PR News will hold its annual Nonprofit PR Awards luncheon December 8 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Rachel Querry, director of public relations for The Humane
Society of the United States, will be the keynote speaker. Visit http://www.prnewsonline.com to register. Below is the list of our
finalists:
Advocacy Campaign and Lobbying Efforts
- AAA of Northern California, Nevada, Utah: Utah Teen Driving Safety
- AARP: AARP Tennessee Choices for Care
- Dawson/Duncan Communi-cations: Braille Textbook Transcriber Campaign for American Foundation for the Blind and Verizon Foundation
- National Association of Children's Hospitals: Family Advocacy Day
- U.S. Postal Service: New Orleans Absentee Ballot Initiative
Corporate Partnership/s
- Avnet: Avnet Tech Games
- First Degree: The UPS Store & Mail Boxes Etc. Deliver Some Love: 2005 Toys for Tots Campaign
- Honeywell International: Honey-well got 2B Safe Awards Program
- Operation KIDS: "Tsunami Relief Project: Operation Kids & Xango: it Makes a Village"
- United Way of America: Storm Corps
- Xerox: Let's Say Thanks To Our Troops
Crisis Management
- Girl Scouts of the USA with CRT/tanaka: Girl Scouts of the USA Issues Management
- Heart Rhythm Society: Heart Rhythm Society Takes Leadership Reins on ICD Crisis
- The Humane Society of the United States: Crisis Management: Hurricane Katrina Response
- Washington Hospital Center: "MedSTAR Transport Mayday!"
Employee Communications
- Christiana Care Health System: Smoke-Free Campaign
- Oregon State University: University Day Celebration
- Peel District School Board: Picture the Future: Internal Launch Kit
Event PR & Tradeshow PR/Marketing
- American Association for Advancement in Science: Evolution on the Front Line Event
- American Veterinary Medical Association: Marketing Hawaii
- Drisha Leggitt & Co. Communications: 33rd Annual "Eppie's Great Race"
- SAE International: SAE International Centennial Celebration
- The Century Council - Girl Talk: Choices and Consequences of Underage Drinking
- U.S. Postal Service: Baseball Sluggers Stamps Hit Grand Slam at Yankee Stadium Brian
External Publication
- Mainstay Life Services: Mainstay Life Services: Life Stories
- National Audubon Society: Audubon Annual Report 2005
- The Nation's Food Bank Network: America's Second Harvest
- University of Cincinnati: The Ivory Tower and the Smokestack
Fundraising and Membership Campaign
- American College of Radiology Imaging Network: DMIST Trial
- Herberger College of Fine Arts: "One Hand Clapping" Fulton Campaign
- National Catholic Educational Association: Child to Child Campaign
Interactive PR and Marketing
- American Society for Microbiology: MicrobeWorld Radio
- Battle Pacific Northwest Division - Threat Alert 2006
- WE MOVE with the Chandler Chicco Agency: Life in Motion" Campaign
- National Association of Home Builders: Building Homes of Our Own
- Rollins College: Rollins College Uses Online R-Journals to Aid Recruitment
Marketing Communications
- Christiana Care Health System: 2005-2006 Celebrating Women's Health Lecture Series
- Hirrons & Company: Indiana Unclaimed Public Relations Campaign
- Homeownership Preserva-tion Foundation: Hope for Home-owners - Helping to Preserve the American Dream
- ImMEDIAcy Public Relations Inc., Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition, The Palm Beach Post: Read Together Palm Beach County: One Book, One Community
- RDW Group, Inc.: Plastic Bag Recycling Campaign
Media Relations Campaign
- WE MOVE with the Chandler Chicco Agency: Life in Motion" Campaign
- Colorado State University: CloudSat in the Media
- Massachusetts General Hospital: "Critical Care: The Making of an ICU Nurse"
- U.S. Postal Service: Holiday Campaign
- UJA-Federation of New York: Neediest Cases Campaign
Member Communications
- American Veterinary Medical Association: AVMA News Bytes
- CPCU Society: "After Katrina": A Special Publication of the CPCU Society
- National Association of Home Builders: NAHB Nation's Building News Online
Press Releases
- Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber: Blitz Jay Leno Day
- Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.: Philadelphia: The Next Great Vintage Shopping Destination
- Herberger College of Fine Arts: Press Release: Super Heroics
PR on a Shoestring
- MWW Group: Supporting Paralysis Research by Making Christopher Reeve Foundation Superman Tags the Hottest, "Must-Have" Item
- Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General: Rural Transportation for Persons with Disabilities
- Voce Communications: A Forum for Social Change
- Weber Shandwick: STEP-UP: Providing Job Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth
Public Service Campaign
- Brooklyn Public Library: Brooklyn Reads to Babies
- WE MOVE with the Chandler Chicco Agency: Life in Motion" Campaign
- Marmillion + Company: America's WETLAND: Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority: MTA Security Cam-paign: "If You See Something, Say Something"
- The Advertising Council: Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving Campaign Launch
Web Site
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: CPA Student Recruitment Campaign
- Dairy Management Inc. with Edelman: Growing the Mom's Network on 3aday.org
- Louisville Regional Airport Authority: "A New Travel Web site - the First of its Kind in the United States"
- Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General Web Site
Nonprofit PR Executive of the Year
- Janet Moore, Director of Market-ing, Mission Health & Hospitals
- Neal Zipser, Vice President, Communications, MEMA