Del Oro 2008

The Bright Shawl hosted Del Oro Awards celebration in May 2008.

Del Oro Awards for Individual Excellence

  • Kelly Morris, APR, Tex Taylor LIfetime Achievement
  • Kami Watson Huyse, APR, PR Professional of the Year
  • Randy Escamilla, Horizon
  • Adriana R. Garcia, Community Service

Awards of Excellence and Merit

Due to the format of the presentation in 2008, we don’t have clear designations on which awards were merit and which were excellence. We apologize to the winners but the records for this year have been lost.

El Bronce 

Newsletters

  • Pay Day Plus
  • CPS Energy
  • Lisa Lewis and Barbara Burns

Magazines

  • Broadcaster
  • CPS Energy
  • Pam Maris, Paul Gannon, Frank Jimenez and Vincent McDonald


Magazines

  • The “Times” They Are a-changin’”
  • KCI
  • Veronica Laurel

Special Purpose Publications

  • OLLU Media Guide
  • Our Lady of the Lake University
  • Patty Constantin and Drew Guion

Special Purpose Publications

  • San Antonio Opera Presents Placido Domino in Concert – Media Guide
  • Creative Civilization

Video News Release

  • 8-1-1 Call Before You Dig
  • CPS Energy
  • Theresa Brown, Cortez, Rolando Romero and Gary Chavez

Video Programs

  • Quepasa.com Marketing/Sales Video
  • Creative Civilization 

Video Programs

  • 9th Annual Installation Banquet Video
  • Creative Civilization
  • San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Video Programs

  • Eva’s Heroes Marketing Video
  • Creative Civilization

Video Programs

  • Video News Item Program
  • CPS Energy
  • Gary Chavez

Feature Story

  • Bikers Band Together to End Abuse
  • CPS Energy
  • Pam Maris, Vincent McDonall and Frank Jimenez 

Feature Story

  • UFC ESPN Deportes Feature Story
  • inHouse PR 

Speeches

  • Leading an Academic Health Science Center into the 21st Centure
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
  • Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, Barbara Cigarroa and Tina Luther 

Interactive Communication

  • HSC News and inside-dot-news Communications Package
  • University Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Rosanne D. Fohn, Natalie Gutierrez and Rene Torres 

Interactive Communication

  • Our Site Meets the Needs of Women At All Ages and Stages
  • Methodist Healthcare System
  • Palmira Arellano and Bonnie Munroe

Interactive Communications

  • OLLU 2007 Holiday E-Appeal
  • Our Lady of the Lake University
  • Patty Constantin and Mary Parra 

Special Purpose Publications

  • Taking Employee Benefits Sirus-ly
  • Sirius Computer Solutions
  • Irene Hahn


Special Purpose Publications 

  • Report to Stakeholders: Power 5
  • CPS Energy
  • Bob McCullough, APR, Vincent McDonald and Mark Hill 


La Plata Awards

Community Relations

  • Save Our Streets Team
  • Corpus Christi Police Department 


Community Relations 

  • Connecting the Dots: Job Shadowing Program
  • CPS Energy and Communities in Schools 
  • Irma Orozco 


Special Events and Observances

  • Greehey $25 Million Gift Celebration
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
  • Jacquelyn Pfeiffer and Tina Luther 


Special Events and Observances 

  • San Antonio Opera Present Placido Domingo in Concert 
  • Creative Civilization


Special Events and Observances

  • Prayer Service for Children
  • Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
  • Randy Escamilla and Sister Walter Maher 


Special Events and Observances

  • OLLU 2007 Literary Festival 
  • Our Lady of the Lake University 
  • Patty Constantin and Drew Guion 


Special Events and Observances 

  • Eva’s Heroes Inaugural Celebrity Golf Tournament 
  • Creative Civilization 


Marketing Consumer Products, Services or Business to Business

  • GVTC Scores with NFL Network and Dallas Cowboys 
  • GVTC
  • Bruce Forey


Marketing Consumer Products, Services or Business to Business

  • Wonka Art
  • Bromley Communications
  • Deborah Vallejo 


Marketing Consumer Products, Services or Business to Business

  • 2007 Environmental Campaign
  • CPS Energy 
  • Lynn Nowak, Vincent McDonald and Frank Jimenez 


Marketing Consumer Products, Services or Business to Business

  • Coaster Launch Campaign 
  • Sea World San Antonio and Kami Watson Huyse, APR, My PR Pro


Crisis Communications 

  • 2007 Ice Storm Proactive and Reactive Response 
  • CPS Energy 
  • Bob McCullough, APR, Theresa Brown Cortez, Rolando Romero, and Lisa Lewis


Internal Communications 

  • It’s all about ME
  • Methodist Health Care Systems
  • Palmira Arellano and Claudia Williams 


Public Service and Public Affairs 

  • Leading an Academic Health Center in the 21st Century 
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
  • Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, Barbara Cigarroa and Tina Luther 


Public Service and Public Affairs 

  • Talk it Up Means Talking it Out
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
  • Dr. Roberto Villarreal 


Annual Reports

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas
  • Tina Garza


Media Kits

  • Awareness Campaign for the Laredo Campus Extension 
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
  • Rosanne D. Fohn

Direct Mail and Direct Response 

  • Plan to Stop by and Visit Us!
  • Planned Parenthood Inc. 
  • Sandy Doughton


Feature Story 

  • Plant Shed Light on Age-Old Quest
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
  • Will Sansom