Doner Media

We were honored to present a retrospective of our work celebrating 70 years of “Changing the Destiny of Brands” at The One Club gallery in New York. The exhibit showcased beloved work of our past alongside the pioneering campaigns we’re creating today. Here’s a brief look at the opening night reception. 

• Timex – “Takes a licking. Keeps on ticking.”
• Tootsie Pop – “How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?”
• Klondike Bar – “What would you do for a Klondike Bar?”
• Vlasic – The Vlasic Stork • Colt 45 – “Works every time.”
• Scrubbing Bubbles – “We do the work so you don’t have to ooo oooo.”
• The Coca-Cola Company – Santa Packs
• Serta – Serta Counting Sheep
• Ballpark Franks – “They plump when you cook ‘em.”
• Mazda – “Zoom. Zoom”
• Cox – “Your friend in the Digital Age.”
• Amazon Kindle – Launch
• The UPS Store – Cardboard World
• The Coleman Company – “The original social networking site.”
• Mazda – 33 Keys alternate reality game
• The Detroit Zoo – “Vitamin Z. Part of a complete childhood.”
• Del Taco – Super Special Show
• Minute Maid – “Put good in. Get good out.”

The food has already started rolling in so it’s looking like the competition is on as we start our 2nd annual Doner Drive (our weeklong food drive). During a time when local food banks are struggling to keep ample amounts of food stocked as they see the largest hunger crisis in their history, everyone here at Doner is coming together to try and help the cause. To make it interesting we’ve thrown in a friendly competition between our Cleveland, Detroit and Newport Beach offices to see which office can bring in the most food. Hats off to Newport Beach who kicked butt last year!

According to a study conducted in November 2009 by the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 49 million people, including 16.7 million children, live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger. This represents more than one in seven households in the United States. The food brought in for the Doner Drive will help support a selected food bank located near each office. The organizations include, Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, Gleaners Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan and Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County

Can we beat last year’s total of 6,525 lbs of food collected? That’s what we’re hoping for! Stay tuned to find out where our totals end up and to see which office has what it takes to collect the most food.

With our Lesley Schofield in 1^st and Deidre O’Reilly in 2^nd in our March Adness bracket competition Cinderella Butler keeps on dancing, but the Dukies are focused on another National Championship. Seth Trizenberg could jump up from 6^th to 1^st if Duke wins tonight and Larry Kempa in 20^th could finish in 2^nd. There are still lots of developments to take place.

We said it last week, anything is possible during March Adness, and here’s proof that we weren’t lying. Our reigning champ, Mike Rykalsky has moved up from 47^th place to sharing third with Deidre O’Reilly and Sharif Lee, (good news for Deidre and Sharif, Mike picked Kentucky to win it all). Lesley Schofield and Lindsay Fritzer are holding steady in first and second hoping Sparty goes all the way. Who will prevail in the final days of competition? With one of the craziest tournaments in years on our hands, anything could happen.

After a weekend marathon of NCAA basketball buzzer-beaters we might have an upset in our own March Adness competition!  Last year’s reigning champion, Mike Rykalsky, has dropped to 47th place with Keith Gardner and Beth Ellis tied for first with the sweet sixteen locked in place.  Do Keith and Beth have what it takes to claim the No. 1 spot or can Mike advance from behind for one of the biggest comebacks in March Adness history?  After this weekend, it’s clear anything is possible.