Part of Addison Whitney culture includes active support of philanthropic endeavors. Breast cancer is an illness that has affected all of us in some way, and we are part of a much larger initiative dedicated to finding a cure.In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we here at AW made donations to BCC Rally and […]
Continue ReadingAddison Whitney Helping Hands Event: Million Meal Mission
July 09, 2010
Addison Whitney recently attended a mobile food packing event hosted by Harrison United Methodist Church in Ballantyne for starving children in Haiti, the Philippines and more than 60 countries around the world. In partnership with Samaritans International and the “Feed My Starving Children” organization, the “Million Meal Mission” food packing event supports children in impoverished […]
Continue ReadingDubbing the A-Dub Conference Rooms
December 29, 2008
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. White walls and miscellaneous storage items are not very inspiring or conducive of a creative working environment, so with the help of a few folks here at Addison Whitney, we have spiced up our conference rooms and given them names to reflect their purpose and design. The first room we tackled is now known […]
Continue ReadingThe Design Intern’s Holiday Tradition: 2008
December 12, 2008
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Nathan Lewis, Design Intern – Fall 2008, Art Institute of Charlotte This year’s intern, Nathan Lewis from the Art Institute of Charlotte, created a Las Vegas inspired invite to convey this year’s “Casino Night” theme. The invite tells the story of how Santa loses everything “including his sleigh” by going all in at the […]
Continue ReadingThe Design Intern’s Holiday Tradition: 2007
December 11, 2008
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Laura Stokes, Design Intern – Fall 2007, UNC-Charlotte To switch things up a little for 2007, the planning committee decided to treat the Addison Whitney team to a night of sailing on Lake Norman. To capture the essence of the party, Laura illustrated a detailed holiday invite which featured a partridge sailing away on […]
Continue ReadingThe Design Intern’s Holiday Tradition: 2006
December 10, 2008
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Sandy Pawlowski, Design Intern – Fall 2006, UNC-Charlotte Capitalizing on her origami folding experience, Sandy created a beautiful invite to resemble a gift box. Each invite contained a piece of chocolate as well as a separate card, which included directions to the party.
Continue ReadingThe Design Intern’s Holiday Tradition: 2005
December 09, 2008
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Nick Irwin, Design Intern – Fall 2005, UNC-Charlotte In 2005, the Addison Whitney gang enjoyed a relaxing evening by a crackling fire at “The Cabin.” The invite this year highlighted the log cabin theme with an illustration of Rudolph landing on the roof of the cabin with the AW crew inside.
Continue ReadingThe Design Intern’s Holiday Tradition
December 08, 2008
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Each year the fall semester design intern is given the opportunity to design a holiday invitation for the Addison Whitney Holiday Party. The intern works directly with the planning committee, who is considered to be the “client,” to create an invite that is relevant to the party’s theme. Invite designs from years past include […]
Continue ReadingAW Lends a Helping Hand
November 03, 2008
Each year, thousands of volunteers join forces at “Hands On Charlotte Day” to make a huge impact on the local community. On October 18, volunteers participated in dozens of projects, from beautifying area schools and parks to sorting clothing and food donations and much more. Addison Whitney employees and their families joined in on the […]
Continue Reading2008 Addison Whitney Pumpkin Carving Contest
October 31, 2008
After much rivalry, smack-talk, and closed-door sessions, the 2008 pumpkin line-up was revealed yesterday for AW’s Third Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest. Each year, the competition gets more fierce, and this year was no exception. Teams pulled out all the stops … giving their pumpkins personalites, acting out skits, and even injecting a little multi-media into […]
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