Gets Commendation Award from Mayor Sylvester Turner for her ANMA Higher Achievement recognition
The City of Houston has awarded the Founder and Leader of Okwesilieze Dr/Mrs. Gracie Gboliwe Chukwu a Commendation Proclamation in honor of her recent ANMA Higher Achievement Award by the American Naturopathic Medical Association.
The proclamation reads, “The City of Houston Commends and Appreciates Dr. Gracie Gboliwe Chukwu, in recognition of being honored with the ANMA Higher Achievement Award at the American Naturopathic Medical Association’s 40-year Anniversary Convention.”
Chukwu was recently honored with ANMA Higher Achievement Award by the American Naturopathic Medical Association (ANMA), at the 2021 ANMA 40th Anniversary Convention and Educational Seminar held in Las Vegas, NV. The ANMA 40th Anniversary Convention and Educational Seminar is the largest naturopathic professionals gathering in the US. The convention creates continuing education credits and offers opportunities for members to network with like-minded natural health providers from a variety of different training and schools. AMNA was founded in 1847 and has worked to create a healthier future for patients.
Chukwu, a Doctor of Naturopathy and a Certified Nutrition Counselor is the founder of Houston Holistic Health Clinic – a universal medical facility where patients are offered an alternative solution to conventional medicine. At this facility, through non-invasive tests and anecdotal healing principles, Dr. Chukwu analyzes each individual-health, behavior and, lifestyle to actualize total wellness.
In the Proclamation, Mayor Turner thanked Dr. Chukwu for “her worthwhile contributions to the medical field” and extended his best wishes for her continued success. In her own response, Dr. Chukwu thanked Mayor Turner and the City for the recognition, adding that the Award stands to encourage her staff and colleagues at the Houston Holistic Health Clinic, as well as the entire Okwesilieze Women’s Club of Nigeria – North America.
She said, “I am stunned with gratitude to have been rewarded with this Certificate of Commendation. I am so honored to have my work recognized in this way by the fourth largest city in the United States. Sincerely, it means so much to me that the profession that I am so passionate about also resonates with others. Thank you, Mayor Turner, thank you Houston.”
Dr. Chukwu, currently the International President of the Okwesilieze Women’s Club of Nigeria -OWCN- North America has coordinated with her group, various community service causes and events in Houston. Over the years, the group has consistently partnered with the United States Congress Woman Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee’s on the annual Christmas Toys for Kid Program.
According to Dr. Chukwu, “We have always participated in the Coalition Against Human Trafficking (CAHT) Awareness Walks, as well as coordinate volunteer services at the Houston Food Bank on
behalf of the hurricane victims of natural disasters. Dr. Chukwu further pledged her continued community support in the city.
The Okwesilieze Women’s Club of Nigeria was founded in 1976 in Enugu, Nigeria with the core mission to promote family values, harness wellness, economics, and community activities, and help the less fortunate women in the society overcome life challenges. Dr. Chukwu, also a Registered Naturopathic Diplomat by the National Registry of Naturopathic Practitioners (RND) is a devoted community advocate instrumental to a lot of organizations.
