The Hungerford Family Foundation, Inc.'s quarterly newsletter, The Hungerford World Tree, was selected as the runner up in the Family Association category of the NGS Family Association Newsletter Competition for the year 2016. The official announcement and presentation of our certificate was made during the opening session of the annual conference in Raleigh, NC on May 10, 2017. This document is a copy of the NGS article about the awards presented during the 2017 annual conference, including the award given to THFFI by the NGS.