Methodist Healthcare Ministries has been named a 2018 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact, an Endurance International Group company and a leader in email marketing solutions. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10 percent of Constant Contact’s customer base, based on their significant achievements using email marketing to engage their customer base and drive results for their organization during the prior year.

"We're pleased to be recognized by Constant Contact for achieving strong marketing results and engaging with our readers," said Jessica Muñoz, director of communications at Methodist Healthcare Ministries." Constant Contact's tools have helped us better manage relationships with our clients, patients, funded partners and other audience members, and we plan to continue the open line of communication in the year ahead."

Small businesses and nonprofits using Constant Contact’s online marketing tools are eligible for this award. Criteria used to select this year’s All Stars included the following during 2018:

• Level of engagement with email campaigns
• Open, bounce, and click-through rates 
• Use of social sharing features
• Use of mailing list sign-up tools
• Use of reporting tools

“Constant Contact’s primary goal is to fuel small business success. We know it’s not an easy road for small business owners, which is why we work to provide easy and affordable marketing tools and advice that can elevate their customer engagement and awareness to new levels,” said Holli Scott, Vice President of Customer Success. “The campaigns created by this year’s All Stars demonstrate that a business, regardless of its size, can accomplish their marketing goals and we celebrate Methodist Healthcare Ministries' impressive achievements with this All Star Award.”

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Methodist Healthcare Ministries has been named a 2017 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact, an Endurance International Group company and a leader in email marketing solutions. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10 percent of Constant Contact’s customer base, based on their significant achievements using email marketing to engage their customer base and drive results for their organization during the prior year.

"We're pleased to be recognized by Constant Contact for achieving strong marketing results and engaging with our readers," said Jessica Muñoz, director of communications at Methodist Healthcare Ministries." Constant Contact's tools have helped us better manage relationships with our clients, patients, funded partners and other audience members, and we plan to continue the open line of communication in the year ahead."

Small businesses and nonprofits using Constant Contact’s email marketing tools are eligible for this award. Criteria used to select this year’s All Stars included the following during 2017:

• Level of engagement with email campaigns
• Open, bounce, and click-through rates
• Use of social sharing features
• Use of mailing list sign-up tools
• Use of reporting tools

“Email marketing continues to deliver the highest returns of any marketing channel. Yet its ability to engage customers, drive awareness, boost sales, and increase donations isn’t always a given. It requires a balance of best practices and relevant content delivered through a powerful email marketing engine,” said Jamie Waldinger, Vice President of Marketing, Constant Contact. “This year’s All Stars embody that balance and we celebrate Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ achievements with this All Star Award.”

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Fiesta has now begun! In honor of the celebration, Methodist Healthcare Ministries is proud to introduce our 2017 Fiesta medal.

Methodist Healthcare Ministries' official Fiesta medal pays homage to an establishment significant to the organization's history, Bishop Ernest T. Dixon, Jr. Clinic, which was envisioned in 1997. This year, we mark the 20th anniversary of the clinic with festivities to include celebrating its relocation from San Antonio's Eastside to the Southeast side, and its expansion to a 20-acre property (read more). Like its namesake, the clinic has become a reliable source for quality, compassionate care for the underserved in San Antonio.

As an organization headquartered in San Antonio, Fiesta is a grand celebration that is important to us, as well as the longstanding tradition of Fiesta medals.

We are proud to announce that our 2017 Fiesta Medal won first place in the 2017 San Antonio Express-News Fiesta Medals Contest in the medical/health category. The contest drew more than 450 entries and was judged by three newsroom veterans, all longtime medal connoisseurs and collectors.

The medals were given as a gift to employees and community partners making its way through the 74 South Texas counties that Methodist Healthcare Ministries operates programs.

While the medals are not up for sale, keep an eye out on our Facebook (@mhmstx), Twitter (@mhmstx) and Instagram (@mhmstx) pages next week for a chance to win a medal to add to your collection!

Methodist Healthcare Ministries wishes everyone a happy 2017 Fiesta season!

Recognized Among Top 10 Percent of Customers Driving Powerful Email Marketing Results

For the second consecutive year, Methodist Healthcare Ministries has been named a 2016 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact, part of the Endurance International Group, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: EIGI) family of brands and the trusted marketing advisor to hundreds of thousands of small organizations worldwide. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10 percent of Constant Contact's customer base, based on their significant achievements using email marketing to engage their customer base and drive results for their organization during the prior year.

"We're pleased to be recognized by Constant Contact for achieving strong marketing results and engaging with our readers," said Jessica Muñoz, director of communications at Methodist Healthcare Ministries." Constant Contact's tools have helped us better manage relationships with our clients, patients, funded partners and other audience members, and we plan to continue the open line of communication in the year ahead."

Small businesses and nonprofits using Constant Contact's email marketing tools are eligible for this award. Criteria used to select this year's All Stars included the following during 2016:
• Level of engagement with email campaigns
• Open, bounce, and click-through rates
• Use of social sharing features
• Use of mailing list sign-up tools
• Use of reporting tools

"Email marketing continues to deliver the highest returns of any marketing channel. Yet its ability to engage customers, drive awareness, boost sales, and increase donations isn't always a given. It requires a balance of best practices and relevant content delivered through a powerful email marketing engine," said Jamie Waldinger, Senior Director Corporate Development & Strategy, Constant Contact. "This year's All Stars embody that balance and we laud Methodist Healthcare Ministries' achievements with this All Star Award."

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About Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. is a private, faith-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating access to health care for the uninsured through direct services, community partnerships and strategic grant-making in 74 counties across South Texas. The mission of the organization is "Serving Humanity to Honor God" by improving the physical, mental and spiritual health of those least served in the Rio Texas Conference area of The United Methodist Church. The mission also includes Methodist Healthcare Ministries' one-half ownership of the Methodist Healthcare System, the largest health care system in South Texas, which creates a unique avenue to ensure that it continues to be a benefit to the community by providing quality care to all and charitable care when needed.

About Constant Contact
Constant Contact, an Endurance International Group company and a leader in email marketing since 1995, provides hundreds of thousands of small businesses around the world with the online marketing tools, resources, and personalized coaching they need to grow their business. For more information, visit: www.constantcontact.com.

About Endurance International Group
Endurance International Group (NASDAQ: EIGI) (em)Powers millions of small businesses worldwide with products and technology to vitalize their online web presence, email marketing, mobile business solutions, and more. The Endurance family of brands includes: Constant Contact, Bluehost, HostGator, iPage, Domain.com, BigRock, SiteBuilder and SinglePlatform, among others. Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, Endurance employs more than 4,000 people across the United States, Brazil, India and the Netherlands. For more information, visit: www.endurance.com.

MarCom Awards has announced winners in the 2016 creative competition for marketing and communication professionals concluding judging of six thousand plus entries from throughout the world. Methodist Healthcare Ministries is proud to be recognized as a platinum winner in the category of video/audio campaign for its 'Thank you' series. The video series, produced by Methodist Healthcare Ministries' communications department, highlighted a sequence of partners and patients as part of a broadcast and digital campaign.

Two additional entries placed in the renowned competition:

• 'Body, mind, and spirit: A community approach to health care' placed Gold in the video/audio category (program overview)
• 'It's tough' placed Gold in the video/audio category (single spot)

Being a Platinum or Gold winner is a tremendous achievement symbolized by the intricately detailed MarCom statuette created by the Society Awards, a high-end design, and manufacturing firm that recently updated the Golden Globe, Clio, MTV and Academy of Country Music awards. The MarCom graces the trophy cases of some of the top businesses and communications firms in the world.

"The MarCom recognition solidifies Methodist Healthcare Ministries' commitment to preserving its public image as a caring and compassionate organization. Joining the elite group of MarCom winners places Methodist Healthcare Ministries at top ranking alongside industry professionals across the globe. I couldn't be more proud of this achievement, and am honored to increase Methodist Healthcare Ministries' visibility among a new group of professionals," explains Jessica C. Munoz, director of communications at Methodist Healthcare Ministries.

Historically, about 15 percent of entries won the top award (Platinum) and approximately 20 percent the Gold award.

MarCom Awards recognizes outstanding achievement by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design and production of marketing and communication materials and programs. Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry.

Winners are selected from over 300 categories in Print, Web, Video and Strategic Communications. A list of Platinum and Gold Winners can be found on the MarCom Awards website at www.marcomawards.com. 

MarCom is one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious creative competitions in the world. MarCom is sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP), a 22-year-old international organization consisting of several thousand creative professionals. As part of its mission, AMCP fosters and supports the efforts of creative professionals who contribute their unique talents to public service and community organizations. Over the past few years, AMCP has given over $200,000 in charitable contributions.

Recognized for achievements using online marketing tools to drive success.

Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. has been named a 2015 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to hundreds of thousands of small organizations worldwide. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10 percent of Constant Contact's customer base, based on their significant achievements leveraging online marketing tools to engage their customer base and drive results for their organization.

"We're happy to be recognized by Constant Contact for achieving strong marketing results and engaging with our readers," said Jessica Muñoz, director of communications at Methodist Healthcare Ministries. "Constant Contact's tools have helped us better manage relationships with our clients, patients, funded partners and other audience members, and we plan to continue the open line of communication in the year ahead."

Small businesses and nonprofits using Constant Contact's online marketing tools were eligible for this award. Criteria used to select this year's All Stars included:

• Level of engagement with email campaigns
• Open, bounce, and click-through rates
• Use of social sharing features
• Use of mailing list sign-up tools
• Use of reporting tools

"At Constant Contact, we aim to help small businesses become marketers so they can do even more business. Our All Stars are leading the way, showing us the difference online marketing can make for a small business or nonprofit. It's truly inspiring," said John Orlando, chief marketing officer at Constant Contact. "We're thrilled to recognize Methodist Healthcare Ministries for their commendable achievements in 2015 with this All Star Award."

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About Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. is a private, faith-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating access to health care for the uninsured through direct services, community partnerships and strategic grant-making in 74 counties across South Texas. The mission of the organization is "Serving Humanity to Honor God" by improving the physical, mental and spiritual health of those least served in the Rio Texas Conference area of The United Methodist Church. The mission also includes Methodist Healthcare Ministries' one-half ownership of the Methodist Healthcare System, the largest health care system in South Texas, which creates a unique avenue to ensure that it continues to be a benefit to the community by providing quality care to all and charitable care when needed.

About Constant Contact®, Inc.
Constant Contact, an Endurance International Group company and a leader in email marketing since 1995, provides hundreds of thousands of small businesses around the world with the online marketing tools, resources, and personalized coaching they need to grow their business.

San Antonio — Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. was recently awarded the 2015 Pioneer Award by the Grant Professionals Association, an organization focused solely on the advancement of grantsmanship as a profession and the support of its practitioners. The distinguished award acknowledged Methodist Healthcare Ministries' impact in grant-making and was presented to Collaborative Grants Specialist Edlín Maldonado-Fuller at the Grant Professionals Association's Annual Conference on Nov. 13 in St. Louis, Mo.

The annual Pioneer Award recognizes the field of grantsmanship and the visionary contributions in grant-making by those grant-makers that have impacted their communities. Specifically, it recognizes grant-makers that have impacted and improved the way grant professionals do their work.

Two awards were presented — the local award, restricted to a grant-maker headquartered within reach of the local chapter hosting the Grant Professionals Association's Annual Conference, was given to the Missouri Foundation for Health for working with communities and nonprofits to generate positive changes in health; the international award, open to any grant-maker outside the reach of the local chapter, commended Methodist Healthcare Ministries for being the largest private, faith-based funding source for health care services in South Texas.

Along with investing more than $600 million for the past 20 years, Methodist Healthcare Ministries operates health and wellness clinics, school-based health centers, and an array of counseling, health and parenting programs. Methodist Healthcare Ministries has invested in initiatives to increase and strengthen collaborations among grantees, non-grantee nonprofit organizations and local funders. Methodist Healthcare Ministries supports a regional referral exchange, iNexx, which engages existing Methodist Healthcare Ministries programs, funded partners, and other local nonprofit resources to augment services. From a grant professional's perspective, this allows nonprofits to proudly speak of their collaborations and partnerships with other funders. Recently, Methodist Healthcare Ministries led local funders in developing a Common Grant Application for the San Antonio area, which allows nonprofits to tackle one application versus several versions. Methodist Healthcare Ministries also provides grant-writing related technical assistance and organizational capacity building services to ensure nonprofits are able to successfully engage other funders.

For more on the Grant Professionals Association and the Pioneer Award, visit www.grantprofessionals.org.

Methodist Healthcare Ministries recognized for keeping Texas children safe

San Antonio — Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., the largest private, faith-based funding source for health care services in South Texas, was recently awarded the 2015 J.C. Montgomery Child Safety Award from the Texas Office for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities (TOPPD). The award acknowledged Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Wesley Nurse Program for its active role and strong advocacy for child safety.

The recognition praised the Wesley Nurse Program's innovative and creative community activities, particularly special initiatives which improve the welfare of underserved youth in rural neighborhoods, throughout 80 different South Texas counties. In addition, Wesley Nurses were commended for the challenging nature of their work, and for influencing others to carry out the same mission.

The event was hosted by TOPDD quest speakers Ashley Givens of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, the Honorable Leticia Van De Putte, and State Representative Gilbert Pena. Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Chief Operating Officer, George Thomas, accepted the prestigious award on Nov. 20 at the fifth annual J.C. Montgomery Child Safety Awards ceremony in the Lieutenant Governor's reception room at the Texas State Capitol. Thomas was joined by Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Director of Government Relations, Christine Yanas.

"It is an honor to be recognized by the State of Texas," conveyed George Thomas, chief operating officer at Methodist Healthcare Ministries. "Our Wesley Nurses strive to provide quality care, particularly to children in their communities, by offering health education, health promotion and the facilitation of resources for improved health and wellness. These children will one day lead our communities. They are the next generation in this country."

The award, named for former TOPDD Executive Committee Chair and Scottish Rite Hospital leader J.C. Montgomery, recognizes leaders throughout Texas who personify a wide variety of approaches to child safety. The ceremony also acts as a bridge to connect people and organizations to build upon one another's strengths and create a comprehensive knowledge around best-practices to improve child safety in the state.

Other award recipients included:

• State Rep. Sarah Davis of Houston for her leadership in improving healthy pregnancies and mental health services for children.
• State Sen. Judith Zaffirini of Laredo, one of the founders of TOPDD and an advocate for children in the welfare system and children with special needs.
• George Block a founder of San Antonio Sports and developer of Viva Swim for Life who has demonstrated a life-long commitment to water safety and ensuring all children have the chance to learn how to swim.
• Alisa De Luna, executive director of CASA of Williamson County, an advocate and respected resource for policy makers dedicated to improving the lives of children in state care.
• Sarah Duzinski, a research scientist for Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin who is a state leader in promoting evidence-based prevention initiatives across the state, including the highly respected Period of Purple Crying program.
• Dr. Elaine Parker of Houston, a psychologist, author and parent of a child with a traumatic brain injury who spearheaded the development and distribution of a brain injury survivor card to be used when brain injury survivors interact with police and first responders. She has been active in developing state and national educational programs.
• Cherie Stanley, of Fred, who is an instructional technologist for a school system, a parent of a child affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, actively raising awareness in her community and a recognized educator, policy advocate and leader on FASDs locally and statewide.
• Dolores G. Zarate, president and co-founder of Down on the Border, Inc. (serving San Antonio, Brownsville and Mission.) Zarate organizes a festival for children and is active in public policy work.
• Will Mina, an 11-year-old sixth-grader from Dallas, who received the first special youth advocate award for engaging the Dallas City Council to improve safety around his school.
• Peaks and Ladders, Inc., a multidisciplinary coalition providing equipment and education to prevent childhood injury and deaths.

For more information about Methodist Healthcare Ministries, please visit www.mhm.org. For more on the J.C. Montgomery Child Safety Award, visit http://topdd.texas.gov/.