07 MAY 2008

Shepherd takes home 13 regional ADDY® Awards

Jacksonville, Florida (May 7, 2008) - The Robin Shepherd Group won 13 regional ADDY® awards for its work across a variety of industries at last week's District Four ADDY Awards celebration in St. Petersburg. Eight Gold and five Silver ADDYs were presented to the nationally-recognized agency.

"We are so proud to have received such high honors at this level of the ADDY competition," said Robin Shepherd, President and CEO of The Robin Shepherd Group. "It is always nice to be recognized for our creative work and we look forward to participating in the national competition."

The Robin Shepherd Group won Gold ADDY Awards for its Centex Homes - Willowcove campaign, a promotion for The Florida Times-Union's "Dare to Ask" column and poster campaigns for the First Coast Surfriders and Jacksonville Film Festival.

Silver ADDY Awards were taken home for the agency's work on the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' billboard campaign, other Jacksonville Film Festival works, a holiday notecard promotion for The Robin Shepherd Group and a gallery tour promotion for the J. Johnson Gallery in Jacksonville Beach.

The ADDY Awards is the largest creative competition in the country with about 55,000 local entries competing in over 200 cities coast-to-coast. Over 1,500 national finalists will compete in the national ADDY awards.

The Robin Shepherd Group is an award-winning full service marketing, public relations and interactive firm that has offices in Jacksonville, Atlanta and New Jersey. For more information, visit www.trsg.net.