Campaigns with Heart Named Finalists for 2012 Cause Marketing Halo Awards

Annual Awards Recognize Campaigns That Do Well by Doing Good
Feb 13, 2012 11:59 PM ET
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(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Rye, NY - February 13, 2012 - This Valentine’s Day, the Cause Marketing Forum is pleased to name 36 finalists in 9 categories contending for the annual Cause Marketing Halo Awards.  The 10th annual Halo awards recognize campaigns with “heart” that show excellence in pairing a company with a cause for mutual benefit. 

The finalists are:
 
Best Transactional Campaign
Refer a Friend Program: Quidsi & American Red Cross

G-Team Philanthropic Deal:  Groupon, DonorsChoose.org & JP Morgan Chase

Tempur-Pedic Hugs Back:  Tempur-Pedic & Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Transforming the World Through Games:  Zynga & Save The Children
 
Best Digital Campaign
Thank-a-Mom Movement:  Macy's & Several Nonprofit Partners

Transforming the World Through Games:  Zynga & Save The Children

A Feast for All:  Pepto-Bismol & Feeding America

LivingSocial's Newest Deal:  Living Social & Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
 
Best Message-Focused Campaign
NFL Play 60:  NFL & Several Nonprofit Partners

Read and Rise:  Scholastic, Clear Channel & Matt Birk's HIKE Foundation

Fight Childhood Cancer One Cup at a Time: Toys 'R Us & Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

Walk with Walgreens:  Walgreens & The American Heart Association, The Diabetes Research Institute and Susan G. Komen for the Cure
 
Best Video Creative
Arctic Home:  The Coca-Cola Company & World Wildlife Fund

Halogen TV/Soles4Souls Campaign: Halogen TV & Soles4Souls

Gift for Opportunity Fund:  Bank of America & Feeding America

Change for Good:  American Airlines & U.S. Fund for UNICEF
  
Best Health-Related Campaign
Be a Good Cookie:  Keebler & American Red Cross

Giving Hope a Hand:  Kroger & Several Nonprofit Partners

VSP Eye Pledge Campaign:  VSP Vision Care & Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Walk with Walgreens: Walgreens & The American Heart Association, The Diabetes Research Institute and Susan G. Komen for the Cure
 
Best Environmental or Animal Campaign
Nature Valley National Parks Project:  Nature Valley & National Parks Conservation Association

Beach Rescue Project:  Barefoot Wine & Surfrider Foundation

Arctic Home:  The Coca-Cola Company & World Wildlife Fund
National Adoption Program:  PetSmart & PetSmart Charities
 
Best Event
Halogen TV/Soles4Souls Campaign: Halogen TV & Soles4Souls

Shop for a Cause:  Macy's & March of Dimes

Conservation in Action/40 Projects for 40 Years:  Southwest Airlines & Student Conservation Association

Fight Childhood Cancer One Cup at a Time: Toys 'R Us & Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
 
Best Social Service or Education Campaign
Stop Bullying:  Cartoon Network, Facebook, Time Warner & Several Nonprofit Partners

Teens for Jeans:  DoSomething.org & Aeropostale

Read and Rise:  Scholastic, Clear Channel & Matt Birk's HIKE Foundation

Color Care:  Benjamin Moore & Various Shelters
 
Best Print Campaign
Honor The Brave: Harley-Davidson and the USO

Let's Make a Cure Happen: New Balance and Susan G Komen for the Cure

Arctic Home: The Coca-Cola Company and World Wildlife Fund
Women's Health/Breast Cancer Initiative:  Kohl's and The American Cancer Society, Midwest Division and The Southeast Wisconsin affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
 
A total of 18 gold and silver awards will be given out to programs judged the best cause marketing campaigns of 2011 at the 10th Anniversary Cause Marketing Forum Conference in Chicago on May 31.
 
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