Earth Hour 2008 wins PRSA's Silver Anvil Award of Excellence

At a June 4th ceremony held in New York City, Earth Hour 2008 and JT received PRSA’s Silver Anvil Award of Excellence in the category for “Events and Observances – Non-Profit”.

Photographs Courtesy of The Public Relations Society of America.

JT was one of four agencies named winners of this award along with client Earth Hour.  The others were Creaxion, Glodow Nead Communications and Sullivan Birney Communications.

After a successful 2008 campaign, JT was again retained by the World Wildlife Fund to manage and coordinate Chicago’s participation in Earth Hour 2009, which was the largest Earth Hour event in the world!

With nearly 32,000 professional and student members, The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is the world’s largest organization of PR specialists.  Through various award programs, the PRSA recognizes excellence in public relations, in efforts to coincide with its mission of “uniting and encouraging those engaged in the profession”.

Read more about JT’s role in Earth Hour 2008 and 2009.

To view the list of other award winners, and learn more about the PRSA, visit the site below:
http://www.prsa.org/awards/silverAnvil/2009%20SA%20AOE%20Winners.html

Photographs Courtesy of The Public Relations Society of America.