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CreateAthon 2010 Applications Now Available
WhiteSpace Creative, an Akron, Ohio-based integrated marketing communications agency and project resource, encourages Akron, Canton and Cleveland area nonprofit organizations to apply for its ninth-annual CreateAthon® event. The 24-hour marathon, which provides pro-bono creative communication and marketing services to select nonprofit organizations, will be held on September 16-17, 2010. Applications, due Friday, July 23, are now available at www.whitespace-creative.com.
Last year, the WhiteSpace CreateAthon produced approximately 30 projects valued at more than $40,000. This included the development of websites, online banners, enewsletter templates, brochures, oversized signage, greeting cards, identity programs, annual reports, social media and marketing plans for 19 local nonprofits:
- ACCESS, Inc.
- Akron Community Foundation
- All-American Soap Box Derby
- American Red Cross, Summit and Portage Counties
- American SCORES Cleveland
- Arthritis Foundation, Northeastern Ohio Chapter
- CASA Board of Summit County Volunteer Association
- Cascade Locks Park Association
- Child Guidance & Family Solutions
- The Dragon Dream Team
- Freedom House for Women
- Fathers and Sons of Northeast Ohio
- Girl Scouts of North East Ohio
- Hospice of the Western Reserve
- Mothers Assisting Mothers
- Waiting Child Fund
- Women's Network, Inc.
- OneCommunity
- Rubber City Roller Girls
WhiteSpace Creative, the exclusive CreateAthon agency for the Akron/Canton/Cleveland area, is a fully integrated marketing resource firm with specialties that include marketing the nonprofit sector. Established in 1994, the firm is based in Akron’s newly revitalized historic district. The National CreateAthon was founded in 1998 by the South Carolina-based agency RIGGS.
For more information, contact CreateAthon Coodinator Jennifer Snider at 330.762.9320 or jen@whitespace-creative.com. General information can also be obtained by accessing the WhiteSpace website at www.whitespace-creative.com or the National CreateAthon site at www.CreateAthon.com.