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WhiteSpace Selects 10 Nonprofits to Share in 10th Anniversary
WhiteSpace Creative, an Akron, Ohio-based integrated marketing communications agency and project resource, has selected 10 non-profit organizations to benefit from its tenth-annual CreateAthon® event. The intense around-the-clock marathon, which provides pro-bono marketing and communication creative services, will be held from 8 a.m. on Thursday, September 15 to 8 a.m. on Friday, September 16, 2011.
2011 Participants
The 10 selected applicants were chosen based upon those whose requests best match the creative talents of the WhiteSpace staff and could be completed within the 24-hour period. This year's non-profit organizations include:
- Battered Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties
- Charlotte Area Bike Alliance (CABA)
- Court Appointed Special Advocates/Guardian Ad Litem (CASA/GAL) Program of Summit County
- Countryside Conservancy
- Downtown Akron Partnership
- GASP (Guardians Against Sexual Predators)
- Hattie Larlham
- Junior League of Akron
- OneCommunity
- Sterling Sober Resources
10th Anniversary of CreateAthon
2011 marks a decade of WhiteSpace involvement with the National CreateAthon event. Since 2002, WhiteSpace has partnered with almost 100 different nonprofits in the Akron, Canton and Cleveland area. It has produced 250+ pro-bono projects valued at more than a half a million dollars. The National CreateAthon was founded in 1998 by the South Carolina-based agency RIGGS.
About WhiteSpace
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 revitalized historic district.
For more information, contact CreateAthon Coordinator 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.