Patti Parish-Kaminski proudly shows off the 2014 Gold MarCom Award won by absolutely! focus media for outstanding initiative in a Community Special Event with our GEMS of Fort Bend event. A national creative competition, MarCom winners range from individuals to Fortune 50 companies and is the largest competition of its kind with over 6,000 entries.
And the Winner is . . .
I’ll be the first to admit it: I love winning. And, it doesn’t really matter to me what it is. I am just as thrilled if I win $2 on a scratch off lottery ticket than if we win a major award here at the magazine. Winning gives you a sense of accomplishment; winning just plain feels good.
In this issue, we bring you a winning team: The Make-A-Wish Foundation. Our new neighbor, the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana Chapter of this organization who has granted more than 6,600 wishes to children diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition, is a winner. Under the guidance of CEO Teri Andrepont, this chapter’s winning team of Wish Coordinators is making dreams come true for children like Sugar Land’s Luke Thomas. Yes, the Make-A-Wish Foundation are winners, and they truly deserve accolades for all that they do.
Another Sugar Land winner is the Texana Children’s Center for Autism at Sugar Land. I recently had the opportunity to visit this brand new center where they are making great strides in the lives of children with autism. Our 2014 GEMS of Fort Bend event benefitted Texana, and what a thrill it was for me to see our hard-earned contribution at work helping these children. Check out a photo from my tour on page 64. And, it just so happens that we won a Gold MarCom Award for our original community event! Together, Texana and absolutely! focus media created a winning partnership for our community.
More winners at absolutely! focus media! Congratulations to Fort Bend Focus Cultural Correspondent Zeenat Kassam Mitha for being recognized for her board service for the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce at the Chairman’s Masquerade Ball. We’re proud of you Zeenat for all that you do for our community!
Rodeo means champions, and in this issue, we bring you the winners of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Champion Wine Garden. From sweet to sparkling to Texas, the winners in each category are showcased on page 73. And if wine doesn’t appeal to you, take a look at our 5 Things to Do with Girl Scout Cookies. I’m sure you can come up with a winning recipe.
The greatest football coach of all time Vince Lombardi said, “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” Here at absolutely! focus media, we will strive to keep up the habit of winning – to keep bringing you the award-winning people, places and happenings in our community. After all, we’re all about you – and we want to be on your winning team!
Stay focused!
editor@fortbendfocus.com
