Award of Excellence: Sharing A Message of Hope: 2023 Annual Report

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Union Gospel Mission — Inland Northwest | Spokane, Washington
Vendor/Designer: Union Gospel Mission Team

Judge’s Comments: The creative size of this annual report packs a punch, utilizing strong visuals, including maps, infographics, and graphs, interspersed with images and text. With an innovative blend of warm content and bold photography, it appeals to a variety of stakeholders, whether financial donors, volunteers, or the community at large. The report comprehensively covers all the bases with great organization and consistent branding.

Award of Merit: Your Impact Transforms Lives: 2023 Annual Report

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Springs Rescue Mission | Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vendor/Designer: Springs Rescue Mission — Cameron Moix & Ashton Maddox

Award of Excellence: Every Life Has A Purpose: 2022 Annual Report

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Victory Mission + Ministry | Springfield, Missouri
Vendor/Designer: Victory Mission + Ministry — Mindy McDonald

Judge’s Comments: With fantastic branding and visual elements, the clean layout and use of strong colors in this annual report make it feel encouraging and motivating. It delivers valuable information to stakeholders with transparency by featuring engaging photos, text, and graphic statistics, while also incorporating specific prayer points for each of the programs.

Award of Merit: Your Mission, Your Impact: 2023 Annual Report

Modesto Gospel Mission | Modesto, California
Vendor/Designer: Modesto Gospel Mission — Tom Matthew

Award of Excellence: Thanksgiving Paper Plate

The Rescue Mission | Fort Wayne, Indiana
Vendor/Designer: The Rescue Mission — Blake Douglas

Judge’s Comments: This piece is a powerful and creative piece with the unexpected paper plate unfolding out of a Thanksgiving-themed brochure. The colors and tones, use of white space, and highly engaging text all lend themselves to a strongly branded and beautifully executed home run brochure with a clear call to action.

Award of Merit: Good Samaritan Sponsor

Springs Rescue Mission | Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vendor/Designer: Springs Rescue Mission — Cameron Moix & Ashton Maddox

Award of Excellence: General Brochure

Long Beach Rescue Mission | Long Beach, California
Vendor/Designer: Jeff Riley, Rubix & Joel Lueb, Bigger Dot

Judge’s Comments: The creative folder approach in combination with beautiful photography, amazing composition, visual depth, and monochromatic lighting all provoke a powerful response from the reader. The brochure shares a strong message, providing a strong contrast between need and provision, while simultaneously offering the promise of hope in desperate circumstances.

Award of Merit: Mission Overview

Kokomo Rescue Mission | Kokomo, Indiana
Vendor/Designer: Kokomo Rescue Mission — Kasey Woolslare

Award of Excellence: Living by the Light, Fall 2023

Judge’s Comments: The clever newsletter name demonstrates strong branding that entices the reader in to explore the excellent storytelling with mission updates, opportunities to engage, event announcements, and real stories and milestones. The clean layout, excellent choice of typography, and beautiful photos all give the piece an overall visual appeal.

Award of Merit: MTM Newsletter, December 2023

Mel Trotter Ministries | Grand Rapids, Michigan
Vendor/Designer: Mel Trotter Ministries — Hannah Miedema

Award of Excellence: Real Change, July 2023

Redwood Gospel Missions | Santa Rosa, California
Vendor/Designer: Oneicity

Judge’s Comments: This brochure utilizes a clean layout, with strategic use of white space, to offer a warm feel that gives the material room to breathe. Well-organized content and compelling themes engage the reader, providing calls to action and valuable updates about happenings at the mission, as well as enlightening stories of transformed lives.

Award of Merit: Hope Lives Here, Summer 2023

Philly House | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vendor/Designer: Jen Li Designs

Award of Excellence: "Forgotten to Found"

Phoenix Rescue Mission | Phoenix, Arizona
Photographer: Scott Streble

Judge’s Comments: This photograph captures an unpublicized, vulnerable moment that truly represents so much of what Citygate Network members do in reaching out to the lost and the least with compassionate and dignity. With the anonymous recipient’s face cloaked in darkness, the image has strong composition, both artistically and technically, without looking staged.

Award of Merit: "Blessed Family"

City Rescue Mission | Jacksonville, Florida
Photographer: BDI

Award of Excellence: "Hopeful Eyes"

Oliver Gospel Mission | Columbia, South Carolina
Photographer: David Uttley

"Resilience"

"A Moment of Learning"

Award of Excellence: "Hope. Healing. Rescue."

Light of Life Rescue Mission | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Vendor/Producer/Director: Pitt Street Creative — Jordan Kepner

Judge’s Comments: The short video’s energetic pace and music, as well as the opening use of scripture, all confirm the work the mission does and celebrate those it serves. The variety of camera angles, including bird’s eye view, direct, and candid, all capture great shots and nicely incorporate impactful statistics that effectively communicate the various facets of the ministry.

Award of Merit: "Reselling Goods, Rebuilding Lives"

Union Gospel Mission — Inland Northwest | Spokane, Washington
Vendor/Producer/Designer: Union Gospel Mission Team

Award of Excellence: "Save a Life, Secure a Future"

Modesto Gospel Mission | Modesto, CA
Vendor/Producer/Director: Cristian Muñoz

Judge’s Comments: This visually cohesive video offers a clear and compelling message toward a powerful message of hope. The changing font color creates impact, and the strategic ending effectively channels the viewer forward into next steps.

Award of Merit: "It’s About Us"

Philly House | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vendor/Producer/Director: Veracity Studios

Award of Excellence: "Liz’s Restoration Story"

Knox Area Rescue Ministries | Knoxville, Tennessee
Vendor/Producer/Director: Westfall Gold

Judge’s Comments: This powerful testimonial utilizes organized storytelling to capture the journey of addiction, including the impact, the restoration process, the support system, and the resulting redemption. The transitions, camera angles, musical accompaniment, and compelling visuals all contribute to the strong emotional impact that evokes not only a response of compassion, but of hope.

Award of Merit: "A New Beginning"

Light of Life Rescue Mission | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Vendor/Producer/Director: Pitt Street Creative — Jordan Kepner

Award of Excellence: "Gospel Village: A Story of Hope" Documentary Trailer

Gospel Inc. | Lakeland, Florida
Vendor/Producer/Director: Gospel Inc. & The Collection Media

Judge’s Comments: The creative audio and video aspects of this documentary trailer dynamically capture moments, sights, sounds, smells, and feelings that brilliantly draw the viewer in to a strong picture of beauty in brokenness. By incorporating the community and city officials into the stories and images, the response to homelessness becomes more than just a mission issue.

Award of Merit: "This is Outreach"

Outreach | Indianapolis, Indiana
Vendor/Producer/Director: Chitwood Media

Award of Excellence: www.miraclehill.org

Miracle Hill Ministries | Greenville, South Carolina
Vendor/Designer: Miracle Hill Ministries — Susan Pottberg & Engenius

Judge’s Comments: Clients, donors, and community members can all navigate this website with ease. It loads quickly and responsively across devices and browsers and offers an educational use of statistics for branding, messaging, and informational purposes. Social media and app features have strong invitations, and the video montage provides a great overview of the organization’s scope of services and ministry.

Award of Merit: www.evansvillerescuemission.org

Evansville Rescue Mission | Evansville, Indiana
Vendor/Designer: BDI

Award of Excellence: www.outreachindiana.org

Outreach | Indianapolis, Indiana
Vendor/Designer: Hello This Is Jeff Design

Judge’s Comments: This website radiates personality, interspersing an abbreviated amount of powerful and poignant text with strong visuals and video. Thanks to well laid out Information and innovative features, the viewer can immediately engage and connect in a variety of ways. Navigation across the site offers quick response times and a positive user experience.

Award of Merit: www.butterescuemission.org

Butte Rescue Mission | Butte, Montana
Vendor/Designer: Zealot Branding

Award of Excellence: www.facebook.com/FargoNLC
Instagram @fargonlc

New Life Center | Fargo, North Dakota
Social Media Manager: New Life Center — Lauren Torkelson & Andrea Feigum

Judge’s Comments: The social media employed by this member mission engages visitors with great storytelling and innovative content that celebrates guests, volunteers, and the community. The use of various fonts and highlighted text and the “featured” pins present different information in an attractive and eye-catching way. The sites include strong branding and a great use of Scripture.

Award of Merit: @SpringsRescueMission

www.facebook.com/springsrescuemission/
Instagram @springsrescuemission

Springs Rescue Mission | Colorado Springs, Colorado
Social Media Manager: Springs Rescue Mission Communications Team

Award of Excellence: @SpringfieldVictoryMission

www.facebook.com/SpringfieldVictoryMission
Instagram @springfieldvictorymission

Victory Mission + Ministry | Springfield, Missouri
Social Media Manager: Victory Mission + Ministry — Silas Garrison

Judge’s Comments: This member mission sets a benchmark for excellence in social media marketing, creating interactive sites that celebrate guests and events and spreading awareness about homelessness and ways to get involved. The grateful and positive messaging represents the organization well and supports the strong branding throughout the site.

Award of Merit: @butterescuemission

www.facebook.com/ButteRescueMission
Instagram @butterescuemission

Butte Rescue Mission | Butte, Montana
Social Media Manager: Butte Rescue Mission — Tatum Curry

Award of Excellence: Kids Ninja Challenge

Miracle Hill Ministries | Greenville, South Carolina
Vendor/Designer: Miracle Hill Ministries — Susan Pottberg

Judge’s Comments: The Kids Ninja Challenge logo illustrates exactly what it represents in a fun and creative way. Simple and full of vitality, it shows movement and originality, specific to the event.

Award of Merit: Art + Experience Auction

Mel Trotter Ministries | Grand Rapids, Michigan
Vendor/Designer: Mel Trotter Ministries — Hannah Miedema

Award of Excellence: Outreach, End Youth Homelessness

Outreach | Indianapolis, Indiana
Vendor/Designer: Hello This Is Jeff Design

Judge’s Comments: This logo shows strong branding, providing a memorable and succinct visual of what the organization does. The cross stands out with a nice choice of font and typography.

Award of Merit: Hope for Modesto

Modesto Gospel Mission | Modesto, California
Vendor/Designer: Modesto Gospel Mission — Tom Matthew

Honorable Distinction: 100th Anniversary Photo Book

City Union Mission | Kansas City, Missouri
Vendor/Producer/Director: City Union Mission Team