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November 5, 2009
This Just In
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Camilla Chapman
camilla.chapman@orlandohealth.com
321.843.1115
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. Announces Award-Winning Website
Receives Three Prestigious Industry Awards in Two National Competitions
Orlando, FL - November 5, 2009
Women Playing For T.I.M.E. (Technology, Immediate diagnosis, Mammography and Education) recently received three prestigious awards during two national web marketing competitions.
The awards are: • Outstanding Website - Web Awards • Gold Award for Best Home Page - W³ Awards • Silver Award for Best Visual Appeal - W³ Awards The W³ Awards honors creative excellence for websites, web advertising and web video. In its fourth year the W³ Awards received nearly 3,000 entries. Web Awards is sponsored by the Web Marketing Association. Now in its 13th year, Web Awards names the best websites in 96 industries while setting the standard of excellence for website development.
McMurry, a full-service multi-media marketing communications firm, created the website and generously underwrote the project – an in-kind gift valued at more than $30,000. The Growing Bolder Media Group provided a $35,000 in-kind donation to launch the community portion of the website that features blogs, videos, podcasts and member discussion forums.
“Philanthropic partners, such as McMurry and Growing Bolder Media Group, are invaluable in helping WPFT achieve our mission of partnering with M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando to defeat cancer as it affects women,” explains Mary Mahoney, WPFT volunteer, social media. “We are so grateful for the professional expertise and support provided by both organizations.
For more information about Women Playing For T.I.M.E., please visit wpft.org or contact Lynda Canatay at 321.841.2272, lynda.canatay@orlandohealth.com.
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M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, part of Orlando Health, is affiliated with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked M. D. Anderson Cancer Center as the top cancer treatment center in the U.S. and has ranked it as one of the top two cancer centers for the past 13 years. Orlando Health, a 1,780-bed community-owned, Florida not-for-profit organization established in 1918, annually serves nearly two million Central Florida residents and more than 4,500 international patients. More information is available at mdandersonorlando.org.
Women Playing for T.I.M.E. ® (Technology, Immediate diagnosis, Mammography and Education) was co-founded by Elaine Lustig and Sheila Solomon in 1993 in partnership with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, a part of Orlando Health. WPFT is a volunteer organization comprised of local women who dedicate their time, financial resources and efforts to raising awareness and financial support for the early detection, prevention and ultimately a cure of cancers affecting women. Since its inception, WPFT has raised more than $8 million through signature golf and tennis tournaments and a variety of other events throughout the year. Funds support breast cancer research and programs at M. D. Anderson – Orlando, including the purchase of technologies that provide for the immediate diagnosis and education of other forms of female-related cancers. More information is available at wpft.org.
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