The Manahan Group (TMG) recently walked away with four Gold ADDY Awards and one Silver at the 2006 Advertising Association of Charleston awards ceremony. The winners were:  SMART529’s direct mail campaign,
“The Essentials;” The Tinney Law Firm’s WV Day Card; Yeager Airport’s Fly Chicago print ad; and the Green Chili Shoot-out campaign.

The SMART529 Direct Mail campaign, “The Essentials,” took home one of the Gold Awards. SMART529 is West Virginia’s college savings plan.

The Tinney Law Firm’s West Virginia Day Card earned Gold in the Special Event Card category.

In the Consumer or Trade Publication – Full Page/Full Color category, the Fly Chicago (‘Da Fares) ad for Yeager Airport took top honors.

The 2006 Green Chili Shoot-out campaign won the Gold in the Public Service Mixed/Multi-Media Campaign category. The Green Chili Shoot-out is an annual event held at Charleston’s Capitol Market and sponsored by The Manahan Group. Proceeds from the event benefit Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
 
The Gold award winners will now be entered in the regional competition.

TMG earned a Silver award in the Newspaper Fractional Page Black & White category for Yeager Airport’s Fly Myrtle Beach ad.
 
With over 60,000 entries, the ADDY Awards are the world’s largest and arguably toughest advertising competition. The ADDY Awards represent the true spirit of creative excellence by recognizing all forms of advertising from media of all types, creative by all sizes and entrants of all levels from anywhere in the world. The American Advertising Federation (AAF), a not-for-profit industry association conducts the ADDY Awards through its 200 member advertising clubs and 15 districts. It is the only creative awards program administered by the advertising industry for the industry.

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