PR News Non-Profit Award Finalists 2007

Congratulations to the PR News Nonprofit PR Awards finalists. All the finalists will be honored during an Awards Luncheon on December 4, 2007 at the National Press Club in DC. View more information

Advocacy Campaign and Lobbying Efforts

American Heart Association - HEART for Women Act Advocacy Campaign
Fallon and CDF - Elect Susie campaign
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google, Inc. - Crisis in Darfur
Impact Public Affairs - TIAC – ‘Opposing the elimination of the VRP’
International Tiger Coalition - End Tiger Trade

Corporate Partnership/s

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google, Inc - Crisis in Darfur
Pacific Gas and Electric Company - Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety
Honeywell and Peppercom - Got 2B Safe! Think Smart, Take Charge!
Rogers & Cowan - Music Rising
Sodexho Foundation - Feeding Our Future 2007

Crisis Management

American Veterinary Medical Association - Crisis Management During the 2007 Pet Food Recall
AZA and PCI - Keeping Elephants in Our Future
Underwriters Laboratories - "E85 Dispenser Certification"
Sides & Associates - AGL Resources Emergency Guide

Employee Communications

Aspen Marketing Services - "TP on Your Shoe"
Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties - Employee Educational Program
BT and Limelight Community - BT Community Champions
Brian Woodland, Peel District School Board -Transformational Practices: Working Together for Literacy Success

Event PR

Cable Positive - Join the Fight & POP Awards
Cone and American Heart Association - Start! Launch Event
International Code Council - Building Safety Week 2007
JHG-Townsend - Diana Legacy Fund Launch
JS2 Communications - Outfest: Celebrating 25 Years
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism - World Cultural Economic Forum
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide - HHS Take the Lead Pandemic Flu Campaign
The ONE Campaign - One Vote '08' Launch

External Publication

Children's Medical Center - Beyond ABC: Growing Up in Dallas County
Nevada Cancer Institute/Greenspun Media Group - Breakthrough Magazine
Seattle City Light - Beyond Stewardship: Seattle City Light 2006 Annual Report
The Allstate Foundation - Domestic Violence Program Financial Empowerment Curriculum

Fundraising and Membership Campaign

Central Virginia Foodbank and Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia - Community Kitchen
Cone LLC - Make-a-Wish Destination Joy
Gish, Sherwood & Friends - "Join The 10,000" Nashville Area Red Cross
Martz Agency - All-Star Miracle Home
UN Foundation - Nothing but Nets Campaign

Interactive PR and Marketing

American Society for Microbiology - Microbeworld Video
Cone LLC - Alliance For Climate Protection
Converseon - Second Chance Tree Project
AAMC and GMMB - AspiringDocs.org
Money Management International - Regiftable.com: Really, You Shouldn't Have!
Weber Shandwick for Susan G. Komen for the Cure - 25th Anniversary Microsite

Internal Publication

Baylor Health Care System - Baylor Progress
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide with the Soap and Detergent Association – The Soap and Detergent Association 2006-2007 Report to the Membership
The Mount Sinai Medical Center - Inside Mount Sinai

Marketing Communications

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption - Make the List! - America's best Adoption-Friendly Workplace
American Legacy Foundation & the ad*itive - truth® youth smoking prevention campaign
United Cerebral Palsy with BlueCurrent Public Relations - 2007 Elvis Run
YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities - The Central Park Challenge - A Day of Hope

Media Relations Campaign

AAA of Northern California - Tahoe Wildfires
Caron Treatment Centers - Sex, Drugs and Alcohol Popular with Some Teens on Online Message Boards
Colorado State University Office of Public Relations - Colorado State University in the Denver Media
Edelman - Bionic Woman Media Campaign
Jackson Spalding - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
JohnstonWells Public Relations - "A Global Call to Action"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Innovators Awards at Johns Hopkins with M Booth & Associates - Extinguishing Big Tobacco's Ventilation Claims
MWW Group - Breaking the Cycle of Poverty by Eliminating NTDs
Sacramento - Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District - Fight the Bite!
Weber Shandwick for Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - 2006 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

PR on a Shoestring

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - CPA Ambassador Program
Impact Public Affairs - CLA - ‘Launch Your Future with Reading’
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau - Philadelphia Convention Center Demolition Event
Philosophy Communications - Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.
the bounce agency - Greenville Literacy Association Book Sale

Press Releases

AICPA- Helping Americans Get on the Financial Literacy Track
Guise Marketing & PR - USS Pampanito Submarine 2007 Drydocking PR Campaign
Robinson Packer & Wannenburg - "Opening of Good Shepherd’s Rehability”
UT Southwestern Office of News and Publications - Napoleon's Medical Waterloo

Public Service Campaign

Cable Positive - Join the Fight & POP Awards
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - Choose Respect Initiative
CMT - CMT One Country: "The Power of One" PSA Campaign
Fleishman-Hillard and NFPA - Danger of Consumer Fireworks
Impact Public Affairs - CASLPA – ‘Noisy Toys’ PR Campaign

Web Site

Cohn & Wolfe and Starlight Starbright - Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation and Colgate-Palmolive “Fun Center Vote”
Women of the Storm
Nevada Cancer Institute - Nevada Cancer Institute Website
UN Foundation - Nothing but Nets Campaign
United Negro College Fund, Inc. - An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Aretha Franklin

Nonprofit PR Professionals of the Year: VP

Ellen Lewis - Sesame Workshop
Phil Zepeda, America's Second Harvest

Nonprofit PR Professionals of the Year: Director

Emily Callahan - Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Nonprofit PR Professionals of the Year: Manager

Tvon-Lourie Keels - Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston