Generation Cures
Gaming 4 Good
To help raise funds to help sick children, Children's Hospital Boston recruited The SuperGroup to create a Web 2.0 site geared toward kids and tweens. Using games, social networking, webisodes and other next-gen technology, kids learn about philanthropy and medical research while their parents monitor and sponsor their progress. This site represents the first of it's kind in the fundraising category.
Generation Cures Honored with NAPPA Award
The National Parenting Publication Awards have selected Generation Cures as a 2009 Honors Winner. From their website: This site has a strong mission: to raise awareness as to how young people and families can raise funds for research at Children’s Hospital that find cures for childhood illnesses. There is a lot of great content, and the games and interactive media are kid-friendly, although the site itself is less so and navigation is a bit tricky at first. But the media for kids is well-designed and very engagi...
The SuperGroup Wins Two Gold W3 Awards
What a nice surprise. The SuperGroup has been honored with TWO prestigious gold awards (and two silver, but who's counting?) from W3. The first gold award was won in the tourism category for My Magical Parade, a viral video website for Walt Disney World Resort that allows users to create their own custom Disney parade. The second gold award was won in the activism category for Generation Cures, a web 2.0 fund raising site for Children's Hospital Boston, that uses social networking and online gaming to inspir...
'Generation Cures' Recognized for Excellence - Wins 16 Awards
The SuperGroup was recently recognized with sixteen Communicator Awards for Generation Cures, a social networking environment that uses web-based stories, games and original kid-directed video content to teach and inspire kids about the power of philanthropy. Judging for the Communicator Awards is "overseen and sanctioned by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and ...
'Generation Cures' Selected as AiMA Awards Finalist
Today, the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association announced their list of AiMA Awards finalists, and we're pleased to see that Generation Cures has been selected in the category of Most Effective Use of a Website. ...
Interactive Media Awards Recognize 'Generation Cures'
Children's Hospital Boston and The SuperGroup are proud to announce that the Generation Cures Website has won two Interactive Media Awards (IMAs) for Outstanding Achievement under the categories "Kids" and "Hospital." The awards recognize excellence in web design, innovation and development. The judges evaluate five criteria: Design, Content, Feature Functionality, Usability and Standards Compliance. To win an IMA the site must excel in each criterion, rise above competitor sites and deserve to be a top choice ...
