PRSA San Antonio hosted a banquet on May 7 to recognize winners of the chapter’s seventh annual Del Oro Awards contest. View photos from the banquet.

The chapter presented 26 trophies or awards of excellence and 18 certificates of merit in the La Plata (Silver) division for PR campaigns and the El Bronce (Bronze) division for PR tactics.

Three practitioners received Del Oro (Gold) Awards for outstanding individual achievement in public relations.

• Monica Faulkenbery, APR, of Northside Independent School District received the Tex Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Fran Stephenson, of SeaWorld San Antonio received the Public Relations Professional of the Year Award.
• Abbey Forney of Urology San Antonio received the Horizon Award given to a “rising star” who has been in the profession less than five years.

Winners of the La Plata trophy for exceptional PR campaigns were the OwnUp SA, Consortium of Partners; Security Service Federal Credit Union; UT Health Science Center; Bromley Communications; Bromley Communications; Creative Civilization; San Antonio Credit Union; SeaWorld San Antonio and vcYES; and Our Lady of the Lake University.

Certificates of Merit for deserving PR campaigns went to the City of San Antonio; Creative Civilization; CPS Energy; WellMed Medical Group; and Community First Health Plans.

Winners of the El Bronce trophy for exceptional PR tactics were CPS Energy; Our Lady of the Lake University; SeaWorld San Antonio; Creative Civilization; UT Health Science Center; North East ISD; Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; The Gambrinus Co.; and Texas Organ Sharing Alliance.

Certificates of Merit for PR tactics went to Creative Civilization; CPS Energy; Our Lady of the Lake University; and aMaezing LLC.