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AWARDS

Forest Park Forever and Denny Coleman, president and CEO of St. Louis County Economic Council are winners of the Missouri Growth Association’s 2009 Community Betterment Award.

Paul Hyland and Committed To Health Chiropractic Center were honored with Integrity Management’s Five Star Quality Service Award. The award was developed by Integrity Management as a means of promoting and publicizing superior chiropractic clinics that excel in patient treatment, customer service and professionalism.

The Hampton Inn of Litchfield, Ill., was honored with the company’s National Lighthouse Award designating it as one of the hotel chain’s top performing hotels among more than 1,600 Hampton properties.

Geotechnology Inc. — a provider of geotechnical and environmental engineering, materials testing and drilling — was honored with a Distinguished Service Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Missouri.

BRANCHING OUT

The Kerry Group, an experiential marketing and events promotions firm in St. Louis with clients locally, nationally and internationally, announced a reorganization to improve service focus, capabilities and efficiency for its national and global client programs.

The firm has formally established its new technology division, Kerry Group Interactive. The new division originated as a Kerry Group service enterprise after the acquisition of RG/RJ LLC, an Internet-based multimedia marketing intelligence, data research, distance learning and event services management firm, last year.

HELPING OUT

State Farm awarded a $30,000 grant to the American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter in Support of Community Disaster Education. This contribution supports the Red Cross lifesaving mission by providing funding for preparedness presentations that are available to individuals, businesses, schools and community organizations at no cost good credit score.

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri received a $4,000 grant from the Women’s Initiative for Health & Safety to provide interpreters and translation services for victims of domestic violence.

PohlmanUSA Court Reporting associates recently made 50 handcrafted Valentine cards and delivered them along with carnations to children staying at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center to celebrate the holiday.

The Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel recently presented a $635 check to the Gateway Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society from their "Beer vs. Wine" Dinner benefit event.

ON THE WEB

AMP Creative Company Inc. a full-service advertising, marketing and public relations firm, has developed and launched its new website, www.ampcreativeco.com. The website was developed to demonstrate AMP’s capabilities and showcase its portfolio of work to current and potential customers.

The Sister Soldier Project, a grass-roots effort that has shipped more than 1,000 care packages to black female U.S. troops serving in the Middle East, announced the launch of its official project-related consumer website: www.sistersoldierproject.com.

Compiled by Denice Santangelo

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