Awards & Recognitions
- 2011 David W. Robinson Catalyst Award Winner recognizing Healing Species' for their leadership, creativity, vision and commitment to the community
- Cheri Brown Thompson receives BEST OF PHILANTHROPY AWARD honoring community champions - ordinary people in our community who are making a significant contributions through their life's work - from the Central Carolina Community Foundation in Columbia Metropolitan magazine, September 2011
- South Carolina Secretary of State “Angel Award” for non-profit organizations who utilize the highest percentage of their funds for program efforts and the least for administration costs, 2007. Recipients can only win one time.
- 2010 South Carolina Department of Education approved the Healing Species Program as a “Propitious New Model Program” for at-risk students, meaning it’s an effective and favored program to help struggling schools and students. Federal dollars can be used to implement the program.
- Meets all SC Dept. of Education State Standards for Health and Safety and Character Education, plus additional standards in English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Visual Arts
- Healing Species’ outstanding outcomes were published in the Journal of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice - January 2008
- Received the "Community of Character" Compassion award in Orangeburg, SC in 2003
- Founder was nominated for the Volvo for Life Award two years in a row, making it to the top five each time, 2006-2007
- Healing Species was titled “Best of the Best” by the South Carolina Department of Education in the arena of Character Education
- Healing Species was one of only three organizations selected to represent Orangeburg County, leading them to win the “National All-American City Award”
- Healing Species Founder, Cheri Brown Thompson, won the 2007 national Traditional Home Magazine “Classic Woman Award” for women who make a difference
- Healing Species was named by the SC Department of Education as “The Best of the Best” for intervention programming for schools, 2000
 Healing Species and Founder Cheri Brown Thompson received the “Volunteer of the Year” award from the South Carolina Department of Education Superintendent, Jim Rex, for outstanding contributions towards the Department of Education’s goal of improving and serving school students, 2008 (Jim Rex pictured at right with Cheri Brown Thompson and Adele Little.)- “Volunteer of the Year” award was also presented to Healing Species Founder Cheri Brown Thompson from the local School District Orangeburg Five, awarded by District Superintendent Melvin Smoak, 2008
- Healing Species was given the 2005 Lexington School District “Partners for Prevention” Award by the Department of Mental Health for the “You Make a Difference” Award.
- Healing Species was recently written up in an article by Ted Brewer as a “Healing Hearts” winner, in a 2007 Best Friends News Journal published by “Best Friends Animal Sanctuary” out of Utah.
- Received a “City of Orangeburg; Rotary Club” appreciation award, “brick of the town square” award. 2007.
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