[June 12, 2013]

Publicity Club of New England Honors Public Relations Excellence at the 45th Annual Bell Ringers Award Ceremony

The Publicity Club of New England, the region's oldest not-for-profit public relations trade organization, today announced the winners of its 45^th Annual Bell Ringer Awards competition. The awards ceremony, held on Monday, June 10 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Mass., honored public relations and communications professionals from more than 85 agencies and organizations across New England demonstrating superior excellence in public relations and communication initiatives.

Members of the Board of Directors of Publicity Club of New England prepare for the 45th Annual Bell Ringer Award Ceremony (Photo: Business Wire)

The Platinum Super Bell Award, presented to the organization that executed the best communications campaign of the year, went to Rainier Communications for How to Crowd-Fund a Supercomputer: PR Blitz Drives Highest-Funded Hardware Kickstarter Project.

"We are so honored to have our campaign recognized as this year's Platinum Super Bell winner," said Steve Schuster, CEO, Rainier Communications. "This is just one example of the great work our team does on a daily basis. We wouldn't have been able to accept this award without their consistent hard work and dedication to each of our clients. We thank the Publicity Club for this prestigious award."

Platinum Super Bell finalists included Cone Communications, Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, Schwartz MSL Boston and 360 PR. The evening's top winners were Cone Communications with 11 awards, Schneider Associates with 10 awards and PAN Communications with nine awards.

In addition to recognizing the exceptional work of communications teams across the region, the Club honored Michal Regunberg, senior vice president, Solomon McCown, with the 2013 John J. Molloy Crystal Bell Lifetime Achievement Award for her significant achievements in the industry.

"I am humbled and honored to receive the Crystal Bell Lifetime Achievement Award," said Regunberg. "In doing so, I am making a note to self: Lifetime Achievement doesn't mean your career is over. It's a look back, not ahead."

The Club also presented two professional awards: the Striker Award and the Ringer Award. The Striker Award recognizes a practitioner who demonstrated an early love of the field, a dedication to their career and a superior work ethic. This year, Alex Parks of Fresh Ground was chosen as the recipient for excelling in the communications industry in a very short period of time and surpassing other newcomers in the organization and in the field.

The Ringer Award honors a practitioner who demonstrated steady and significant progress in impacting his or her agency, company or practice and the New England PR community since entering the field of public relations. This year, the award was presented to Meredith D'Agostino of 451 Marketing.

The Club continued its annual student scholarship program by awarding the 2013 William Cavanaugh Student Grant to Boston University student Michael DeFilippis for his superior academic achievement.

The Bell Ringer Awards ceremony was emceed by Kennedy Elsey, co-host for Mix 104.1's morning show "Karson & Kennedy." For this year's charity auction recipient, Kennedy selected the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC), which is committed to ending sexual violence through healing and social change.

The Publicity Club of New England would also like to thank Platinum Sponsor NAPS, Gold Sponsor PR Newswire; Silver Sponsors Business Wire, DS Simon, StatePoint Media and Synaptic Digital; and additional supporters Entertainment Cruises, Hailo, Lunchpail Productions and Rosie's Bakery.

About the Publicity Club of New England
Founded in 1949, The Publicity Club of New England is the region's oldest not-for-profit public relations trade organization. The Publicity Club strives to promote and encourage involvement in the communications industry and specifically the professions of public relations, promotions and marketing. Additional information about monthly Publicity Club programs, social and networking events, the "Bell Ringer" blog, up-to-date Job Bank and the 2011 Bell Ringer Awards Ceremony, including a complete list of last year's winners, can be found on the Club's Web site at www.pubclub.org.

About the Bell Ringer Awards
In 1969, on The Publicity Club of New England's 20^th anniversary, the Bell Ringer Awards program was instituted to recognize public relations work which demonstrates excellence in creative planning and professional education and exhibits a high degree of success in reaching predetermined objectives. Open to all New England practitioners, the program symbolizes one of the greatest tributes in any field of endeavor - the recognition of superior performance by one's peers.

2013 Bell Ringers Awards
Winners List

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