WakeUP Wake County and its leadership continues to be recognized for its work in our community.
2017 Raleigh Environmental Stewardship Award – awarded to WakeUP Wake County
April 2015 Tar Heel of the Week – Karen Rindge, Executive Director
2012 Leadership Triangle Goodmon Fellow – Karen Rindge, Executive Director
2011 Citizen Award of the Independent Weekly – awarded to the Great Schools in Wake Coalition
2011 Academy of Women of the YWCA of the Triangle – awarded to Yevonne Brannon, WakeUP’s Chair of the Board of Directors
2010 Woman of the Year of the Women’s Transportation Seminar’s NC Triangle Chapter – awarded to Karen Rindge, WakeUP’s Executive Director
2010 Defender of Justice Award of the North Carolina Justice Center – awarded to the Great Schools in Wake Coalition of WakeUP Wake County
2010 Distinguished Leadership Award for Citizen Planner of the American Planning Association’s N.C. Chapter – awarded to Karen Rindge, WakeUP’s Executive Director
2009 Community Organizer Award of the Women’s Transportation Seminar’s NC Triangle Chapter – awarded to WakeUP Wake County
2008 Citizen Award of the Independent Weekly – awarded to Karen Rindge, WakeUP’s Executive Director