STRATFORD, CT, February 03, 2011 (Press-News.org) Each grant is for one free year of CyberAlert 5.0 Online News Monitoring Service. Award winners may also opt to receive CyberAlert's TV news monitoring service or social media monitoring services including blog monitoring, message board monitoring, online video monitoring and Twitter monitoring.
In announcing the award recipients, William J. Comcowich, president and CEO of CyberAlert stated: "We're very pleased that CyberAlert can effectively help these not-for-profit organizations monitor their public relations successes as they carry on their vital services."
The total retail value of this year's grants exceeds $75,000. Since starting the PR Grants program in 2004, CyberAlert has awarded a total of 160 media monitoring grants to not-for-profit organizations with a retail value of more than $450,000.
The 2011 award recipients are located in eight different states -- California (4), Georgia (2), Michigan, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas (2), Virginia, the District of Columbia (2) -- and two Canadian provinces, Ontario and British Columbia (2). The recipients are mainly smaller not-for-profit organizations in health, education and civil rights.
The following organizations are CyberAlert's 2011 Public Relations grant recipients:
Adelante U.S. Education Leadership Fund
San Antonio, TX
http://www.adelantefund.org
Through scholarships, internships and leadership development, strives to inspire the best and brightest Latino college students to graduate and lead.
Black Business & Professional Association
Ontario, Canada
http://www.bbpa.org
Advances the Black community by facilitating the delivery of programs that support business and professional excellence, higher education and economic development.
BrainTrust Canada
British Columbia
http://www.braintrustcanada.com
Dedicated to brain injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
Children's Burn Foundation
California
http://www.childburn.org
Dedicated to preventing burn injuries in children and to giving children who have suffered severe burns the opportunity to reach their full potential physically, psychologically and socially.
CORE Performance Company
Georgia
http://www.COREdance.org
Professional dance organization in it's 30th Season that creates, performs and presents contemporary dance across the country and throughout the world, and is dedicated to opening channels of communication and education between the artist and the community.
Girls on the Run International
North Carolina
http://www.girlsontherun.org
Girls on the Run, located in more than 173 cities across the US and Canada, inspires 3rd through 8th grade girls to stay true to themselves and live free from societal stereotypes. The 12-week after-school curriculum innovatively weaves training for a 5k run with lessons that empower girls to celebrate their bodies, honor their voices and embrace their gifts.
InterAction
Washington, DC
http://www.interaction.org
The largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world's poor and most vulnerable people. Provides a forum for leading NGOs, global thought leaders and policymakers to address international challenges collectively.
Maccabi Games /Kaiserman JCC
Pennsylvania
http://www.phillyjcc.com/
The JCC Maccabi Games are a week-long international sporting event for Jewish athletes' ages 13-16 held each year in North America. Team Philadelphia, one of the largest delegations participating in the Games each year, is comprised of athletes from all over the Philadelphia area and its suburbs.
The LAGRANT Foundation
California
http://www.lagrant.com
Aims to increase the number of ethnic minorities in the fields of advertising, marketing and public relations by providing scholarships, career development workshops, mentors and internships to undergraduate and graduate students.
MedShare
Georgia
http://www.medshare.org
Delivers medical supplies to underserved populations around the world while lessening the impact of medical waste in the U.S.
National Center for Manufacturing
Michigan
http://www.ncms.org
Collaborative research and development consortium to create innovative new technologies, translate research results into real-world applications, and revitalize manufacturing in the U.S.
National Research Center for Women and Families
Washington, DC
http://www.center4research.org
Promotes the health and safety of women, children and families, by using objective, research-based information to encourage new, more effective programs and policies.
One by One
South Carolina
http://www.onebyonesafehaven.org
Promotes infant abandonment laws and supports efforts to prevent infant, baby and newborn abandonment through safe-haven relinquishment and by encouraging women to make the right choice for themselves and their babies, whether it is a safe-haven relinquishment, adoption, or parenting.
PEACE OUTside Campus
New York
http://www.PeaceOutsideCampus.org
Dedicated to promoting safe living environments in off-campus college communities by empowering students to be proactive in safeguarding themselves against crime and violence.
Society for Public Health Education
Washington, D.C.
http://www.sophe.org
Professional association of health education professionals and students promotes healthy behaviors, communities and environments. Currently focuses on policies to reduce tobacco use.
Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE)
California
http://www.seeintl.org
Provides medical, surgical and educational services by volunteer ophthalmic surgeons to restore sight to disadvantaged blind individuals worldwide.
Texas Organ Sharing Alliance
Texas
http://www.txorgansharing.org
One of 58 independent, federally designated Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) in the United States dedicated to educating and providing organ donation and recovery services to families wishing to donate and to those waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. (All 58 organ procurement organizations are eligible to participate in the grant.)
United Nations University
Japan
http://www.unu.edu
Through collaborative research, capacity development, and advisory services, contributes to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States.
Verified Voting Foundation
California
http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/
Promotes trustworthy elections in the digital age through technical data and expertise on election technologies and procedures. Works to insure that voting systems are legitimately recountable and verifiable.
Youth Impact Program
Virginia
http://www.youthimpactprogram.org
Helps with issues that face middle school students in inner-city public schools through academic support, guidance counseling, character development, and social interaction activities. Students also go through football training, taught by NCAA and NFL coaches.
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In announcing the twenty grant recipients for 2011, Mr. Comcowich affirmed the company's continued support of the PR grants program. "The PR Grants program is our way of giving back to the PR community that has helped us become a leading worldwide media monitoring company. We intend to continue the grants program for many years to come," he said.
Over 150 not-for-profit organizations applied to CyberAlert this year for the PR grants.
A list of previous PR Grant Recipients is available on the CyberAlert Website. Grant applications are accepted throughout the year and reviewed at the end of the year.
Contact:
William J. Comcowich
President and CEO
203-375-7200
About CyberAlert:
Founded in 1999, CyberAlert (http://www.cyberalert.com/) is a worldwide news monitoring, press clipping, broadcast monitoring, social media monitoring and media measurement service. Its CyberAlert 5.0 worldwide news monitoring service monitors and delivers news clips from over 55,000 online news sources each day in 250+ languages in 191 countries. The company's TV broadcast news monitoring service monitors the closed caption text of over 2,100 news programs on over 600 TV stations in the Top 100 markets in the United States. The company's social media monitoring service its NetPinions service monitors over 100,000 Web message boards and UseNet news groups for consumer insight about companies, products, key issues and trends and its BlogSquirrel blog monitoring service monitors over 7 million blog postings each day from a total of 75+ million blogs worldwide. The CyberAlert VDO online video monitoring service monitors 200+ video sharing sites and the company also monitors Twitter. Additional information about CyberAlert services is available at http://www.cyberalert.com
20 Not-for-Profit Organizations to Receive Free Media Monitoring Service from CyberAlert
CyberAlert, Inc. today announced the award of 20 Public Relations (PR) Grants for 2011 to Not-for-Profit Organizations in the United States Canada and Japan.
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[Press-News.org] 20 Not-for-Profit Organizations to Receive Free Media Monitoring Service from CyberAlertCyberAlert, Inc. today announced the award of 20 Public Relations (PR) Grants for 2011 to Not-for-Profit Organizations in the United States Canada and Japan.