WEDU PBS Announces Finalists for 10th Annual Be More Awards

TAMPA, Fla. - Dec. 22, 2014 - PRLog -- WEDU PBS announced the finalists for the 2015 WEDU Be More Awards. The WEDU Be More Awards will take place on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa. Tickets are available online at www.wedu.org/bemore.

FINALISTS:

BE MORE ENTERTAINING, Special Events Award

Alpha House of Tampa   l   Children’s Cancer Center   l   Friends of the Selby Library   l   Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County, Inc.   l   High Risk Hope   l  The Junior League of Tampa

BE MORE BRILLIANT, Innovation Award

Asolo Repertory Theatre, Inc.   l   Humane Society of Tampa Bay, Inc.
Lazydays Employee Foundation/Camelot Community Care   l   Lift Academy
National Society to Prevent Blindness   l   USO Central Florida, Inc.

BE MORE KNOWLEDGABLE, Bank of Tampa Educational Outreach Award

Crescent of Hernando, Inc.   l   Franciscan Center   l   Glazer Children’s Museum
Morton Plant Mease Hospital Care Foundation, Inc.   l   Starting Right, Now
Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, Inc.

BE MORE INFORMED, Nielsen Marketing Campaign Award

Ad 2 Tampa Bay   l   Buddy Baseball, Inc.   l   Children First, Inc.
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay   l   Frameworks of Tampa Bay, Inc.   l   More Health, Inc.

BE MORE ENRICHED, Greenberg Traurig Arts & Culture Award

Art Center Sarasota   l   Coexistence, Inc. (Embrace Our Differences)   l   Florida Studio Theatre   l   Glazer Children’s Museum   l   Ruth Eckerd Hall

BE MORE HUMBLE, Warren Averett People’s Choice Award

Fostering Hope Florida   l   Franciscan Center   l   Julie Wientraub’s Hands Across the Bay   l   The Junior League of Tampa   l   Metropolitan Ministries   l   Random Acts of Flowers

BE MORE RELEVANT, Best Use of Video Award

Children First, Inc.   l   Crisis Center of Tampa Bay   l   High Risk Hope
More Health, Inc.   l   MOSI   l   The Junior League of Tampa

BE MORE INSPIRING, Rising Star Award

Allison Davis, BUDS Tennis   l   Chrissy Dos Santos, Frameworks of Tampa Bay
Emily Brown, Kappa Delta USF   l   Gabrielle Mondello, Best Buddies
Jared Thayer, Project Sunshine   l   Jesse Stokes, The Pink Magnolia Charities

BE MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL, Engaged Philanthropist Award

Beverly Steele, The Steele Organization (TSO), LLC
Debra Campbell, Forward Thinking Initiatives   l   Glen Schubert, Instruments of Change   l   Heather Barrow, High Risk Hope   l   Jesse Stokes, The Pink Magnolia Charities   l   Jim Frevogel, MacDonald Training Center

BE MORE EMPOWERED, Small Nonprofit Award

Dress for Success Tampa Bay   l   ECHO of Brandon   l   Fostering Hope Florida
High Risk Hope   l   OASIS Network   l   Random Acts of Flowers

BE MORE INVOLVED, Mason Dixon Award for Volunteerism .

Alyss Katz, Humane Society of Tampa Bay   l   Jane Hussar, Pinellas County Schools   l   Margaret Goodson, The David A. Straz Jr. Center   l   Tina Narron, GTE Financial   l   Wade Sabourin, Heart Strings for Heroes   l   Wendy Millaway, Children’s Home Society of Florida

BE MORE Outspoken, Voice of Tampa Bay Award

Angela Emery, The Haven of RCS   l   Greg Gebler, R’Club at Paul B. Stephens ESE Center   l   Masatoshi Mochizuki, Frameworks of Tampa Bay   l   Metropolitan Ministries   l   Niki Cross, Staar ministry Corporation   l   Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative

BE MORE POSITIVE, ABC Action News Positively Tampa Bay Award

Chelsea Oglevie & Leah Pemberton   l   Dani Thompson   l   Keith Keohler   l   Raymond Gunder

BE MORE ENCOURAGED, Judges’ Choice Award

Champions for Children, Inc.   l   Computer Mentors Group, Inc.
Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas, Inc.   l   Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful
Sunrise of Pasco County, Inc.   l   Visions of Hope International

BE MORE UNSTOPPABLE, Nonprofit of the Year Award

Ad 2 Tampa Bay   l   Asolo Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Coexistence, Inc. (Embrace Our Differences)   l   High Risk Hope
More Health, Inc.   l   Ruth Eckerd Hall