FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - WASHINGTON, DC, October 14 -- Online public relations firm Abraham Harrison LLC rallied the online community on behalf of International Medical Corps (IMC) during a crucial period of the voting for the American Express Members Project, earning the charity a place in the final voting round and exposure to over 2 million blog readers. When voting ended October 13th, IMC had finished 4th out of the 1190 projects originally submitted to the Amex competition and had earned $100,000.

On behalf of the International Medical Corps and Abraham Harrison, thank you so much for all of your support over the last four weeks to get the vote out to help get the International Medical Corps into the top-five of the Members Project and then for securing the $100,000 from American Express, to be used to feed hungry children worldwide. Here's a thank you video blog entry from Paige Strackman, who was the PaigeS who submitted IMC in the first place under the title, Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children.

CHALLENGE: This was a two week, high pressure campaign focused on getting International Medical Corps (IMC) into the final five of the American Express Members Project $2.5 million giveaway competition. 1,190 projects were nominated for participation in the competition, Amex cardholders could vote for their favorite project, and the top five projects will receive a portion of the $2.5 million in grant money.