Announcing: One Lucky Former Ad Pro to Take Home Giant Check from 2008 AAAFFF Awards Celebration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 Official Foundation for Freedom Press Release
 September 12, 2008 Contact: Anne Elizabeth Moore and Steve Lambert – FFF (at) antiadvertisingagency.com

ANNOUNCING: ONE LUCKY FORMER AD PRO TO TAKE HOME GIANT CHECK FROM THE 2008 ANTI-ADVERTISING AGENCY FOUNDATION FOR FREEDOM AWARD CELEBRATION Gala Event on September 19 to Grant One Lucky Ad Industry Creative Freedom, Giant Check

CHICAGO— Anti-Advertising Agency Foundation For Freedom (AAAFFF) Award judges today finalized their selection in the extended process of choosing the single applicant most worthy of the 2008 AAAFFF award money, giant novelty check, and September 19th celebration.

The ceremony in New York City, will kick off “Advertising Week” by honoring the freedom of one of the most forward-thinking creative professionals in the US, recently released from the extensive bonds of giant paychecks, daily deception, and constant commercial pressure to bring in ever-higher profits for products and services increasingly losing performance power. This single honoree will receive all accrued funds—currently at $700—integrity, the opportunity to network with the most brilliant noncommercial creatives working today, and a giant novelty check. Additionally, co-founders Steve Lambert and Anne Elizabeth Moore will sing a special song to the honoree while wearing fancy attire.

“I can’t believe the number of applicants we received,” Anti-Advertising Agency’s CEO Steve Lambert states. “After all, we’re only offering $700! Who knew so many advertisers still cared first and foremost about creativity, service, and the deplorable state of the nation?”

The Friday evening gala will celebrate one lucky former ad pro’s future in noncommercial creativity and offer networking opportunities with working artists and potential artistic funders.

“Our original goals, to respond to the increasing commercialization of public space, human relationships, journalism and art by decreasing the number of individuals working in the advertising, marketing, and PR industries, were certainly about creating an environment where the relevance of advertising in a tanking economy would be questioned,” AAAFFF Executive Director Anne Elizabeth Moore states.

“But we never expected that we would also find love—the love of former ad pros for their fellow countrymen,” Moore continues.

The fund is seeded with hard-earned cash from creative endeavors, initiated by Lambert and Moore. The co-founders also judged the applications and chose the honoree for the September 19 gala. Hundreds of individuals across the country have donated to the fund, expressing a strong desire to decrease commercialization of the public sphere in any way possible.

Further donations—financial and non-financial—will be encouraged and accepted up until the event date of September 19.