Stories by Mark Renfree

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Media Relations

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Winner: National Education Association — Students Before Profits: The fight against corporate educations reform in York, PA and nationwide Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett was pushing York City’s emergency manager David Meckley to completely privatize… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Natural Disaster/Crisis Communications

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Winner: The Allstate Foundation and Points of Light — Disaster Preparedness Kit Building Events To help 1.5 million Americans be more prepared for disasters, The Allstate Foundation partnered with Points of Light to support the… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: PR on a Shoestring Budget

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Co-Winner: FleishmanHillard — The St. Baldrick’s Foundation Since 2007, FleishmanHillard has partnered with St. Baldrick’s, the largest nonprofit funder of childhood cancer research, to build a dynamic media and public relations program that showcases stories… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Public Affairs/Issues Management

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Winner: Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications  — The Chicago Community Trust The Chicago Community Trust connects the generosity of donors with community needs by making grants to organizations working to improve metropolitan Chicago. As it approached… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Public Service

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Winner: The TASC Group — Athlete Ally’s and All Out’s Principle 6 Campaign  In 2013, Athlete Ally and All Out, nonprofits that advocate for LGBT rights, launched a joint project called the Principle 6 Campaign… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Publications

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Co-Winner: American Society of Clinical Oncology — The State of Cancer Care in America: 2014 In March of 2014, the American Society of Clinical Oncology released The State of Cancer Care in America: 2014, which… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Social Media

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Co-Winner: JPA Health Communications — Melanoma Research Foundation: #GetNaked With melanoma diagnoses reaching nearly epidemic levels, the Melanoma Research Foundation created an advertisement to promote skin screening that used images suggesting nudity with the provocative… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Social Responsibility

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Winner: Weber Shandwick and YUM! Brands — World Hunger Relief  In 2007, Yum! Brands expanded its hunger relief efforts by creating the World Hunger Relief campaign to help feed hungry people around the globe. Now… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Video and/or Podcast

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Co-Winner: EngenderHealth — Expanding Access to International Family Planning EngenderHealth launched the Where’s the Family Planning?! campaign utilizing a sassy tone to grab the attention of American women in their thirties and early forties. It… Continued

Nonprofit PR Awards 2015: Website

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Winner: American Association for Cancer Research The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the oldest and largest scientific organization in the world focused on every aspect of high-quality, innovative cancer research. The AACR’s last… Continued