Our Clients

NEW VENTURE CHAMPIONSHIP

The New Venture Championship (NVC) is an international business plan competition hosted by the University of Oregon’s Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship. Teams from around the world present their innovative business plans to a panel of business experts for more than $70,000 in cash prizes, including a $25,000 prize for the first-place winner. The NVC’s nineteenth annual event will take place at the historic Multnomah Hotel – The Embassy Suites on April 8-10, 2010. AHPR will work with NVC to promote awareness, attendance, and media coverage of one of the nation’s premier business plan competitions.

RED ROVER

Red Rover is an innovative Web service that strives to help students connect and contribute to their college campus—opening new doors of opportunity and creating and strong sense of community. AHPR will work with Red Rover to drive adoption and usage by colleges across the country through extensive research on current student/campus relations, and by gathering feedback from students on what would help them better connect with their peers and their school. AHPR’s main goal is to introduce the Web site to students at the University of Oregon and have it become the main communication tool and directory for students, administration and campus organizations. Red Rover not only helps students connect with those in their same year, major and residence hall, but assists in finding campus groups and clubs for students to join based on their interests. Through Red Rover, colleges can reach out and suggest groups and activities specifically tailored toward each student’s individual personality and needs, enhancing a student’s college experience and creating a stronger, closer campus community.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate housing poverty and homelessness, has teamed up with AHPR to promote the grand opening of its 17th Oregon-based ReStore in Eugene this May. ReStores are outlets that accept donated home improvement goods for resale. Donated goods are priced affordably, sold to the general public and used to build Habitat homes. Building its 1,000th Oregon home in Springfield (to be completed on October 10, 2010), Habitat and the ReStore are dedicated to collaborating with the community. Collaborating with AHPR, the ReStore will promote the 1,000th home construction and create awareness about the ReStore to increase volunteers and donations.

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION

Each year, AHPR’s staff helps The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) put on its annual benefit dinner auction and golf classic, headlined by University of Oregon’s Athletic Director Mike Bellotti. AHPR creates the invitations, informational pieces and programs for each event. Our staff also contacts media in the area to promote the dinner auction and golf classic, and will volunteer at the event as well. This year the theme of the dinner auction is an Ultimate Tailgate Party. MDA is one of AHPR’s longest standing clients and is among the most well known non-profit organizations in Eugene. The dinner auction and golf classic draw members of the University of Oregon and Eugene community to raise funds for MDA. These funds provide the opportunity for children suffering from neuromuscular diseases to attend the annual MDA summer camp in Springfield, OR.

START MAKING A READER TODAY (SMART)

AHPR is delighted to collaborate with SMART (Start Making a Reader Today). In preparation for SMART’s annual fundraiser and to increase general awareness of the organization, AHPR will promote SMART within the Lane Country area, with a heavy focus on Eugene.  A new website, an awareness campaign through out the state and events such as a fundraiser at River Bend are some of the activities that AHPR will be involved in. SMART, a nonprofit reading program that is volunteer-based, empowers children (K-3) who are in need of literacy support though the advocacy of reading outside the classroom. In 2009, SMART was ranked sixth in the Portland Business Journal as the Most Admired Non-Profit Organization in Oregon.

JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART

AHPR brings fresh and cutting-edge perspectives to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Our team aims to increase membership and fuel awareness within the University of Oregon campus and community. As well as producing innovative public relations strategies, the AHPR team provides articulate research through observational assessments, ethnographic research and various other research methods.

Nestled in the heart of the University of Oregon campus, The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) is a treasure trove of distinguished art. With an immensely diverse collection of pieces that continuously cycle through the museum and various locations, visitors to JSMA will always find something new and exceptional to stimulate the artistic senses.

RECYCLE YOUR MAT

Eugene based Recycle Your Mat is a national yoga mat recycling organization that facilitates mat collection services across the US. The program keeps yoga mats out of landfills and supports US-based manufacturers by providing recycled materials for new product production. The AHPR Recycle Your Mat team works to spread awareness about RYM and its sustainable purpose within the national yoga community. Through the development of social media sites, increased coverage in yoga and sustainability publications and the creation of a University fitness center mat collection program, AHPR helps RYM further its mission of sustainability. Currently, the team is working to create multimedia content for the Recycle Your Mat website as well promoting a campaign for an Earth Day inspired mat collection.

OSU EXTENSION SERVICE

The Oregon State University Extension Service of Lane Couty helps to extend relevant, research-based knowledge and education from the university to the rest of the state. Extension has been promoting strong economies and communities in Lane County since 1914. It helps to provide useful information about sustainable resources, health for families and individuals, 4-H, home gardening, food preservation, farms and forestry and climate change. AHPR has been helping to promote the programs of this important organization to the rest of the Lane County community.

SAVE LANE EXTENSION

Allen Hall Public Relations will work with the Save Lane Extension Political Action Committee to alert Lane County voters to the importance of ballot measure 20-158. 20-158, which will appear on the May 18 ballot, will create a local option tax and re-establish funding the Oregon State University Extension Services in Lane County. Extension in Lane County provides valuable programs and resources for residents in the Eugene area. Master Gardener, Master Food Preserver, 4H Youth, Climate Masters, and study group programs help keep participants environmentally savvy and safely sustainable, which is especially important in our current economic climate.

AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS

The American Public Works Association is an international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies and individuals who are dedicated to providing preeminent public works goods and services. The American Public Works Association holds a program each year designed to honor the “Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year.” In order to receive this honor, a public works official with no less than 10 years of public works experience must be nominated by any governmental entity, group or individual for the award. Each nominating party must submit a nomination packet, which explores the nominee’s employment record, job-related technical and managerial accomplishments, initial and lifelong learning, publications and/or presentations, professional involvement, community service and awards. AHPR will work with the Oregon chapter of APWA to create this nominating packet for the chapter’s most recent nominee for this prestigious honor.