Loma Linda University Health’ s online newsletter, News of the Week, received a Polaris Award on Nov. 19 from the California Inland Empire Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Heather Reifsnyder is editor of News of the Week.
The 2013 Annual Report for Adventist Health International also won a Polaris Award. The project is done under the direction of Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, president of both Loma Linda University Health and Adventist Health International*. Dustin R. Jones, MA, edited the publication.
According to Inland Empire Chapter of Public Relations Society of America, “Our annual Polaris Awards recognize the very best in public relations tactics and programs that successfully incorporate sound research, planning, execution and evaluation. These awards represent the highest standards of performance in the public relations profession in the Inland Empire.”
Formed in 1965, the Inland Empire Chapter of Public Relations Society of America serves San Bernardino and Riverside counties. PRSA, headquartered in New York City, is the world's largest professional organization for public relations professionals, with nearly 20,000 members, organized into 117 chapters nationwide, who represent business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations.
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* Adventist Health International (AHI) is a multinational nonprofit corporation with headquarters in Loma Linda, California. AHI has been established to provide coordination, consultation, management, and technical assistance to hospitals and health care services operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, primarily in developing countries.