PERSONAL BEST® WINS 2008 NATIONAL AND WORLD CALENDAR AWARDS
Birmingham, AL, April 15, 2008 — Personal Best®, a leader in employee wellness publishing and a division of Oakstone® Publishing, a Haights Cross Communications company, announced today that it won two awards in the Calendar Marketing Association’s 2008 National and World Calendar Awards Competition. Personal Best’s 2008 Year of Good Health™: Make Every Day Count – Illustrated Version won a Gold Award in the “Most Original” category; and 2008 Year of Good Health™: Make Every Day Count – Photo Version won a Merit Award for “Most Informative.” The Calendar Marketing Association is the only worldwide trade association for the calendar industry.
“We are delighted that our calendars have been recognized for their excellence by the Calendar Marketing Association,” said Charles K. Dismuke, Personal Best Publisher.“For the past 25 years, Personal Best has been dedicated to providing the highest quality of health and wellness information possible. We believe our calendar lines reflect that tradition of excellence. More than ever, employers are recognizing how important wellness programs can be in maintaining a healthy and productive workforce. The Year of Good Health™ calendars are an ideal way to motivate employees to make positive lifestyle choices every day. It is gratifying to have our hard work recognized and rewarded in this way.”
Personal Best’s Year of Good Health™ calendars are just one of many health and wellness promotion publications available at www.personalbest.com.
About Personal Best:
Personal Best is a major publisher of employee wellness publications, including newsletters, calendars, posters, brochures, and booklets covering topics related to health and wellness, safety, productivity, shift work, and personal money management. In 2005, Oakstone Publishing acquired Scott Publishing and its award winning Personal Best Healthlines employee wellness newsletter. The combined entities’ flagship newsletters, TopHealth, Personal Best Healthlines, and Body bulletin, reach more than 1.5 million readers monthly at more than 10,000 organizations across the U.S. and Canada. In 2006, the company consolidated the combined Oakstone Wellness and Scott Publishing products and began marketing all of its publications under its Personal Best brand.
About Haights Cross Communications:
Founded in 1997 and based in White Plains, NY, Haights Cross is a leading developer and publisher of products for the kindergarten through twelfth grade, or K-12, supplemental education, library, and medical education markets. Haights Cross imprints include: Sundance/Newbridge Educational Publishing (Northborough, MA), Triumph Learning (New York, NY), Buckle Down Publishing (Iowa City, IA), Options Publishing (Merrimack, NH), Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), and Oakstone Publishing (Birmingham, AL). For more information visit www.haightscross.com.
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