C.Fox Communications Announces Inspired Thought Award Winner

C.Fox Communications, a woman-owned strategic communications agency based in Silver Spring, announced the winner of its third annual pro bono award for inspired thought (it Award).

The prize will go to Give an Hour, a national nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to U.S. war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and their loved ones. Give an Hour won the competitive grant over 47 other nonprofit organizations from across the United States.

"As an organization committed to the mental well being of veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Give an Hour embodies C.Fox’s most important criterion for the it Award winner: what they do, they do for the good of others," said Carrie Fox, President of C.Fox Communications.

The it Award came after a two-month long application and selection process that demonstrated the incredible need of mission-driven organizations locally and across the country.

Among the finalists were: Covenant House Washington, Flying Kites, Home Care Partners, Interfaith Works, KaBOOM!, and Martha’s Table.

The it Award is worth up to $30,000 in pro bono public relations and marketing support. Services offered through the award include: strategy, writing/messaging, media relations, branding, and social media.

"We are honored to be selected by C.Fox Communications for the 2012 it award,” said Barbara Van Dahlen, President and Founder of Give an Hour.

"As an organization founded on the principle of giving back to the community, we are especially grateful to C.Fox Communications for their willingness to give their time and expertise to support our efforts to provide free mental health care to our returning troops, our veterans, and their families at this critical point in history,” Dahlen added.