Cause Marketing Halo Awards Entry Deadline is January 31

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) RYE, N.Y. - January 11, 2011 - North America’s highest cause marketing honor, the Cause Marketing Halo Awards, has opened the submission period for campaigns conducted in 2010. In its ninth year, the Cause Marketing Halo Awards recognize nonprofit organizations, businesses and agencies for excellence in initiatives that do well by doing good.

Entries are sought in nine categories:

• Best Transactional Campaign

• Best Message-Focused Campaign

• Best Health-Related Campaign

• Best Environmental or Animal Campaign

• Best Social Service or Education Campaign

• Best Digital Marketing Campaign

• Best Event Marketing Campaign

• Best Video Creative

• Best Print Creative

  Entries are due at the Cause Marketing Forum's headquarters in Rye, NY by January 31, 2011. Extensions are available until February 4 with the payment of a late fee.   Complete instructions on entering the Cause Marketing Halo Awards and descriptions of past winners are available at www.causemarketingforum.com/awards.   Winners will be honored at a gala awards luncheon sponsored by USA Today during the Cause Marketing Forum conference on June 2 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Winners will also be featured in Advertising Age and USA Today.   For further information, visit www.causemarketingforum.com or contact CMF at info@causemarketingforum.com or (914) 921-3914.   CMF11136