CreaetAthon Event to Help Nonprofits in Need

(Edwardsville, PA) – cds creative, inc. invites nonprofit organizations to submit applications for its eighth annual CreateAthon, scheduled for September 17, 2009. The round-the-clock creative and design work will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, September 17th at the offices of NCAC (Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center) in Pittston, PA. The final work will be presented to the non-profits on Friday, September 18th at 9 a.m.

The deadline for CreateAthon 2009 applications is July 15, 2009. Organizations selected by cds creative, inc. to receive the services of CreateAthon 2009 will be announced on July 30th . Applications are available at www.cdscreative.com

CreateAThon is a 24-hour blitz during which cds creative, inc., the only agency in Pennsylvania to participate in this event, provides marketing and creative services to non-profit organizations in Luzerne, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe and Wyoming counties on a pro-bono basis (other counties can be considered on a special needs basis.) Last year, cds creative’s CreateAThon event provided marketing services to six non-profit organizations producing a total of 13 projects. The market value of the work produced during the event was estimated at $35, 000.

CreateAThon is the brainchild of RIGGS, Inc., an advertising, marketing and communications firm in Columbia, South Carolina. In an effort to give non-profit organizations the professional, creative marketing materials that would otherwise be financially unfeasible, RIGGS formed the first CreateAThon in 1998.

“The work we do through CreateAthon is more important than ever this year,” notes Catherine Shafer, cds creative, inc. president.  “Nonprofits have been affected dramatically by the economy, which has had a profound impact on their ability to provide direct services.  It’s our hope through CreateAthon to help offset some of this economic pressure for nonprofits by donating marketing services.”

Established in 1984, cds creative, inc. is a brand development and integration organization that opens doors for clients. We work with clients that seek creative thinking, effective means to communicate messages and a common sense approach to strategy.

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