Bette Sharpe - 2011 Communitas Award Winner The Communitas Awards program for 2011 recognized exceptional businesses,

organi zations and individuals for excellence in community service and corporate social responsibility. Glendale, AZ, September 15, 2011 -- The Communitas Awards program for 2011 recog nized exceptional businesses, organizations and individuals for excellence in co mmunity service and corporate social responsibility. Bette Sharpe at the Glendal e Daily Planet was presented with a 2011 Communitas Award. The award was for Com munity News Service for Glendale Arizona in category 5. Community Service. "Our judges found that Bette Sharpe at the Glendale Daily Planet clearly exhibit s the spirit of communitas, a Latin word that means people coming together for t he good of a community." Ed Dalheim, executive director of AMCP stated. "Bette S harpe joins other Communitas winners recognized for specific programs involving volunteerism, philanthropy or ethical, sustainable business practices." Communitas Awards recognizes exceptional businesses, organizations and individua ls that are unselfishly giving of themselves and their resources, and those that are changing how they do business to benefit their communities. Communitas nominees are evaluated based on the extent and effectiveness of their program. The size and potential scope of the nominee is also taken into conside ration. Winners range from a one person design firm donating $35,000 in services to help improve the diets of inner-city students...to an online retailer enlist ing help from vendor-partners to design and create teddy bears that have helped cheer-up 20,000 recovery room patients at a Children's Hospital... to a Fortune 500 business that is converting its fleet of cars and trucks to energy efficient vehicles. "I am honored to receive this Communitas Award for Community Service" Sharpe sta ted "The Glendale Daily Planet represents the community... our goal is to get th e story out! " How did the Communitas awards come to be? - Communitas Awards is an outgrowth of the pro bono recognition program of the Association of Marketing and Communicat ion Professionals ( www.amcpros.com ). a several thousand member group that hono rs creative achievement and fosters partnerships with charities and community or ganizations. As part of its mission, AMCP gives grants to community organization s and underwrites a large portion of Communitas expenses. "By recognizing individuals, organizations and companies for their volunteerism and socially responsible business practices, we are hoping to not only bring att ention to great programs, but are working with community minded leaders to make the spirit of communitas an essential element of every business," said Ed Dalhei m, executive director of AMCP. About Emmy(R) Award Winning: CouryGraph Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KK AT-IPTV in Glendale, AZ Glendale Daily Planet, the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was started in 2004 as the first community video journalism news site in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona... Serving The Metro West Side of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has witnessed, participated in and recorded the further rejuvenation of the downtown core, the meteoric rise of the 'Glendale Sports Empire' and the res toration of historic sections of the town. The work of the participative community journalists and engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day, seven days a week at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com /.

Interested in having your work seen by the world? Contact the Glendale Daily Pla net / KKAT-IPTV to schedule airing! Use the email link on the site. Contact : Ed Sharpe CouryGraph Productions 5802 W. Palmaire Ave Glendale AZ 85301 USA 623-435-1522 publisher@glendaledailyplanet.com http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/