C.Fox Communications Announces N Street Village as 2010 Inspired Thought Award Recipient

Silver Spring, MD-based PR and Marketing Agency to Provide $20,000 in Pro Bono PR Services to the Washington, D.C. Nonprofit Serving Homeless and Low-Income Women

SILVER SPRING, Md., April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- C.Fox Communications (C.Fox), a Silver Spring, MD-based public relations and marketing agency, today announced N Street Village as its 2010 inspired thought Award (it Award) winner.  The D.C.-based nonprofit, which serves homeless and low-income women as they move to maximum self-sufficiency, exemplifies C.Fox's most important criterion for the it Award winner: what they do, they do for the good of others.

"After reviewing more than 35 applications from around the country, we are proud to select N Street Village for this year's pro bono award," said Carrie Fox, President of C.Fox Communications. "N Street Village's mission really resonated with us.  Their model of care, the life changing work that they do, and their need and desire to tell that story is what moved us.  Not only is this a mission-driven organization based in our own backyard, but as a woman-owned business ourselves we look forward to supporting this wonderful organization run by women, for women."  

The it Award announcement comes after a three-month long application and selection process that demonstrated the incredible need of mission-driven organizations locally and across the country.  Among the finalists were:  Arlington, VA-based Reading Connection; Washington, D.C.-based Kid Power, Inc.; Los Angeles, CA-based All for Good; and Washington, D.C.-based KaBOOM!

"While we feel that N Street Village is well-known and respected within the nonprofit social services arena, we aren't as well positioned in the philanthropic community," said Mary Funke, Executive Director of N Street Village.  "We are extraordinarily pleased that C.Fox Communications has chosen to work with us on strengthening community awareness and support.  We are impressed by the C.Fox staff, their commitment to nonprofits, and look forward to working with them."

Services offered through the award include: Strategy, Writing/Messaging, Media Relations, Branding, and Social Media.  

"Like many organizations, N Street Village must be strategic and creative to survive in a down economy.  We look forward to creating an impactful communications campaign on their behalf, helping to ensure that N Street Village will continue to make a difference in the lives of so many women in our community," said Fox.

About C.Fox Communications:

C.Fox Communications is a small, award-winning, woman-owned business based in Silver Spring, MD that serves mission-driven organizations through the development and implementation of smart PR and marketing strategies that increase awareness, drive business growth and deliver client stories in a memorable way.  Since 2004, C.Fox has been providing public relations and marketing services to a range of for-profit and nonprofit enterprises in a variety of industries, including environmental, education, health and wellness, and child and youth services, as well as membership associations, embassies, and international non-governmental organizations.  As of December 2009, the agency is also listed as an approved vendor by the General Services Administration (GSA) to serve executive agencies, federal government agencies and other specially classified organizations. Learn more at www.cfoxcommunications.com or follow C.Fox on Twitter @cfoxcomm.

About N Street Village:

N Street Village was founded in 1973 and is a community of respect, recovery and hope.  The mission of N Street Village is to empower homeless and low-income women to claim their highest quality of life and optimal degree of self-sufficiency. The nearly 900 women served by N Street Village each year – approximately one-third of the population of homeless women in D.C. – face multiple challenges, including mental illness, addiction, and chronic health problems, and other risks. N Street Village supports the efforts of these women to make and maintain positive changes in their lives, particularly in the areas of housing, income, employment, and health (mental, physical, and addiction recovery), by providing a self-contained continuum of services, including meals and clothing, shelter and housing, case management, physical health care, mental health care, and education and employment training and support.  With a staff of 45 full and part-time people, N Street Village is aided by more than 300 volunteers each year. For more information, visit: www.nstreetvillage.org.

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