 | Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association (MEMSPA) | |
| 2017 | Laurie Bechhofer | Michigan Department of Education |
| 2017 | John Austin | |
| 2016 | Kim Phillips-Knope | Sexual Minority Youth Trainer |
| Jenny Murphy | Sexual Minority Youth Trainer | |
| Tracy Hobbs | Sexual Minority Youth Trainer | |
| Amorie “Kofi” Robinson | Sexual Minority Youth Trainer | |
| Laurie Bechhofer | Michigan Department of Education | |
| 2015 | Amy Zaagman | Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health |
| 2013/14 | Dee Lindenberger | Marquette-Alger RESA/SAPE |
| Marcia McEvoy | ||
| 2012 | Kevin and Tammy Epling | Bully Police |
| Senator Gretchen Whitmer | Michigan Senate | |
| Ashley Vandekopple | Office of Public Health Preparedness | |
| 2011 | Adolescent School Health Section | Michigan Department of Community Health |
| Coordinated School Health and Safety Programs Unit | Michigan Department of Education | |
| Diane Golzynski | Michigan Department of Community Health | |
| 2010 | Senator Tom George | Michigan Senate |
| Rep. Joan Bauer | Michigan House of Representatives | |
| Rep. Robert Dean | Michigan House of Representatives | |
| Rep. Gary McDowell | Michigan House of Representatives | |
| Rep. John Proos | Michigan House of Representatives | |
| 2009 | Michigan REMC | |
| 2008 | Patti Steele | Macomb ISD |
| 2007 | Jeff Edwards | Chase Edwards Endowment |
| Donna Hensey | United Dairy Industry of Michigan | |
| Martha Neilsen | Michigan Depts of Education & Community Health | |
| Douglas Patterson | ||
| 2006 | Senator Michelle McManus | 35th District |
| Karen Gilhooly, M.D. | Traverse Bay Area, posthumous Accepted by her husband Kurt Sanford, M.D. | |
| 2005 | Debbie Brinson | School Health Alliance |
| 2004 | Rep. Jim Barcia | 31st District |
| Sylvia Hacker | ||
| E. J. McClendon, Ph.D. | ||
| Michele Strasz | Michigan Council for Maternal & Child Health | |
| 2003 | Sharon Clayton Peters | |
| 2002 | Betsy Pash | Office of Drug Control Policy |
| 2001 | Barb Flis | Michigan PTSA |
| 2000 | John Frisch | Central Michigan University |
| 1999 | Jan Lunquist | Planned Parenthood of West Michigan |
| Herb Moyer | Michigan State Board of Education | |
| Maxine Olson | Bothwell Public Schools | |
| 1998 | Kathryn Wright, M.D. | Children’s Hospital of Michigan |
| Skillman Foundation | Skillman Foundation | |
| 1997 | Rep. Debbie Stabenow | 8th U.S. Congressional District |
| Rep. Sharon Gire | 31st District | |
| Susan Stuber | Genesee ISD | |
| Children’s Hospital of Michigan | Children’s Hospital of Michigan | |
| 1996 | Dorothy Beardmore | Michigan State Board of Education |
| Loren Bensley | Central Michigan University | |
| Johnnie Boughner | Central Michigan University | |
| Jan Christensen, J.D. | Michigan Department of Community Health | |
| Kathleen Strauss | Michigan State Board of Education | |
| United Dairy Industry of Michigan | United Dairy Industry of Michigan | |
| 1995 | Jean Chabut | Michigan Department of Public Health |
| Vernice Davis Anthony | Michigan Department of Public Health | |
| Anne Hansen | Michigan Department of Education | |
| Neal Shine | Detroit Free Press | |
| Teresa Staten | Michigan Department of Education | |
| 1994 | Rep. Lynn Banks | 19th District |
| Rep. Maxine Berman | 36th District | |
| Rep. William Ford | 13th Congressional District ? | |
| Joe Hollis | Macomb ISD | |
| Paula Nettleton | EMC/Central Michigan University | |
| Renee Rocho | Calhoun ISD | |
| Wendy Sellers | Editor/Trainer MI Model Revision Project | |
| Rich Simondson | Oakland Schools | |
| Matt Tomasiewicz | Ottawa ISD | |
| 1993 | Sen. Jim Barryman | 11th District |
| Rep. Don Gilmer | 48th District | |
| Alice McCarthy, Ph.D. | Bridge Communications | |
| Annetta Miller, R.N. | Michigan State Board of Education | |
| Paul Shaheen | Michigan Council for Maternal & Child Health | |
| Margaret Soffin, J.D. | Senate Democratic Staff |
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