Full List of Awards

2011

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Good Tidings – Brochures, Booklets or Books
  KSA’s 2010 Holiday card.

2010

• PCC Platinum Award
  Debuting a New Hospital
  Debuting a new hospital is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – and Sherman Health, in collaboration with Kathy Schaeffer & Associates, developed a multi-faceted communications campaign featuring events, media relations and internal and external outreach.

• PCC Golden Trumpet Award
  Debuting a New Hospital – Community Relations
  Outreach campaign that included a celebratory gala, a community open house and a patient move day in December 2009 that generated widespread publicity for the new $325 million hospital.

• PCC Golden Trumpet Award
  MAP Quest Successful for Students – Government Affairs
  Outreach campaign to fund second-semester MAP grants during their two-week, October veto session.

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Purveyors of Good Cheer, PR – Brochures, Booklets or Books
  KSA’s 2009 Holiday card.

2008

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Cultivating Donors with Origami – Brochures, Booklets or Books
  Direct mail series distributed three times a year to introduce prospective donorsto La Rabida Hospital.

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  EBC Sets the Pace – Institutional
  Year-long media outreach campaign to raise awareness of East Bank Club and its experts.

2005

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  The Illinois Chamber Delivers – Government Affairs
  Year-long communications campaign on behalf of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.

2003

• PCC Golden Trumpet Award
  Smart…Passionate…Ingenious…Engage Us – Brochures, Booklets or Books
  Quarterly direct mail series.

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  It’s Show Time, Chicago! – Institutional
  Campaign leading up to construction of Chicago’s newest theater, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Transitional Jobs: Transforming Lives – Issues Management
  Media campaign showcasing the success of transitional jobs for clients of Heartland Alliance.

2001

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Making Work Pay in Illinois – Government Affairs
  Statewide media outreach campaign to support passage of the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit.

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Freezone.com: Frontline of Safety – Public Service and Issues
  Communications activities to establish Freezone.com as the nation’s leading industry expert on Internet safety for kids.

2000

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  All Hands on Deck – Crisis Public Relations
  Crisis communications plans for freezone.com

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Hazelden Chicago – Opening New Doors – Institutional
  Campaign to introduce Hazelden Chicago to Chicago by highlighting Hazelden’s expertise in drug and alcohol addiction and treatment.

1999

• Girl Scouts – Illinois Crossroads Council Woman of Achievement Award
  Kathy Schaeffer received this award in recognition of her entrepreneurial and civic achievements.

1998

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  CAPE: Revitalizing Chicago Classrooms – Institutional
  Communications strategy demonstrating the powerful effects of art-integrated Education in Chicago Public Schools.

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  A Voice for Supportive Housing – Public Service and Issues
  Year-long communications plan for Deborah’s Place to raise awareness of the need for supportive housing in Chicago.

1997

• PCC Golden Trumpet Award
  Reach Out with Relay – Institutional
  Statewide media campaign to educate businesses about the Illinois Relay Service for the deaf community.

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Piquing Publishers’ Curiocity – Special Events and Observances
  A year of Curiocity for kids magazine launch events in the Midwest.

• PCC Silver Trumpet Award
  Focus on You! – Employee or Member Relations
  Project to improve communications between physician owners and the 1,200 employees of the formerly independent Advocate Medical Group.

1996

• PCC Golden Trumpet Award
  Open Hearts, Minds and Doors – Public Service and Issues
  Public awareness and education campaign on behalf of Pathways Awareness Foundation to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities in church life.