(Tampa, FL, April 27, 2015) For the fifth consecutive year, Marketing Direction has donated time and talent towards the MakeAWish Foundation’s annual Night of the Iguana charity event.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida, Suncoast Region, is hosting its 19th annual “Night of the Iguana” charity event. The event is scheduled for Friday, September 25 at TPepin’s Hospitality Centre. This annual event features live entertainment, including an array of performers, cocktails, live and silent auctions. Proceeds from the event go towards fulfilling the wishes of children with lifethreatening medical conditions.
Marketing Direction will be teaming up with Meg Huntley, Development and Events Coordinator, and providing logo, design and layout services for this year’s Fire & Ice themed event.
“We can’t wait to see Marketing Direction work their magic!” says Huntley. “Neil Blackburn, who heads up Marketing Direction’s creative team, always gives us something that we can really get excited about.”
About Marketing Direction
Marketing Direction provides parttime marketing executives to CEOs who can’t justify the expense of a full-time marketing executive. They provide their clients with a senior-level marketing consultant who acts as a key member of their clients’ executive team for up to two days a week. Marketing Direction provides complete marketing resources, from research and strategy to marketing plans, advertising, media buying, direct mail, and public relations support for both online and traditional marketing campaigns. Among the firm’s services are direct marketing, website design, search engine marketing, social media, creating and implementing webinars and workshops and developing sponsorship and partnership opportunities for its clients. For more information visit www.marketingdirection.com or call 888.495.4441.
About Make-A-Wish
Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children with lifethreatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. According to a 2011 U.S. study of wish impact, most health professionals surveyed believe a wishcometrue has positive impacts on the health of children. Kids say wishes give them renewed strength to fight their illness, and their parents say these experiences help strengthen the entire family. Headquartered in Phoenix, MakeAWish is one of the world’s leading children’s charities, serving children in every community in the United States and its territories. With the help of generous donors and more than 27,000 volunteers, MakeAWish grants a wish somewhere in the country every 37 minutes. It has granted more than 254,000 wishes since its inception in 1980; more than 14,200 in 2014 alone. Visit MakeAWish at www.wish.org to learn more.
