The 2009 V Awards Gala was held on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Foundry. The PRSA Volunteer Chapter thanks our sponsors who helped make the evening a wonderful event for all who attended:

The following individual, program, and product awards were given during the celebration:

Individual Awards:    

Harvey I. Cobert Award — Named in honor of Harvey I. Cobert, APR, for individual contributions to the growth of the public relations profession in East Tennessee and to the success of the Volunteer Chapter.
Cheryl Ball, APR, Curved Edge Consulting

Community Service Award — An individual or organization that has used public relations practices to improve the quality of life within East Tennessee communities. Not intended for public relations professionals.
Tim Williams, 21st Mortgage

Executive-of-the-Year Award — An executive officer or employer who has shown exceptional support of PRSA and the public relations profession. Not intended for public relations professionals.
Mark Cate, Lawler-Wood

Rising Young Professional Award — Outstanding public relations professionals in the early stages of their career.
Sarah Elder , Blackberry Farm

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Program Awards

Community Relations

Excellence: Knox Achieves Campaign — Knox County Mayor's Office

Quality: My Portrait Program — Curved Edge Consulting

Merit: "Healthy Measures" Food Safety Program — East TN Children's Hospital

 

 

Public Service

Quality: "Feeding Our Neighbors" — Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council

 

Internal Communications

Excellence: What You Feel Counts — B&W Y-12

Quality: Parkwest News Network A Focused Approach to Internal Communications — Penninsula, a division of Parkwest

 

Public Affairs/Government Relations

Excellence: TVA October 2008 Rate Increase — TVA

Investor Relations

Excellence: C & R 4500 Campaign — Tellico Village Property Owners Association

Special Event — One Day or Less

Quality: "National Science Foundation Award Celebration" — University of Tennessee

 

Special Event — 2-7 Days

Excellence: Celebrate Spring — Blount Memorial Hospital

Quality: Artsclamation! 2008 — Covenant Health Office of Philanthropy

Special Event — 8 Days or more

Excellence: "Powerful Past, Bright Future" TVA's 75th Anniversary — TVA

J. Carroll Bateman Award of Excellence

Best of Show: C & R 4500 — Tellico Village Property Owners Association

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Product Awards

Annual Reports — 4 Colors

Excellence: "Strong Girls, Strong Communities" — Girls Scouts of Tanasi Council

Quality: FY 2008 Cleanup Progress Annual Report — Bechtel Jacobs Company

Magazines/Periodicals — Customer

Excellence: Good Health — Blount Memorial Hospital

Magazines/Periodicals — Non-Profit

Excellence: It's About Children — East Tennessee Children's Hospital

Quality: Growing Strong — Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council

Magazines/Periodicals — Government/Public Service

Excellence: The Y-12 Report, Fall 2008 — B&W Y-12
Quality: 2009 Knoxville Visitor & Resource Guide — Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corp

Merit: Reaching Out — University of Tennessee, Knoxville

 

Newsletter — Employee

Excellence: Checkmate — Blount Memorial Hospital

Quality: The "New" Inside TVA — TVA
Merit: On the Inside — Knox County Mayor's Office

Newsletter — Non-Profit

Excellence: Healthy Kids — East Tennessee Children’s Hospital

 

Newsletter — Government/Public Service

Excellence: Knox County: A Great American Community — Knox County Mayor's Office

 

Writing — Feature

Excellence: Shedding (a little) light on the nation's newest weapons facilities: What does all the talk about Y-12's transformation mean? — B&W Y-12

Quality: Breast MRI — Blount Memorial Hospital

Merit: Clean Steam — B&W Y-12

Writing — Hard News

Quality: National Cardiac Challenge — Blount Memorial Hospital

Merit: Legal Raises the Bar — B&W Y-12

 

Writing — Column

Excellence: "Women's Health" — Blount Memorial Hospital

 

Writing — Other

Excellence: The Alphabet of Recovery — Peninsula, a division of Parkwest

Quality: 2008 Front Page Follies Script — East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists

Merit: Name That Poison — B&W Y-12

Media Kits

Excellence: 2008 Fantasy of Trees Press Kit — East TN Children's Hospital

Quality: North Carolina Lawsuit — TVA

Merit: Oysterfest 2008 Media Kit — Curved Edge Consulting

Collaterals — Posters

Excellence: Lawson — Blount Memorial Hospital

Quality: Grassoline: Fuel of the Future — UT Institute of Agriculture

Merit: KnoxAchieves Poster — Knox County Mayor's Office

Collaterals — Brochures

Excellence: "Present for the Future" brochure for Concord UMC — Concord United Methodist Church

Quality: Knoxville Area Red Cross Chapter Book — American Red Cross

Collaterals — Invitation

Excellence: The Event Casino Royale at Royal Oaks — Blount Memorial Hospital

 

Collaterals — Specialty Items

Excellence: Agritourism in Action - Bus Tour Guide — UT Institute of Agriculture

Quality: 2009 Artsclamation Calendar: The Art of Healing — Peninsula, a division of Parkwest

 

 

Audio Visual Productions — Public Service Announcement

Quality: KnoxAchieves— Knox County Mayor's Office

Audio Visual Productions — Presentation

Excellence: "National Science Foundation Award Celebration Video — The University of Tennessee

Audio Visual Productions — Other

Excellence: "I Wish For You" — East Tennessee Children’s Hospital

Quality: "Gotta Know Knoxville" Musical Image — Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corp

Merit: "Graveyard Radar" — UT Institute of Agriculture

Web sites — Government/Public Service

Excellence: www.tvakids.org — TVA
Quality: www.Tanasi.org — Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council

 

Web sites — Advocacy

Excellence: Knoxville Area Red Cross Chapter Website — American Red Cross

 

Web sites — Education

Excellence: "The University of Tennessee System Website Redesign" — The University of Tennessee

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