Join us for the PR News Nonprofit PR Awards Luncheon on November 3, 2009 as we salute the winners and honorable mentions of the Nonprofit PR Awards. This must attend industry event, will honor the most talented communicators and teams in the nonprofit sector.

The luncheon will be filled with excitement from the award winners, great food and entertainment; all while you mingle with top nonprofit PR professionals.

Luncheon Keynote:

Del Galloway
Vice President, Public Relations,
Brand Leadership
United Way Worldwide

Hear from United Way's key PR executive
how the largest privately-supported charity
in the world launched an
integrated communications campaign
to advance a social movement.

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PR News NonProfit PR Finalists 2009

Advocacy Campaign & Lobbying Efforts - under $50K budget

• American Heart Association - FIT Kids Act Press Conference
• Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis - CPF National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week - Changing Lives, Changing the Future
• Deveney Communication - Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association Stop Cold Storage Campaign 2009
• 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

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

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

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

• Altoona Regional Health System/R&J Public Relations - "Freedom of Choice for Nurses"
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC Response to 2009 H1N1 Influenza Health Crisis
• 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

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

• 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
• Hillsides - Hillsides Foster Soles

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

• Blaze PR- Walk With Sally White Light White Night
• Merritt Group - Adding Sizzle to the Summer with the Brainfood Grill-Off 2009
• World Wildlife Fund/Creaxion - WWF's Earth Hour 2009-The First Global Vote for the Planet

External Publication or Report

• AICPA - Annual Report
• American Society of Clinical Oncology - Clinical Cancer Advances
• 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

• Foundation for Chiropractic Progress - Public Awareness Campaign
• NHL/Cenergy Comms - NHL Beard-a-thon
• Salvation Army/Xenophon Strategies - The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign, 2008
• Trainer Communications, Inc.- Mt. Diablo Region YMCA Fundraising Creation/Promotion

Internal Publication

• AICPA- Team Network News
• Canadian Automobile Dealers Association - Newsline
• San Diego Zoo - ZooView: Online Employee Newsletter
• University of Texas - 2008 Southwestern Medicine
• US Postal Service, Corporate Communications­ - Engaging Employees

Marketing

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

Media Relations Campaign – under $50K budget

• 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
• Lemelson/Cone - MIT Program Invention Index
• 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

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

• AICPA- The CPA Letter Daily
• Amy Sutnick Plotch Communications/People Tech Connections - Marketing CASASTART
• The American Society of Anesthesiologists - Anesthesiologists: Physicians Providing the Lifeline to Modern Medicine
• 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

• Adfero Group - SNM Annual Meeting Press Conference
• American Kennel Club - A Dog for Obama
• 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

• Full Court Press - Changing the Policy Discussion: New Data on High School Exit Exam
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide - NHLBI's Pounds Lost Weight Loss Study: A Diet for Media Success
• San Diego Zoo - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog Population Discovered
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Gov. Clements Gift

Public Affairs/Issues Mgmt

• American Kennel Club - Protecting Your Pet from Theft
• Coalition to Support Medical Research - ResearchMeansHope.org
• Defense Media Activity - Armed with Science
• Disabled American Veterans with Hyde Park Communications - Stand up for Veterans
• Katz & Associates Inc. - Port of San Diego Tour Campaign

Public Service 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
• Excellus BlueCross BlueShield - "Generics are REAL" 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

• Coalition to Support Medical Research - ResearchMeansHope.org
• The California Endowment - CalConnect Social Networking Site
• Comcast Washington State - Comcast Voluntweep All About Non-Profits
• Defense Media Activity – The Pentagon Channel
• Southern Festival of Books/Hall Strategies- Extra! Extra! Tweet All About It!

Social Responsibility Campaign

• The Allstate Foundation/Fleishman Hillard Chicago - Keep the Drive High School Journalism Award Program
• The Allstate Foundation and Zeno Group - Tell a Gal P.A.L.® 2008 Campaign 
• 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

• American Society for Microbiology - Microbe World Video
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - ASHA Podcast Series
• Bloomington Hospital - Jim’s Story
• Business Software Alliance/FD - To Catch a Pirate
• Defense Media Activity/US Naval Institute & CHINFO - Remembering the Battle of Midway
• Seattle City Light - Shrinking Big Foot

Web Site

• Defense Media Activity - Wounded Warriors Diaries
• King County Library System - Look to Your Library
• National Beer Wholesalers Association- www.nbwa.org

Sponsorship Opportunities

For sponsorship of the NonProfit PR Awards Luncheon and the PR News NonProfit PR Issue, please contact PR News VP & Group Publisher, Diane Schwartz at (212) 621-4964; dschwartz@accessintel.com.