St. Mary’s Hospital’s Marketing and Public Relations Department recently earned the nationally recognized Gold Aster Award for the hospital’s quarterly community newsletter, Healthy Living. More than 90,000 Southern Maryland residents receive the publication that is intended to inform and educate the community about health and health services.
This is the production team’s first-ever Gold Aster Award for Healthy Living, although numerous awards were earned previously for other projects. The Aster Award program is an elite competition recognizing the nation’s most talented healthcare marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in advertising. Sponsored by Healthcare Marketing Report, the healthcare advertising awards competition is the oldest, largest and most widely respected.
“I am consistently pleased with the quality of work produced by the marketing team at the hospital,” said Holly Meyer, director of marketing and public relations. “The level of effort they put into producing highly creative and quality materials that share the hospital’s commitment to excellence in the health programs and services we provide to the community, makes me extremely proud.”
In addition to Meyer, the Marketing and Public Relations Department is comprised of six other employees – Amanda Bowie, Ruby Hawks, Jeni Irwin, Linda Lagle, Jane Loughran and Nicki Strickland – and longtime volunteer Lorena Goeller. Special recognition is also given to Jaclyn Bardin, a former writer in the department.