MEDIA CONTACTS: LOCAL (in Cary, North Carolina) Cindy Sink Shoestring Creative Group 919-413-1470 cindys@shoestringgroup.com NATIONAL (in Portland, Maine) Hannah Brazee Gregory Managing Director/Founder Shoestring Creative Group (toll-free) 1-888-835-6236 hannah@shoestringgroup.com

CARY, NC – Cindy Sink, a local marketing communications consultant and nonprofit case writer, has been accepted as an Network Affiliate with Shoestring Creative Group, a national marketing communications firm providing discounted services to nonprofit organizations. The firm is currently growing a national network of like-minded public relations and marketing consultants who work together to serve good causes in cities across the country.

Sink will represent Shoestring Creative Group in North Carolina, and bring the firm’s services and resources to local nonprofit and government organizations – resources which include best practices in nonprofit marketing, media relations support and a full-service, award-winning creative services department. As a local Shoestring Creative Group affiliate, Sink will serve as a project director and nonprofit marketing consultant.

Sink’s experience includes nonprofit case writing, communications skills training and coaching, and more than 20 years in brand management as the former creative services director at WRAL-TV. With a focus on branding, creative direction, writing and communications planning, her mission is to support nonprofits in telling their stories effectively – and affordably – so they may help more people in need.

“The Nonprofit Congress, a national nonprofit meeting convened last week in Washington, D.C., voted ‘public awareness’ as one of three top priorities for the nonprofit sector,” said Sink, who attended the event. “Local nonprofits know the pressure is on to tell their stories with more impact and to illustrate solutions. By teaming up with Shoestring Creative Group, I’m bringing a nationwide group of experts to the table to help our clients do that.”

To learn more about Cindy Sink, see her Network Affiliate listing.

ABOUT SHOESTRING CREATIVE GROUP:

Portland, Maine-based Shoestring Creative Group is an award-winning, full-service marketing communications firm that provides marketing, public relations, advertising, graphic design and web development services to nonprofits and good causes. The firm's mission is to make high-quality services accessible and affordable to nonprofit organizations. The firm was founded by Hannah Brazee Gregory based on her belief that government and nonprofit clients should have affordable marketing, graphic design and public relations services and should never rely on leftovers from ad agencies or struggle for attention at the bottom of client rosters. More information can be found at www.shoestringgroup.com and Shoestring Creative Group’s nonprofit resource www.NonprofitPR.com.

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