2026 Good Neighbor Pharmacy Advocacy Champion Award

Thank you for taking the time to nominate your pharmacy for the 2026 Good Neighbor Pharmacy Champion Awards. You can nominate your pharmacy for one or more of the following awards:

• Advocacy Champion Award: This award honors a pharmacist or pharmacy owner who demonstrates unwavering dedication to advocating for independent pharmacy across all levels of government—federal, state, and local. Whether championing legislative change, engaging with national and state pharmacy associations, or hosting legislators at their pharmacy, this individual is committed to advancing the profession and ensuring the voices of independent pharmacies are heard.
• Clinical Care Champion Award: This award honors a pharmacy that demonstrates compassionate dedication to patient care by adapting to the unique healthcare needs of their community. Whether pioneering new clinical services or building upon an established program, this pharmacy is committed to improving patient outcomes and advancing the role of independent pharmacy. Clinical services may include vaccinations, point-of-care testing, adherence solutions, medication therapy management, disease-state management services, or other services tailored to your community’s needs.
• Storytelling Champion Award: This award honors a pharmacy that demonstrates relentless commitment to increasing awareness of their pharmacy and the unique products and services they provide to patients. By leveraging innovating marketing strategies, collaborating with local businesses and providers, and optimizing online channels, this pharmacy inspires trust and positions itself as the go-to healthcare destination in its community.

When submitting a nomination, please provide a comprehensive overview that includes specific details and examples. Summarize your responses in text format, and refrain from including any links or attachments. This will help the judging panel effectively assess and rate your pharmacy for the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Champion Award. 

To avoid duplicate nominations, please coordinate with your pharmacy team to ensure that only one nomination is submitted for each award category. It is important to note that while each pharmacy may only submit one nomination per award, you are welcome to apply for multiple awards across different categories.

Please note: Only Good Neighbor Pharmacy Premier members who have been enrolled for at least twelve (12) months are eligible to be nominated for the Champion Awards.

Background

• Please share some background on your pharmacy, including how long you’ve been in business, the type of community you serve, and any relevant information about your patient population, prevalent diseases, challenges patients face, etc.

• How, when, and why did you identify the need to advocate on behalf of independent pharmacy and within your community?

Implementation

• Please explain how your advocacy efforts began, and how they have evolved into what they are today. Share how your pharmacy has worked to address the needs of independent pharmacy, whether through new advocacy initiatives, expanding existing efforts, or planning for future advocacy work.

• Please explain any barriers you faced and how you overcame them as you advocated on behalf of independent pharmacy.

• Please list the advocacy initiatives or campaigns that you/your pharmacy have been involved in, the length of time you have been advocating for them and provide a brief description of each.

• Please share your best practices for advocating on behalf of independent pharmacy.

• Please explain how you leveraged Good Neighbor Pharmacy solutions to assist in advocating for independent pharmacy

Collaboration

• Please describe how you collaborate with other individuals, professional organizations, or stakeholders in your advocacy work.

• If applicable, share how this collaboration has helped you better advocate for independent pharmacy.

Results

• Share a success story about an advocacy initiative you supported, led, or launched, including its impact on independent pharmacy, your community, and patients, and any success measurements, qualitative details, or feedback that highlight the impact of your efforts.

• Describe how your pharmacy's advocacy efforts have made an impact on independent pharmacy and/or patients in the community. Describe the unique aspects of your advocacy work that help it stand out and make a meaningful impact.

• How do you measure the success and effectiveness of your advocacy efforts? If you have measurable results or outcomes, please share them (e.g., legislative changes, House bill numbers, Senate bill numbers). If not, share other ways you assess the impact of your efforts, such as patient feedback, testimonials, or community engagement.

Participation in the questionnaire is voluntary. The responses collected are intended to provide information that will be used to assess candidates for the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Champion Awards. No protected health information (PHI) should be disclosed in survey responses. The information provided when completing this questionnaire may be used for marketing purposes.

Thank you for taking the time to nominate your pharmacy for the Good Neighbor Pharmacy 2026 Advocacy Award. If you would like to nominate your pharmacy for another award, please submit another form.