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Keep America Beautiful Honored with 3 More Industry Awards for Vision for America 2021 Event

April 15, 2022 · McCall Vrydaghs

Stamford, CT (April 15, 2022) – Keep America Beautiful® is proud to announce Vision for America 2021 has received three Hermes Creative Awards for the Vision for America 2021 live-streamed event.

Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards recognizes outstanding work in the industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals. Hermes Creative Awards is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, digital media production, and freelance professionals. AMCP oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges, and awards outstanding achievement and service to the profession.

The following Platinum awards were received:

  • Vision for America 2021 – Keep America Beautiful®, Category: Electronic Media/Social Media/Interactive Media – Video – Event
  • Abby Turpin – Emcee of Vision for America 2021 – Keep America Beautiful®, Category: Individual Achievement – Individual’s Specific Project Achievement
  • Vision for America 2021 – Keep America Beautiful®, Category: Strategic Campaigns – Public Relations/Communications – Live or Virtual Event

Judges for the Hermes Creative Awards are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. There were about 6,500 entries from throughout the United States and dozens of other countries in the Hermes Creative Awards 2022 competition. About 17 percent of entries won Platinum, the top award, and around 20 percent the Gold Award.

Vision for America 2021 is an annual fundraiser for Keep America Beautiful®. Live-streamed from Hatchways Workspace in Dallas, Texas on December 9, 2021, this year’s theme was “Celebrating Community” and launched our visionary 5-year plan to host the largest community celebration in America. Special thanks to project planner, Gabrielle DeFranceschi, and production company, Weymouth/Watson (opens in a new tab), for their assistance on the event to the Keep America Beautiful marketing/communications team.

As announced previously, Vision for America 2021 received six awards of excellence in the marketing and communications industry and for community service for Vision 2021. Read that story here:

Keep America Beautiful honored with 6 industry awards for Vision for America Live-Streamed Event

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