Angelhands Inc. has been nominated for the Community
Services Excellence Awards 2014 and has been selected as a finalist in the Volunteer
Based Category. The event is an alliance between the Department of Local
Government Communities and the WA Council of Social Service. The awards is held
once in every two years. Here is a media statement from the government on the
awards: Government Media Statement
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A midst our crazy time planning the launch of our new fundraising
campaign, this announcement has made our hard work seem like it is all worth
it. In my previous post I emphasized how much in need of funding we were. If we
are to win this award it would give us a much needed boost to our finances.
Apart from the possible enhancement in the financial area, the awards has
brought more awareness to our organization and the work that we do and my
supervisor has said that, “any recognition that serves to raise awareness
around the work of angelhands and the unique needs of people affected by crime
in our society is truly appreciated.” Which is very true, the more awareness we gain the more our work is recognized by the public.
Seeing that angelhands was mentioned in the media statement
from the government website I've decided to cash in on it. I worked on a media release
for my supervisor to send out to her media contacts and surprised myself and my
supervisor by producing one within 30 minutes. I never thought that I would be
able to write one up in that span of time. I guess all that practice from my PR
Techniques class has finally paid off and i couldn't be anymore prouder of myself.
There has also been an update and a slight change on our
fundraising campaign 100K in 100 Days, upon further discussion with the board;
my supervisor, the angelhand’s Director has decided that 100 thousand dollars
is slightly beyond what we can reach and that 50 thousand is a more attainable
target amount. Especially seeing that funding is needed immediately within a
short amount of time. So now we are working towards the 50K in 50 Days campaign
which is essentially due to be launched in the month of May. The campaign is
well under way and I have been working closely with my supervisor and past year
examples to help guide me in this journey. This is all very exciting, not
wanting to sound like a cliché but I have just once again been reminded of the
reasons as to why I fell in love with PR in the first place.
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