MHAoPC’s Person of the Year Award

Honoring those who make impactful mental health contributions

We are fortunate to have so many concerned people make an impact in our or other people’s mental health, and want to honor those who enrich our lives.  Each year we celebrate May as Mental Health Awareness Month and in that spirit, MHAoPC accepts community nominations the preceding spring for the Person of the Year Award, recognizing the tremendous work a particular community member has done regarding mental health.  We want this award to be about the person who goes above and beyond.  It can be one who shared mental resources in the community, coordinated organized events or workshops regarding mental health, had a great impact on you personally, or helped a student out who was struggling… These are just some ideas, but we’re sure you have more stories.

Details for Nominations

Please share this information, and nominate the person that you believe had to make an impactful contribution in the area of mental health in the past year.  The nomination letter and form here and below are editable .pdfs which can be filled out electronically.  Or you can include the requested information with your submission using your own format.  Nominations are accepted by a variety of ways!!

  • Use our online form to directly enter a nomination,
  • Print it out, take a picture and email or text it to us!
  •   —-   Mail it in the US Postal mail to, or
  •   —-   Bring it in to MHAoPC at
  •             10 ½ North Jackson Street, Greencastle IN, 46135,
  • email us at director@mhaopc.org
  • text to 765-246-1003

The submission deadline is April 29th, 2025. 

If your nominee is selected, we traditionally have enlisted the help of our nominators to ensure your nominee’s attendance at our annual meeting where/when they’ll receive their recognitions, but generally it is a surprise to the recipient.  Please let us know if a different kind of recognition is needed.

Then come join our celebration!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we will be holding our Annual Meeting where we reflect upon our year and thank those who have made a difference in Putnam County.  There you can get a pulse on the myriad efforts across the county and region in the mental health sphere, and celebrate the mental health Person of the Year!  Our keynote speakers are Neysa Meyer and Sarah Stone from the Putnam County Community Foundation, speaking on the marvelous PCCF efforts towards mental health in our community!

We’ll be sharing wonderful information from MHA National’s 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month campaign, “Turning Awareness into Action”, and provide light refreshments as well.

Hope to see you there, and

Thank you for your nomination and help in recognizing our community’s treasures!

MHAoPC’s Person of the Year Letter and Form.2025 in paper form (.pdf)