Moonlight Creative Group (http://moonlightcreative.com/) – a leading Charlotte marketing communications firm – today announced the eight winners of its “15 Years of Success = 15 Hours of Service” (MCG 15) non-profit design challenge.

A team of nine judges – who include Charlotte-area professionals from all different fields – selected the following eight non-profit winners that will receive free creative services as part of Moonlight Creative Group’s 15-hour design marathon on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The endeavor is in celebration of Moonlight Creative Group’s 15th anniversary.

• Alliance Credit Counseling (http://www.knowdebt.org/)

• Cooperative Christian Ministry (http://www.cooperativeministry.com/)

• Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County (http://www.habitatlcnc.org/)

• Lupus Foundation of America, Piedmont Chapter (http://www.lupuslinks.org)

• Phillips Academy (http://www.philipsacademync.org/)

• RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network) (http://www.carolinarain.org/)

• The Relatives, Inc. (http://www.therelatives.org)

• Women’s Impact Fund (http://www.womensimpactfund.org/)

“We received so many wonderful submissions for this design challenge and appreciate all the thought and effort that went into each nomination,” said Karen Ponischil, co-founder and partner of Moonlight Creative Group. “Congratulations to all our winners whose ‘BIG Ideas’ we look forward to implementing on November 15. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate fifteen years in business than by giving back to several organizations that are truly making a difference in our community.”

In the coming weeks, the Moonlight Creative Group team will meet with each winner to determine the creative services needed to execute their BIG ideas in preparation for the 15-hour design marathon, which will include a dozen volunteers who will create and complete the chosen projects at no charge to the non-profits. The Nov. 15 design marathon will run from 5:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. at the Moonlight Creative Group’s Dilworth-based office located at 1705 East Blvd. in Charlotte.

In addition to providing free creative services to the eight area non-profit groups, Moonlight Creative Group will also be collecting school supplies to donate to Classroom Central as part of its 15th Anniversary celebration.

Added Ponischil, “We have always been deeply committed to the non-profit community so we look forward to giving back in more ways than one during this milestone anniversary.”