The Michigan Public Health Week Partnership is seeking nominations of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to preserve and improve their community’s health for its annual Hometown Health Hero awards.

Hometown Health Hero awards are presented every April as part of Michigan Public Health Week. This year’s awards focus on the following five areas of public health:

—Healthy Communities

—Violence Prevention

—Rural Health

—Technology and Public Health

—Climate Change

Nomination forms can be downloaded from Michigan .gov/mphw. Completed nominations should be sent to Jim Koval by email at kovalj@ michigan.gov or faxed to (517) 335-8392 by February 15.

Awards will be presented at the State Capitol April 10.