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PR News NonProfit PR Winners & Honorable Mentions 2009

Advocacy Campaign & Lobbying Efforts - under $50K budget

Deveney Communication - Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association Stop Cold Storage Campaign 2009

American Heart Association - FIT Kids Act Press Conference

Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis - CPF National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week - Changing Lives, Changing the Future

Farm Aid/Vanguard Communications - Farm Aid Advocates for Family Farm Financial Protections

US Postal Service, Corporate Communications - HR 22/Prefunding Retiree Health Benefits

Advocacy Campaign & Lobby Efforts - over $50K budget

R/P Marketing Public Relations/Second Chance Trust Fund/Donate Life Ohio - PR Do it Now

American Society of Civil Engineers - 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure

Coalition to Support Medical Research - ResearchMeansHope.org 

Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science  - Canada's Medical Laboratory Professionals: Taking our Place as Partners in Health Care!

Blog

American Society for Microbiology - Small Things Considered

Defense Media Activity – DoDLive.mil

Seattle Pacific University - Saturday Morning From My Study, the blog of Seattle Pacific University's President Philip W. Eaton

Corporate/Nonprofit Partnerships

Feeding America - Pound for Pound Challenge in partnership with Biggest Loser, General Mills and Subway 

Entergy Corporation - Entergy Corporation and Teach for America

Galloway Group - Building Confidence in Kids - a Signature Community Initiative of Saunders Construction, Inc.

Honeywell & The National Center for Missing & Expolited Children/Peppercom - Got 2B Safe! Awards Program

Jiffy Lube International/Cone, Inc - Jiffy Lube Maintenance Partners for Life

Qorvis Communications LLC - Keep America Beautiful's Cigarette Litter Prevention Program

Yum Brands, Inc.- World Hunger Relief Movement benefitting the United Nations World Food Programme

Crisis Management

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC Response to 2009 H1N1 Influenza Health Crisis

Altoona Regional Health System/R&J Public Relations - "Freedom of Choice for Nurses"

Deveney Communication - Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association Stop Cold Storage Campaign 2009

International Association of Lighting Designers - We Messed With Texas : IALD Thwarts Legislation Banning Practice of Lighting Design

Spokane Regional Convention & Visitor's Bureau - Meetings Mean Business Rally

Digital PR and Marketing

The Allstate Foundation/Fleishman-Hillard - Your Choice to Empower Campaign

Communication Works - Wallace Perspective on Assessing the Effectiveness of School Leaders

Hill & Knowlton/Georgia Department of Community Affairs-You Gotta Be Kidding! Recycling Campaign

Employee Communications

OneSight, a Luxottica Group Foundation -Global Launch & Year-One Communications Campaign

Childrens Defense Fund /Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide - Rebranding the Children's Defense Fund: A New Position for its 35th Year

Danbury Hospital/Danbury Health Systems - 2008 "Workplace of Choice" Survey Communications

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. - Life Forest Association: Turning employees into Volunteers

US Postal Service, Corporate Communications - Customer Relations… What's Your Function?

Event PR - under $50K budget

Hillsides - Hillsides Foster Soles

American Speech Language Hearing Association - Listen to Your Buds Safe Listening Concert Series

Cleveland Clinic - Face Transplant/Cleveland Clinic

Comcast Wahington State - Comcast Voluntweetup All About Non-Profits

Coyne Public Relations - "Out of this World Results for Cornell University's Global Forum" 

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp - Love Launch: With Love Philadelphia XOXO

Event PR -- over $50K budget

American Legacy Foundation & the ad*itive - truth® orange summer tour 2009

BackBay Communications Inc. - ACG InterGrowth 2009

Marmillion + Company - America's WETLAND Foundation's "Storm Warning: Last Stand for America's WETLAND"

MWW Group - Keep a Child Alive's 5th Annual Black Ball

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases/Alembic Health Communications - Kicking Off a Unique Flu Season: Immunizing the Media with a Healthy Dose of Flu Facts

The National Needlearts Association/Genesis PR - Stitch N' Pitch

Event PR -- pro bono/in-kind

World Wildlife Fund/Creaxion - WWF's Earth Hour 2009-The First Global Vote for the Planet

Blaze PR- Walk With Sally White Light White Night

Merritt Group- Adding Sizzle to the Summer with the Brainfood Grill-Off 2009

External Publication or Report

American Society of Clinical Oncology - Clinical Cancer Advances

AICPA - Annual Report

Strategic America - Boy Scouts Annual Report

Children's Defense Fund/Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide - Rebranding the Children's Defense Fund: A New Position for its 35th Year

Houston Public Library/CMS - 2008 Annual Report

Institute of Food Technologists - 2008 IFT Annual Report: A Community of Innovation

Saint Luke’s Health System

Fundraising/Membership

NHL/Cenergy Comms - NHL Beard-a-thon

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress - Public Awareness Campaign

Salvation Army/Xenophon Strategies - The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign, 2008

Trainer Communications, Inc.- Mt. Diablo Region YMCA Fundraising Creation/Promotion

Internal Publication

San Diego Zoo - ZooView: Online Employee Newsletter

AICPA- Team Network News

Canadian Automobile Dealers Association - Newsline

University of Texas - 2008 Southwestern Medicine

US Postal Service, Corporate Communications­ - Engaging Employees

Marketing

.ORG The Public Interest Registry/RMR & Associates - .ORG's Rollout of DNSSEC

BackBay Communications Inc. - ACG InterGrowth 2009

Bloomington Hospital - Regional Orthopedics Center Campaign

First 5 LA/Hershey/Cause - First 5 LA's Parent Helpline Campaign

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress - Public Awareness Campaign

Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit/Tanner Friedman - "Broadcasting for Jobs"

Media Relations Campaign – under $50K budget

Cone/Lemelson - MIT Program Invention Index

American Society of Anesthesiologists - Responsible Use of Propofol

Continuum Health Partners - "Zen Goes Urban…and National"

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation - Feel the Love: Winter 2009 Love Campaign

King County Library System - Look to Your Library

Louder than Words - Nonprofit Finance Fund "State of the Sector" Survey

Please Touch Museum - Grand Opening Campaign

Zenzi Communications - Hamilton Children's Garden Grand Opening

Media Relations Campaign - over $50K budget

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide - NHLBI's Pounds Lost Weight Loss Study: A Diet for Media Success

American Legacy Foundation & the ad*itive - truth® orange summer tour 2009

DCI Group/The Stafford Foundation - The People's Inaugural Project

Community Food Bank/Coyne PR- "We Can't Let This Bank Fail!"

Office Depot Foundation - 2009 Office Depot Foundation National Backpack Program Media Relations Campaign

Shedd Aquarium/PCI - Shedd Aquarium: Operation Oceanarium

Siemens Foundation/Weber Shandwick - Beyond the Classroom: Siemens Foundation in the Spotlight

USA Rice Federation - Grown in the USA

YMCA of Greater NY - We're Here For Good

Member Communications

The American Society of Anesthesiologists - Anesthesiologists: Physicians Providing the Lifeline to Modern Medicine

AICPA- The CPA Letter Daily

Amy Sutnick Plotch Communications/People Tech Connections - Marketing CASASTART

Institute of Food Technologists - IFT Live Electronic Show Daily

Thoughts, Words & Images PR - Texas Woman's University Certificate Booklets

Nonprofit PR Team of Year

American Heart Association/Edelman - Go Red for Women and Edelman Team

Cleveland Clinic

Shell Point Retirement Community

PR on a Shoestring Budget

American Kennel Club - A Dog for Obama

Adfero Group - SNM Annual Meeting Press Conference

Carnegi Mellon University - Sneakerology 101: Students Leave Their Footprints on Carnegie Mellon University

Defense Media Activity - Command Performance

Heart of Gold Humane Fund - Creating and Continuing the Success of the Heart of Gold Humane Fund to Help People and Their Pets: A Prototype for Enlightened Communities

Hillsides-Hillsides Foster Soles

United States All-Star Federation - Be an All-Star Campaign

Press Release

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide - NHLBI's Pounds Lost Weight Loss Study: A Diet for Media Success

Full Court Press - Changing the Policy Discussion: New Data on High School Exit Exam

San Diego Zoo - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog Population Discovered

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Gov. Clements Gift

Public Affairs/Issues Mgmt

Disabled American Veterans with Hyde Park Communications - Stand up for Veterans

American Kennel Club - Protecting Your Pet from Theft

Coalition to Support Medical Research - ResearchMeansHope.org

Defense Media Activity - Armed with Science

Katz & Associates Inc. - Port of San Diego Tour Campaign

Public Service Campaign

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield - "Generics are REAL" Campaign

American Kennel Club - 2008 Marley & Me Public Service Campaign

American Lung Association/ Cooney/Waters Group - American Lung Association's Faces of Influenza

Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation/GBSM. Inc. - Infant Oral Health Public Education Campaign

National Meningitis Association/Alembic Health Communications - Making Meningitis Matter: Real People, Real Struggle, Real Change

Rotary International - End Polio Now

Bridgestone Americas/West Glen Communications - Safety Scholars PSA Campaign

Social Media

Defense Media Activity – The Pentagon Channel

Coalition to Support Medical Research - ResearchMeansHope.org

The California Endowment - CalConnect Social Networking Site

Comcast Washington State - Comcast Voluntweep All About Non-Profits

Southern Festival of Books/Hall Strategies- Extra! Extra! Tweet All About It!

Social Responsibility Campaign

The Allstate Foundation and Zeno Group - Tell a Gal P.A.L.® 2008 Campaign 

The Allstate Foundation/Fleishman Hillard Chicago - Keep the Drive High School Journalism Award Program

Bank of America/RF|Binder - Banking on Neighborhoods One at a Time: Bank of America Charitable Foundation's Neighborhood Excellence Initiative

The Body Shop Canada - 'Yes, Yes, Yes! To Safe Sex' Campaign 2009

CVS Caremark/WeberShandwick - A New Friend for Arthur: CVS Caremark "All Kids Can" Teaches Kids about Inclusion

Delta Dental of Missouri/The Hauser Group - 2009 "Land of Smiles" Tour

First Book & Pi Beta Phi - Nonprofit Partners of the Year 

Katz & Associates - Southern California Caulerpa Action Team, Public Outreach and Education Program

US Postal Service, Corporate Communications - Stamp Out Hunger, the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive

Video/Podcast Program

Business Software Alliance/FD - To Catch a Pirate

American Society for Microbiology - Microbe World Video

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - ASHA Podcast Series

Bloomington Hospital - Jim’s Story

Defense Media Activity/US Naval Institute & CHINFO - Remembering the Battle of Midway

Seattle City Light - Shrinking Big Foot

Web Site

National Beer Wholesalers Association- www.nbwa.org

Defense Media Activity - Wounded Warriors Diaries

King County Library System - Look to Your Library