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Auxiliary receives Honorable Mention for Best Overall Newsletter and Best Single Edition at 2007 PPA Conference -- First Place Journalism Award for Community Relations -goes to News and Views contributor - Carla Pendergrass of Evansville, IN.

In recognition of excellence, the Postal Press Association awarded the National Auxiliary the Honorable Mention  award  for  Overall Excellence -Non Professional-B  for the Auxiliary publication "News and Views" and a First Place Journalism award at the 2007 Postal Press Association Banquet held in Reno Nevada.   Auxiliary News and Views also received the Honorable Mention award for - Single Issue Category. The Saint Charles Spirit was honored with an Honorable Mention Journalism Award in the News category for an article "Happy Birthday Auxiliary" written by local editor Mary Lee Brennan.  Brennan is also the District 3 Coordinator for the Auxiliary. News and Views has a history of success with awards at each conference since 1997.  Congratulations to the Auxiliary "News and Views"

Mary Lois Clayson, District 2 Coordinator, also attended the conference.  The Auxiliary is fortunate to have officers who personally sacrifice for the good of our organization.  They attend training sessions at their own expense to increase their knowledge and expertise.  Those skills empower the delivery of the message of our organization. 

Congratulations and thanks to the Auxiliary and to all of our members.  Our success depends on each of you.

Auxiliary News and Views - Honorable Mention - Best Newsletter  Overall Excellence-Non-professional B

 

Consistently heralded for EXCELLENCE, the Auxiliary. Editor Kathy Danek believes News and Views  to be an important communication link between the Auxiliary and every member in the organization.   According to Danek, "Putting together a quality newsletter isn't about awards.  It's about telling a story - and making sure you share it with your members."

The award - overall excellence means submitting six (6) different issues published over the past two years.  Five semi-finalists are selected then sent to a judge outside of the APWU and PPA for final selection.  News and Views is published ten times each year, September through June.  Columns include "A little bit of Labor Ed";  "Ask Bev about the Health Plan," "Safety First," "Legislative Update", "Auxiliary in Action," "The President's Point," "Just for Kids" and much much more.  You can view each month of News and Views on the web at www.apwuauxiliary .org.  News and Views is mailed to each Auxiliary Household. 

To get News and Views mailed to your household contact Legislative Aide Editor Kathy Danek at 

Honorable Mention - Single Issue-- Auxiliary News and Views.

Danek truly believes the efforts of the National Auxiliary are award winning.  "We have a lot of very talented local, state and national officers who work tirelessly for the Auxiliary and the members of the APWU.   Sharing their day to day efforts is a great  part of the success of News and Views," said Danek. 

News and Views Awarded First Place Journalism Award for Human Relations Article.

The Little Auxiliary with a Big Heart - submitted by Carla Pendergrass of Evansville Indiana - was awarded the first place journalism award in the Community Relations category.  Pendergrass detailed a huge effort by their local Auxiliary in making a memorable Christmas holiday for a local family.  The outpouring of warmth and generosity inspires all of us to look beyond our own day to day trials - and really make a difference in the lives of others.  Congratulations News and Views -- but the real congratulations goes to the Evansville Auxiliary and Ms. Pendergrass -- for exemplifying Auxiliary activity everywhere.

 

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