The Manahan Group (TMG) led the field at the 2004 Addy Awards with five (5) golds and seven (7) silvers, presented at the annual Advertising Association of Charleston banquet Thursday, Feb. 11, at the University of Charleston.

The awards recognized the agency's work for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (Raze anti-tobacco and STD prevention), The National Governor's Association, Gov. Joe Manchin's inauguration, and for an ad promoting the agency itself.

The awards included the following (categories are listed in parentheses):

Gold Awards:

Raze Handbook:  Be An Activist (Public Service Collateral Poster)

STD: Hot Burning Love (Public Service Collateral Poster)

Razing Awareness Video (Public Service Broadcast/Electronic Audio/Visual)

STD: Let's Get It On Condom and Wrapper (Public Service Direct Marketing/Specialty)

The Manahan Group: Raze Results (Creative Services Interactive)

Silver Awards:

The Manahan Group:  Four Out of Five Clients Agree (Creative Services Print)

STD: Reality Bites (Public Service Collateral Poster)

STD: Reality Bites (Public Service Print Newspaper)

STD: Hot Burning Love (Public Service Print Newspaper)

STD: Hot Burning Love Campaign (Public Service Local Campaign)

National Governor's Association Brochure (Political Collateral Brochure)

Joe Manchin III Inaugural Invitation (Political Collateral Cards/Invitations)

TMG President George Manahan said, "We're gratified that our work has both accomplished our clients' communications goals and been recognized by our peers for its outstanding creativity and design.  We recognize that we don't accomplish award-winning campaigns on our own.  It takes an involved client partner.  These awards are a testament to the great clients we have the privilege to work with each day."

The competition is sponsored by the Advertising Association of Charleston, and all entries are judged by out-of-state communications professionals.

The Manahan Group is a marketing and public relations agency specializing in the health care, transportation, government, and tourism industries.