By Gail
Dolan
The
Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA)
recognized the best public relations, communications, and marketing efforts in
Southwest Florida during the past year at the 2012 Local Image Awards ceremony held
during its April 17 meeting at Art of the Olympians in Fort Myers.
The
Local Image Awards competition is conducted annually to recognize outstanding
public relations programs in Southwest Florida and to encourage and promote the
development of public relations professionalism in our area. Winners
demonstrate the very best examples of innovation, planning, and design.
Three
Grand All Image Awards, FPRA’s highest honor, were presented to: Two to Lee
County Port Authority for its Base Ops dedication ceremony event and for its
Southwest Florida International Airport “Fly Me to the Moon” art exhibit
brochure, both of which also won Image Awards; PACE Center for Girls of Lee
County, Melissa Simontis, APR, and Irberseder Production for the “Believe in
Me” video, which also received an Image Award and a Judges Award.
Other
awards were presented, as follows:
Image Awards: Priority Marketing
for the Safe Kids Lee/Collier Counties, Lee County Injury Prevention Coalition
for public service; Debra Webb, APR, HOPE Clubhouse of Lee County and Susan
Bennett, APR, CPRC, Susan Bennett Marketing & Media, L.C. for HOPE
Clubhouse: Birth of a Non-Profit; Phyllis K. Ershowsky, APR, CPRC, Alison
Drake, and Brittany Maroney for Delivering a Piece of the Pie: Grimaldi’s Pizzeria;
Priority Marketing and VIP Realty for Navia.com news release.
Awards of Distinction: Honorable James H.
Seals of the 20th Judicial Circuit in and for Lee County, PACE
Center for Girls of Lee County, and Melissa Simontis, APR for the written
speech entitled, “Words That Begin with R-E”; Promotional Incentives, Inc. for
their PI Gumby specialty item; Samantha Scott, APR and Alex Fernandez for
Adventure Naples group online engagement; Mike Haber and Rich Cerrina for the
redesign of www.shellpoint.org website;
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Department of Communication &
Development, for the Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida website.
Judge’s Award to Craig Bamberg for
Guadalupe Center “239MEN” 30-sec video spot
Image Award and Judges Award to The Lee County
Port Authority Public Affairs Team for e-Link, Lee County Port Authority’s
business newsletter.
Award of Distinction and Judges Award: The LCEC Public
Relations Team for the North Fort Myers Median Project for community relations;
PACE Center for Girls of Lee County, Christin Collins, and Melissa Simontis,
APR for the “Love That Dress!” special event; PACE Center for Girls of Lee
County, Palm Printing, and Red Door Studio for the “Dream BIG” event program.
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