Grand Rapids Community Foundation has received four gold awards and two bronze awards for excellence in communication from the Council on Foundation’s 2008 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program. Each year, this program recognizes private, public and community foundations from across the nation for effective communication efforts to increase public awareness of foundations and corporate giving programs.
Entries to the awards program included annual and biennial reports, magazines/periodicals, special reports, public information campaigns and websites. This year, 213 entries were submitted to the awards program.
Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s winning projects include:
Gold Award for Annual Report—This is What 85 Looks Like
Art Direction/Design: Jane Bock, 12below design co
Copy Editing: Joan Huyser-Honig, Huyser-Honig Creative Services
Paper Supplier: Quimby- Walstrom
Photography: William Hebert
Printing: Custom Printers
Project Management/Writing: Roberta King, APR, Foundation Vice President of PR & Marketing
Gold Award for Periodicals/Magazines—Current
Design: Jim Falk, Falk Design
Copy Editing: Joan Huyser-Honig, Huyser-Honig Creative Services
Illustration: Yolanda Gonzalez
Photography: William Hebert and Mary Taber Lind
Printing: Custom Printers
Writing: Roberta King and Amanda St. Pierre, Foundation PR & Marketing Associate
Gold Award for Website—www.grfoundation.org
Host/Service Provider: Grand Rapids Community Media Center
Internal Management: Amy Price, Roberta King and Amanda St. Pierre
Gold Award for Special Report—A Decade Along the River, a report honoring the 10th anniversary of the Lowell Area Community Fund
Design: Jim Falk, Falk Design
Photography: Mary Taber Lind
Printing: Custom Printers
Writing: Amanda St. Pierre
Bronze Award for Special Reports—Elements of Planned Giving
Design: Jim Falk, Falk Design
Illustration: Yolanda Gonzalez
Printing: Custom Printers
Writing: Amanda St. Pierre
Bronze Award for Public Information Campaign—Youth Peer Survey
Planned and executed by Cris Kooyer, Foundation Youth Program Officer, the Community Foundation’s 2007 Youth Grant Committee and Amanda St. Pierre