Business Wire Receives the 2003 Outstanding Media Partner Award from the March of Dimes.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004 The March of Dimes
In an awards ceremony held on January 22 at the governor's mansion in Denver, Lieutenant Governor lieutenant governor n. Abbr. Lt. Gov. 1. An elected official ranking just below the governor of a state in the United States. 2. The nonelective chief of government of a Canadian province. Jane Norton and March of Dimes Colorado Chapter Chair Tamara Fischer presented Business Wire with the award for its "outstanding support in helping the March of Dimes deliver its mission message." For WalkAmerica 2003, a fundraising event that supports March of Dimes healthy-baby programs, Business Wire helped the organization achieve 8.9 million print media "impressions," a 30-percent increase over WalkAmerica 2002. And in August, Business Wire helped promote a special March of Dimes prematurity-awareness event held at the state capitol. "We're very appreciative when a company like Business Wire makes the connection that infant-health problems touch them, and that they can play a role in the fight to give every baby a healthy start," said Becky Herlinger, Director of Communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. for the March of Dimes Colorado Chapter. "It reinforces the idea that everybody has something to offer, and everybody can help out." "Business Wire is pleased to receive this award and we are quite honored to be a March of Dimes sponsor," said Business Wire Regional Manager Dylan Frusciano, who accepted the award. "The work the March of Dimes does to fight prematurity and other infant-health problems is important to our community and important to me personally as well, so needless to say we are honored to help get their message out and to be a part of their efforts." About The March of Dimes The March of Dimes is a national nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. health organization whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects birth defects, abnormalities in physical or mental structure or function that are present at birth. They range from minor to seriously deforming or life-threatening. A major defect of some type occurs in approximately 3% of all births. and infant mortality (hardware) infant mortality - It is common lore among hackers (and in the electronics industry at large) that the chances of sudden hardware failure drop off exponentially with a machine's time since first use (that is, until the relatively distant time at which enough mechanical . A key March of Dimes initiative is fighting prematurity, the leading cause of newborn death in Colorado and nationwide. The March of Dimes works to achieve its mission through research, community services, education and advocacy. In Colorado, the March of Dimes currently funds over $2 million in programs. For more information, visit the March of Dimes at www.marchofdimes.com (English) and www.nacersano.org (Spanish). About Business Wire Business Wire was founded in 1961 by chairman/CEO Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most executive. The company's multi-channel delivery network, with access to some 60 international and national news agencies, financial information providers, and Web-based news services throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , the Middle East and Africa, provides real-time, simultaneous access to key audiences -- the news media, trade publications, institutional and individual investors, business-to-business decision-makers and consumers. Business Wire electronically disseminates some 1,000 full-text news releases daily for 18,000 members worldwide to the news media, the Internet, online services and databases and the global investment community in 150 countries in 45 languages. Business Wire has 26 U.S. offices; Frankfurt, London, Stockholm and Brussels offices, and reciprocal offices throughout the world. |
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