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Welcome to our Nationwide Family-Friendly Awards!

UP-STAND's 2022 Family-Friendly Awards guide is HERE!
Thank you for your votes.

WHAT ARE UP-STAND'S ANNUAL FAMILY-FRIENDLY AWARDS?

These awards are designed to celebrate accessibility and change norms around family-friendliness. 
We aim to:

• Recognize outstanding efforts to improve access for children and their caretakers

• Advance awareness about how to accommodate families

• Encourage high standards of accessibility in the service industry

• Provide families with a guide to support these providers and ask for these accommodations elsewhere

HOW ARE WINNERS SELECTED?

Awards are earned by businesses/organizations that:

• Meet the objectives listed

• Demonstrate innovation, creativity, and leadership

• Represent UP-STAND’s mission

• Make effective use of available resources

Read more about our selection process

 

Want to make your local establishments more family-friendly? Take action here.

 

2022 AWARD WINNERS
31st Avenue Open Street in Astoria
Discovery Museum
Earth & Me
Hello Kids Dental
Holiday Lights at Bronx Zoo
Inova Schar Cancer Institute Pediatric Infusion Center
Mamaratzy Photography
Petco Park
PlayArts
Solid Starts
The Children's Piazza
The Little Gym - Dulles Landing
The Tiny Owl
Well Kept Barbershop LLC
View and download the full 2022 Awards Guide

 

2021 AWARD WINNERS
These winners were selected based on your votes for entities that provided COVID-safe experiences AND family-friendly accessibility. 
Central Maine Toyota (Waterville, ME)
Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale (Bronx, NY)
Cox Farms (Centreville, VA)
Discovery Museum (Acton, MA)
Imagination Station (Toledo, OH)
Industry Gymnastics (Long Island City, NY)
Luv2Play (Fairfax, VA)
Martha Restaurant (Philadelphia, PA)
National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD)
New-York Historical Society (New York, NY)
Sunny Smiles Pediatric Dentistry (Fairfax, VA)

 

2020 AWARD WINNERS
These winners were selected based on your votes for entities that provided COVID-safe experiences AND family-friendly accessibility. Support them by sharing their award, ordering items online, following their live stream events, and leaving them positive feedback!
Download the 2020 Awards Guide
Meet your 2020 Winners

 

2019 AWARD WINNERS
D.C. Metro (Washington, D.C.)
Glory Days Grill (Centreville, VA)
Inhale Miami (Miami, FL)
Meet the Meat (Astoria, NY)
Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.)
Nationals Park (Washington, D.C.)
Near West Theatre (Cleveland, OH)
New Victory Theater (New York, NY)
NYC Ferry (New York, NY)
ONE Community Church (Dallas, TX)
Play Arts Play Space (Philadelphia, PA)
Queens Public Library - Broadway Branch (Queens, NY)
Smithsonian National Zoo (Washington, D.C.)
The Americana at Brand (Los Angeles, CA)


2018 AWARD WINNERS
Download the full 2018 Awards Guide
Download 2018 winners by location:
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle

 

Want to make your local establishments more family-friendly? Take action here.