September 20, 2007
COLUMBIA, SC – RIGGS Advertising, a local marketing and advertising agency served nine Midlands and one Maryland nonprofit organization during its 24-hour round the clock creative blitz for charity. RIGGS hosted its tenth annual CreateAthon on September 14th and 15th providing selected nonprofits with pro bono marketing and creative services.

During CreateAthon RIGGS produced 64 projects for the 10 nonprofits with a market value of $278,000. The work included brochures, billboards, print ads, identity materials, marketing and public relations plans and television PSA’s.

CreateAthon 2006 recipients were:

“CreateAthon was developed to give nonprofit organizations access to professional marketing materials they otherwise would not be able to afford,” said RIGGS President and Creative Director Cathy Monetti. “I always am amazed at the energy and quality of work we produce during CreateAthon, and this year was no exception.”

With the help of local CreateAthon partners, all projects will be produced and printed at little or no charge to the nonprofits. Special recognition goes to Crowson Stone Printing, Mad Monkey Productions, George Fulton Photography, LAMAR, Mac Papers, Penny Dullaghan Illustration, Half & Half Design and Yesterday’s.

RIGGS expanded its CreateAthon program in 2001 by inviting advertising agencies across the country to participate in CreateAthon. Since that time, 40 agencies in the US and Canada have hosted CreateAthon in their respective markets. This national effort has assisted 833 nonprofits with 1,809 projects estimated at $7 million.

August 30, 2007
Nine Midlands and one Maryland nonprofit organization will be the beneficiaries of free advertising and marketing services provided by RIGGS Advertising in its tenth annual CreateAthon™. The 24-hour work-around-the-clock effort will begin Thursday, September 13th.

The agency expects to produce between 20 and 25 projects for the selected organizations, with an estimated market value of more than $125,000. RIGGS will partner for the tenth year with Crowon Stone Printing to provide free printing for the creative work.

The national CreateAthon effort, founded by RIGGS, began six years ago. Since that time, 45 advertising and marketing firms across the United States and Canada have joined the CreateAthon Network by hosting the creative marathon. For more information on CreateAthon, please visit www.createathon.org.

June 20, 2007
COLUMBIA, S.C. — RIGGS invites nonprofit organizations across South Carolina to submit applications for its tenth annual CreateAthon®, scheduled for September 13-14, 2007. CreateAthon is a 24-hour blitz during which RIGGS provides marketing and creative services to selected nonprofit organizations on a pro bono basis. Over the past nine years, the RIGGS CreateAthon event has provided marketing services to 112 nonprofit organizations throughout South Carolina, producing a total of 275 projects. The market value of the work produced during the events is estimated at $1.7 million, all provided at little or no cost to the selected nonprofits. “There is such great demand for marketing materials in the nonprofit sector,” said Cathy Monetti, president of RIGGS. “Every year, we are astonished and humbled by the work going on to support those in our community who are most in need.”

The round-the-clock creative and design work will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday. Work will be presented to the nonprofits Friday at 8 a.m. RIGGS will receive client changes Saturday morning at 8:00 and send the creative files to Crowson Stone Printing, where the materials will be printed at no charge to the nonprofit. Nonprofits are selected based on social mission, degree of need, type of project requested, and must be a registered 501c3. The deadline for CreateAthon 2007 applications is July 9th. Organizations selected by RIGGS to receive CreateAthon 2007 services will be announced July 31th. For more information or questions call (803) 799-5972. To download an application visit www.riggspeak.org

October 5, 2006
RIGGS, Inc., a local marketing and advertising agency served 10 nonprofit organizations in South Carolina and one in New Orleans during its 24-hour creative blitz for charity. RIGGS hosted its ninth annual CreateAthon® on September 14th and 15th providing selected nonprofits with pro bono marketing and creative services.

During CreateAthon®, RIGGS produced 32 projects for the 11 nonprofits with a market value of $210,000. The work included brochures, billboards, print ads, identity materials, marketing and public relations plans and a television PSA.

CreateAthon 2006 recipients:

“CreateAthon was developed to give nonprofit organizations access to professional marketing materials they otherwise would not be able to afford,” said RIGGS President and Creative Director Cathy Monetti. “I always am amazed at the energy and quality of work we produce during CreateAthon, and this year was no exception.”

With the help of local CreateAthon partners, all projects will be produced and printed at little or no charge to the nonprofits. Special recognition goes to Crowson Stone Printing, Mad Monkey Productions, PrintSouth, LAMAR and Mac Papers.

RIGGS expanded its CreateAthon program in 2001 by inviting advertising agencies across the country to participate in CreateAthon. Since that time, 40 agencies in the US and Canada have hosted CreateAthon in their respective markets. This national effort has assisted 833 nonprofits with 1,809 projects estimated at $7 million. For more information call (803) 799-5972 or visit riggs-createathon.com.

Founded in 1987, RIGGS is a full-service marketing, advertising and public relations firm. Major clients represented include those in the healthcare, financial, retail and economic development sectors.

August 24, 2006
Advertising agencies throughout North America will assist 17 New Orleans nonprofit organizations as beneficiaries during National CreateAthon® Week, scheduled for September 10-16, 2006.

In its fifth year, the national CreateAthon event is designed to generate pro bono marketing and creative services for nonprofit organizations by way of a 24-hour creative blitz. Advertising agency staffers work throughout the day and night to provide services such as conceptual development, copywriting and design on projects such as brochures, direct mail, outdoor, radio, television, identity and web development, public relations plans and others.

In addition to the New Orleans nonprofits, CreateAthon agencies will serve more than 150 nonprofits in their local communities during the program this year. The event expects to generate more than 300 projects valued at $1.2 million worth of free marketing and advertising services.

“The nonprofit community in New Orleans has taken an even bigger hit than most for-profit businesses,” said Joanne Gallinghouse, president of Gallinghouse and Associates in Covington, Louisiana, and a CreateAthon partner. “They've been hit by cuts from the government, property and personnel losses, cancellation of major fundraisers, and the loss of individual contributions. CreateAthon is a great way to give back to this sector.”

CreateAthon was founded in 1998 by RIGGS, a marketing and advertising agency headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. “We saw CreateAthon as a great way for people in our industry to lend their talent and passion to a vast number of social, environmental and educational causes,” said Catherine Monetti, RIGGS president and creative director. “We’re pleased to have agency partners all over the US and Canada volunteer to help nonprofits in the Gulf area restore and sustain their missions.”

Since the program’s expansion to an international effort in 2002, more than 40 advertising agencies from across the United States and Canada have become CreateAthon partners, assisting 685 nonprofits and producing 1,473 projects. The market value of the work produced during the 24-hour events has been estimated at $5.7 million, all at little or no cost to the nonprofits.

The list of CreateAthon 2006 partner agencies and their respective New Orleans nonprofits are:

Other CreateAthon partner agencies:

For more information on the CreateAthon program, call Alexa Godwin at 803.799.5972 or log onto the national website, www.createathon.org.

August 15, 2006

Ten South Carolina nonprofits and one New Orleans nonprofit will be the beneficiaries of free advertising and marketing services provided by RIGGS in its ninth annual CreateAthon®. The 24-hour work-around-the-clock effort will begin Thursday, September 14th.

The agency expects to produce between 20 and 25 projects for the selected organizations, with an estimated market value of more than $125,000.

The national CreateAthon effort, founded by RIGGS, began five years ago. Since that time, 40 advertising and marketing firms across United States, Canada and Puerto Rico have joined the CreateAthon Network by hosting the creative marathon. This year the Network will assist more than 15 nonprofits from hurricane-affected New Orleans. For more information on CreateAthon, please visit www.createathon.org.

Established in 1987, RIGGS provides a broad array of strategic planning services related to brand marketing. Major clients represented by RIGGS include those in healthcare, banking, economic development, professional services and retail sectors.