VSBrooks ADVERTISING – The 2013 American Business Awards’ win – 6.18.13

Can you hear the music? Can you feel the vibrations through the walls? Can you smell the food?

We’re having a party over here at VSBrooks ADVERTISING because we just won a big one!

After months of accepting one honor after another, our incredible VSBrooks ADVERTISING team won its first American Business Award on Monday in Chicago. We took home the Silver “Stevie®” Award in the Marketing Campaign of the Year – Non-Profit Organization category, beating out some heavy-hitters.

The 11^th Annual ABA is the nation’s premier business award program. More than 3,200 entries from international industries and companies were evaluated by 320 executive-level judges.  

We won the Silver award for our work for Feeding South Florida. To win another great award for work we enjoy is extra icing on the cake.

Cake? OK, we’re back to the party. Happy dance, everyone. We’ve gone global.

Thank you to our friends, family, clients and fans for cheering us on as we were honored and recognized locally and nationally for work we’d do if we won nothing at all.

It’s been a fantastic 2013 – all six months of it.

Get Crackin' 2013 - I told you it would be great, and did I lie?

If you were there, you already know that the first ever “Get Crackin’” private bunch to benefit Feeding South Florida on April 21 was beyond a success. In my last blog post, the title was “On the Menu: Good Food & Goodwill.” Well, I understated. It was more along the lines of “Fantastic Food & Amazing Goodwill!”

If you weren’t there (and why not?), here’s what you missed -

Almost $80,000 was raised at the event, which will support Feeding South Florida’s mission: to end hunger in South Florida by providing immediate access to nutritious food, leading hunger and poverty advocacy efforts, and by transforming lives through innovative programming and education.

I was honored, along with Feeding South Florida’s CEO Paco Velez, to present the following honorees with awards before thunderous applause (yes, thunderous) --  local celebrity chef and Honoree Allen Susser, Media Hero Honoree The Miami Herald & El Nuevo Herald, and Corporate Citizenship Honoree Southern Wine & Spirits. The awards recognized their devotion to helping the nearly 1 million children, seniors and families that Feeding South Florida serves in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties.

Diana Brooks and Paco Velez with this year's honorees.

And the very, very best part? We all ate scrumptious Joe’s cuisine and signature Mimosas without a wait, while enjoying the music of Leo Casino. So we ate great for a fantastic cause. 

Now a little sponsor love because everyone knows you can’t do an event right without superlative sponsors. Sincere thanks to our:

60,000 meal sponsor: JM Family Enterprises, Inc., 

30,000 meal sponsors: Simply Healthcare Plans and Beam Global Spirits, 

27,000 meal sponsor: CarePlus, 

15,000 meal sponsors: MBAF Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, and Adkins & Associates, 9,000 meal sponsor: Patrón Tequila, 

6,000 meal sponsors: Jordan Winery and TD Bank, 

2,500 meal sponsor: Diageo, 

1,000 meal sponsor: Sprint, and liquor sponsor Pernod Ricard USA/Chivas.

OK, who’s ready to start planning for 2014?

Diana brooks

dbrooks@vsbrooks.com