Accolades and awards for excellence in consumer health information, communication, and reliable content:

APEX Award

The Family Guide has received a 2007 APEX Award of Excellence. APEX is an annual competition sponsored by the Editors of Writing That Works, a division of Communications Concepts, Inc. APEX awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.

MarCom Award

The Family Guide has received a 2007 Gold MarCom Creative Award. The MarCom Creative Awards honor the creativity, hard work, and excellence of marketing and communications professionals worldwide.

WMA WebAward

The Family Guide has won the Web Marketing Association's 2007 Government Standard of Excellence WebAward. The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to set a high standard for Internet marketing and site development on the World Wide Web.

FREDDIE Award

The Family Guide was a Finalist in the 2007 FREDDIE Award competition. MediMedia's Freddie Awards encourage and celebrate excellence in health media for consumers. MediMedia is one of the world's leading providers of healthcare educational materials and services.

World Wide Web Health Award

The Family Guide site has won a Silver-level Fall/Winter 2006 WWW Health Award. The WWW Health Awards program is organized by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), a national clearinghouse for consumer health information. The program recognizes the best health-related Web sites for consumers and professionals and provides a "seal of quality" for electronic health information.

iNOVA Award

The Family Guide site has won an honor-level 2006 iNOVA Award, sponsored by MerComm, Inc. The Web site was judged on concept, content, creativity, ease of navigation, design, functionality, and overall success in achieving its goals.

Aesculapius Award

The Family Guide site has won a 2006 Aesculapius Award of Excellence. The Health Improvement Institute's Aesculapius Awards are intended to encourage and recognize excellence in health communications.

World Wide Web Health Award

The Family Guide site has won a Merit-level Spring/Summer 2006 WWW Health Award. The WWW Health Awards program is organized by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), a national clearinghouse for consumer health information. The program recognizes the best health-related Web sites for consumers and professionals and provides a "seal of quality" for electronic health information.

W3 Award

The Family Guide site has won a Silver-level 2006 W3 Award. The W3 Awards, sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, honor creative excellence on the Web and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites and marketing programs.

WMA WebAward

The Family Guide has won the Web Marketing Association's 2006 Government Standard of Excellence WebAward. The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to set a high standard for Internet marketing and site development on the World Wide Web.

FREDDIE Award

The Family Guide was a Finalist in the 2006 FREDDIE Award competition. MediMedia's Freddie Awards encourage and celebrate excellence in health media for consumers. MediMedia is one of the world's leading providers of healthcare educational materials and services.

HONCode

The Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct is awarded as a "seal of approval" that a Web site that offers medical or health information is maintaining content that can be proved reliable and credible.

World Wide Web Health Award

2005 WWW Spring/Summer Bronze Award—Held twice a year, spring and fall, this awards program endows the best health information Web sites for consumers and professionals with a "seal of quality".

Aesculapius Award

Certificate of Merit, January 2005—sponsored by the Health Improvement Institute (HII) since 1997, this award recognizes organizations that have provided health information to the public through the use of radio or television public service announcements (PSAs) or through World Wide Web (WWW) sites.

World Wide Web Health Award

2004 Fall/Winter Merit Award—Held twice a year, spring and fall, this awards program endows the best health information Web sites for consumers and professionals with a "seal of quality".

Aesculapius Award

Certificate of Merit, January 2004—sponsored by the Health Improvement Institute (HII) since 1997, this award recognizes organizations that have provided health information to the public through the use of radio or television public service announcements (PSAs) or through World Wide Web (WWW) sites.

Silver Inkwell Award

2003 IABC Silver Inkwell Award (received plaque at banquet on 9/18/03) Sponsored by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), Washington, DC Chapter, this award is given as a formal recognition from the IABC that a site meets the highest of standards set by the organization.

Golden Web Award —2003-2004 Golden Web Award

A FREE service of the International Association of Web Masters and Designers and is presented to those sites whose web design, originality and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition.