Public Relations . Media Relations . Freelance Writing

In honor of the Idaho men and women who have died in service to our country, the Idaho Veterans Cemetery will hold a Memorial Day celebration on Monday, May 25 beginning at 10 a.m. The cemetery is located at 10100 N. Horseshoe Bend Road.

The ceremony will feature several speakers including a representative from Sen. Mike Crapo’s office; Congressman Walt Minnick; Major General Larry LaFrenz, Commanding General of the Idaho National Guard; Col. James McGovern, Commander of the 366th Operations Group at Mt. Home AFB; and Col. USMC Retired David Brassuel, Administrator of the Idaho Division of Veterans Services.

There also will be music from the the Idaho National Guard 25th Army Band, a wreath laying ceremony, rifle and cannon salute, a military flyover and a ceremonial release of white doves.

Because of limited parking inside the cemetery grounds, attendees are asked to park their vehicles at the Optimist Youth Sports Complex, 9889 Hill Rd., and take a free shuttle to and from the cemetery. The shuttle includes handicap accessibility and is being provided by the Brown Bus Company of Nampa.

For more information call the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at 208-334-4796.

May 22nd, 2009
Tags: Idaho Veterans Cemetery, Memorial Day, Veterans
Posted in Client news, News
Posted by Patti

Perfect Order, a Boise company which specializes in helping people organize their homes and offices, has launched “Senior Moves,” a new service designed to help older adults and their families with the emotional, mental and physical aspects of relocating, downsizing, or aging in place

Professional organizers with the Senior Moves program are trained to help people sort and categorize items, and decide what to what to keep and what to let go of. The service is designed for people who must relocate quickly, people who can no longer maintain their home, people with declining health who have little or no surviving family, family members or people grieving from a recent illness or a loss of a loved one, people dealing with a build-up of belongings, families struggling with age-related illnesses and conflict, and adult children that need help moving their parents or family members.

This is a very important service, as one of the biggest challenges for older people is not knowing where to start. Senior Moves director Lori Davies told me, “When faced with a lifetime of treasures, memories, belongings and papers, it can be emotional and overwhelming.” But Senior Moves can break the process into manageable pieces that can be divided up between family and friends, or they’ll handle the complete process from beginning to end.

Here’s some of the services they offer:
• helping people sort belongings into groups to keep, pass down to family, give away, or sell;
• Arranging to ship, store, sell, or donate belongings;
• Pre-packing non-essential items to make a move easier;
• Paring down stored paper records, and shredding confidential paper;
• Helping plan a new home’s layout to determine what furniture to move;
• Helping a person get settled in a new home;
• Sorting, dispersing and preparing an estate for sale after a family member has passed away.

Another unique service is that they work with “aging-in-place” professionals to help a person remodel their home so they can continue to live there safely as they age and their lifestyle changes.

This program is the only local senior moving service certified by the National Association of Senior Move Managers.

For more information call 208-323-6761 or visit the website at www.perfecttransitions.com.

May 15th, 2009
Tags: Boise Idaho, Murphy Media Services, Perfect Order, Senior citizen, Senior Moves
Posted in Client news, News
Posted by Patti

The Summer/Fall 2008 issue of Sun Valley Magazine (which included two of Patti Murphy’s articles on the sport of falconry and on the Peregrine Fund) has won the 2009 Maggie Award for best Semi-Annual Consumer Magazine! The Maggie Awards are the most prestigious national publishing awards in the Western United States (presented by the Western Publications Association), considered the “Oscars of the magazine publishing industry.”  Sun Valley Magazine is in good company, as other winners have included Shape, Sunset, Arizona Highways, Western Interiors and Design, Backpacker, Yoga Journal, Sierra, Mother Jones, and San Francisco Bay Guardian.

And this same issue was also the proud recipient of a 2008 Ozzie Award for “Best Use of Photography” and a 2008 Eddie Award for Best Editorial Content (including Murphy’s two feature stories). The incredibly prestigious Ozzie and Eddie awards are open to all nationally-distributed magazines and are given in recognition of excellence in magazine design (the Ozzie) and editorial content (the Eddie). It is the largest national competition for magazines, and we are proud to have been able to contribute to this wonderful honor.  

May 5th, 2009
Tags: falconry, Maggie Award, Murphy Media Services, Peregrine Fund, Sun Valley Magazine, World Center Birds of Prey
Posted in Agency news, News
Posted by Patti

Murphy Media Services owner Patti Murphy received two Excellence Awards from the Idaho Press Club on May 2 in recognition of her freelance writing and her media campaign and public relations work on behalf of her client.

Murphy received an award for the Media Campaign she developed for the National Diving Dog Tour sponsored by Oust and Purina. Murphy partnered with FusionSet, Inc., another Boise, Idaho marketing agency, on the program which was designed to gain media and community awareness of a nationwide traveling Diving Dog competition during the Summer of 2008.

Murphy also received an award in the category Magazine Writing-Light Feature, for her article, “The Elegant Barn,” which she wrote for Sun Valley Home Magazine. The judge, commenting on Murphy’s article, wrote, “The opening of this story set up the rest of it beautifully, not an easy feat to accomplish when writing about anonymous owners.”

Previously, Murphy won the 2005 First Place award for Crime and Courts Reporting for Weekly Newspapers for her reporting on a double murder trial. In 2004 she won a Second Place award for Media Campaigns; a Second Place award for Script Writing; and Third Place for News Release Writing. To see a complete list of 2008 award winners, visit the Idaho Press Club.

May 2nd, 2009
Tags: Idaho Press Club, Murphy Media Services, Patti Murphy, writing awards
Posted in Agency news, News
Posted by Patti

Robert Howell, president of Green Clean, a Boise commercial cleaning service, has earned the Accredited Professional designation from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) program.

This is quite an achievement as Howell is the first LEED Accredited Professional (AP) in the Treasure Valley commercial cleaning industry. For more information about the LEED program visit http://tinyurl.com/5whn3j .

APs have demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles, and are able to facilitate the certification process for the LEED Green Building Rating System. LEED recognizes performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.

“Our company specializes in using cleaning methods designed to protect health without harming the environment,” Howell said about Green Clean. “This type of cleaning program goes beyond chemical and equipment choices. It also include specific policies, procedures, training, and shared responsibilities that minimize the impact of cleaning materials on building occupants and the environment,” he said.

Green Clean can be reached at 208-345-2109 or visit www.greencleanidaho.com.

May 1st, 2009
Tags: Green Clean, LEED
Posted in Client news, News
Posted by Patti