Carton Donofrio Partners Wins Four ADDY Awards at the 38th Annual AAF Baltimore Show

Agency Brings Home Two Gold, Two Silvers and Moves Onto National Competition


BALTIMORE, MD--(Marketwire - Apr 13, 2012) - Carton Donofrio Partners (CDP), a full-service advertising agency specializing in serving clients with complex communication needs, today announced it won two gold and two silver ADDYs at the American Advertising Federation of Baltimore's annual awards ceremony last night. The ADDY awards celebrate the area's top creative work.

Specifically, Carton Donofrio Partners' won:

  • Gold for its Consumer Publication Campaign: Playworld Systems "The World Needs Play"
  • Gold for its Audio/Visual Sales Presentation: Calvert Investments "Baby Talk"
  • Silver for its Spread/Multiple Page/Insert: Calvert Investments "Wall Street Penguin"
  • Silver for its Television Commercial: EverBank "Missed Opportunity"

The EverBank "Missed Opportunity" commercial also won a Gold at the district level and will go onto the national competition. Winners of the national ADDY awards will be announced on June 2 in Austin, Texas. Carton Donofrio Partners is one of four Baltimore agencies competing in the national competition.

"It's an honor to be recognized by the AAF," said Ellen Moore, chief executive officer of Carton Donofrio Partners. "I'm proud of the teams who created this award-winning work. They've kept the creative spirit alive and well at this agency."

In 2009 Carton Donofrio Partners' founder, Hal Donofrio, created a 'The Hal Donofrio Best of Public Service Award.' This year that award went to Outlaw Advertising for House of Ruth Maryland "Nobody Ever Earned it" Video.

About Carton Donofrio Partners, Inc.
Carton Donofrio Partners is a 50-year-old, award-winning marketing communications firm in Baltimore. The agency is made up of a unique group of people dedicated to creating the best ideas possible to get people to think, feel and act differently. To this end, Carton Donofrio Partners taps anthropologists to gain a deeper, more intimate understanding of its clients' customers, how they act and what they want. The fully integrated agency is a member of Worldwide Partners, which enables the firm to work seamlessly with 91 independent agencies in 51 countries around the world. For more information, visit www.cartondonofrio.com or call 410.576.9000.