At the American Advertising Federation’s National ADDY competition, one small multicultural agency truly shined. Playing in the big leagues, Brunet-García Advertising won three gold and one silver national awards – the most of any agency in Florida and the Caribbean. Only one other multicultural/Hispanic agency received an award at the national level. The winners were selected from 1,382 entries from a full range of advertising agencies around the country.

BG received Gold ADDY awards for the Block x Block Illustrations, the Players by the Sea “The Full Monty” poster and the Players by the Sea poster series. A Silver ADDY was also awarded for the Players by the Sea building design.

HelpFourPaws, a multi-modal animal transport rescue organization, announced Monday it has named a new Director of Social Media. Teresa Brabham has recently become the Director of Social Media. She is currently enrolled at Flagler College studying Communication with an interest in Public Relations and Advertising. Teresa is originally from Spring Hill, Florida which is located 35 minutes north of Tampa, where her parents and two dogs still live. She has a great interest in Not for Profit P.R. and is excited to work with HelpFourPaws Organization and their cause.

The second annual State of the Tourism Industry Report for St. Johns County will be presented at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 13 at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort.  This special event will feature a review of last year's tourism performance presented by the Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Ypartnership advertising agency, a presentation by one of the world's leading tourism experts, and the announcement of 2011's tourism employees of the year.