MVP Rings in the New Year—and its 35th Anniversary—with Launch of New Safe Passage for Children Website
By MVP Marketing + Design | December 28, 2020Minneapolis, December 28, 2020 – MVP Marketing + Design, Inc., an award-winning Minneapolis Digital Agency established in 1985 serving B2B and B2C clients regionally, nationally, and globally, is pleased to announce that in a celebration of its 35th Anniversary, it has created a pro bono website on behalf of non-profit Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota. The website launch caps MVP’s earlier sponsorship of a Safe Passage Covid-19 awareness webinar series. That series, entitled Victims of Child Maltreatment Hidden by Covid-19, focused on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on victims of child abuse and neglect.
Based in Minneapolis, Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota advocates for improvements in the state’s child protection and foster care system. Safe Passage was instrumental in increasing funding for such programs by $260 million or 60 percent, adding 14,500 Minnesota children to those who receive child protection services each year. The organization is also helping reduce systemic disparities for Black and Indigenous children.
In commemoration of MVP’s 35th year in business, MVP built on its earlier pro bono redesign of the group’s brand identity with a commitment to redesign the non-profit’s website. The Challenge: Boost outreach efforts with an improved website that would resonate with caregivers, the Minnesota State Legislature and generous donors alike.
Inspired by the organization’s mission, “To ensure that Minnesota has a child welfare system in which children are safe and reach their full potential,” MVP’s web team contributed to a cause that was in sync with MVP’s own “Most Valuable Partner” ethos.
Engaged by the smiling faces of a diverse group of Minnesota children hailing from the four corners of the globe, site visitors are guided to an informational “Call-to-Action” grid displaying What we Do, Volunteer, Resources and Donate options. Scrolling further leads to such CTAs as “Give to the Max,” Recent Events, Latest Blog, Contact and another friendly reminder to “Donate.”
MVP helped Safe Passage make the journey from a SquareSpace-style template to a redesigned and SEO-optimized WordPress website that supports the Client’s goal of a Minnesota child protection and foster care system that continuously improves the lives of children. The new site is flawlessly functional on smartphones and tablets, and rich with videos, publications and research.
Said Richard Gehrman, Safe Passage’s Executive Director, “Many thanks to the MVP team for their generous contributions of time, effort and talent reflected in our new non-profit website as well as their social media sponsorship of our earlier “CV-19 Victims of Child Abuse” webinar series. We appreciate the streamlining of our site navigation so that stakeholders, whether individual citizens, state legislators or donors, can reach their desired page destinations as easily as possible. We also love the inspiring, caring and collaborative imagery that not only engages but motivates our stakeholders to respond to our resources and support our fund-raising efforts. Having worked with MVP on earlier Safe Passage branding and social media projects, I can certainly recommend them to any organization seeking a Most Valuable Partner for non-profit website design, development and digital marketing support.”
Added Dick Weinrib, MVP’s President and CEO, “To celebrate our 35th year in business as well as the holidays in this difficult year, we wanted to make a meaningful contribution in lieu of client gift giving. We decided to invest a considerable amount of our website design and development time on behalf of this worthy non-profit that is committed to the social good. The entire MVP team wishes Safe Passage (and our clients) much success now and in the year ahead.”
To learn more about the Safe Passage website project, please click here.
About MVP Marketing + Design, Inc.
MVP Marketing + Design is a Minneapolis Digital Agency and Website Design Firm that has served Midwest regional, national and international clients for over 35 years. Our smart, eye-catching and award-winning work pushes marketing, design, and technology to the limits as we propel the brands and stories of our most valued partners.
We are passionate about creating brand equity for clients in such markets as Professional Services (Private Equity, Investment Banking and Law); B2B Products and Technology-Enabled Services (IT, FinTech, MarTech & EdTech); Healthcare & Medical Device; Manufacturing & Logistics; and CPG & Consumer Durables (Office Products, Housewares and Recreational Vehicles).
From the B2B and B2C divisions of Fortune 500 and Lower Middle Market companies to Private Equity Firms and Investment Banks, our “what’s next” mindset and “brand-to-web” technology solutions help clients build brands, promote products and services and deliver business growth. MVP has won over 30 industry creative awards (W3 Awards, Communicator Awards, Davey Awards, Hermes Awards and MARCOM Awards) in the last three years.
For more information please contact us at info@mvpdesign.com