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Awards

2017

NEA Grant with Illinois Arts Council matching grant (2017 Fellow)

2009
2004
2002

Songs, Rhythms, and Chants for the Dance" , has been named a winner of the 2002 Early Childhood News Directors' Choice Award

2000

MENC (Music Educators National Conference) "Presented to Ella Jenkins in appreciation of her support for music education and the National Association for Music Education

Early Childhood News Awards Director’s Choice: Excellence in products for young children Holiday Times and Songs Children Love to Sing

Parents’ Choice Audio Classic Award for Seasons for Singing

Juvenile Protection Association

Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Mississippi "We commend Ella L. Jenkins for her many outstanding achievements serving children."

AFIM (Association for Independent Music) "Indie" Awards - Honorable Mention in the category of Children’s Music for A Union of Friends Pulling Together.

The "Key to The City of Utica" presented to Ella Jenkins "in appreciation for many her years of service"

1999-2000

Presidential invitation to participate in "America’s Millennium" celebration, Washington, DC.

1999

ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: First recipient in the field of Children's Music and the first woman selected for the honor.

1998

The Chicago Council for Exceptional Children / Exceptional Children’s Week Committee, Honorary Chairperson Ella Jenkins

Folkways at Fifty Certificate of Appreciation: "In recognition of participation in Folkways At Fifty Celebration and exceptional contributions to the increase and diffusion of knowledge about cultures and traditions that enrich our nation and the world."

1996

Mom Talk Radio (Illinois) "Better World Award"

National Association of Black Storytellers’, Zora Neale Hurston “Keepers of the Culture” Award

1995

Meritorious Service Award, Cook County Children’s Hospital, IL

American Academy of Children’s Entertainment, Best Variety Performer Award

1994

Ravinia Festival Salute for 25 years of outstanding children’s music

Lifetime Achievement Award, KOHL Education Foundation

1992

Proclamation of Ella Jenkins Day (December 12) in Chicago, IL (1992)

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio’s Gold Seal Selection, Live! At the Smithsonian

1991

Parent’s Choice Award, Come Dance by the Ocean

Parents’ Choice Award / Video: Live at The Smithsonian

1990

President’s Award for Years of Artistic Service, Boulevard Arts Center, Chicago

Pioneer in Early Television citation, The National Museum of American History

1989

National Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences, Chicago Chapter, Governor’s Award, contribution in children’s recording and performance

Washington (D.C.) Association For The Education of Young Children Resolution of Thanks

1979

Named Honorary Citizen of Louisville, KY, during The Year of the Child