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# CreateAthon@VCU provides valuable marketing resources to Richmond-area nonprofits
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/createathonvcu-2023/
- Published: 2023-04-03T23:00:30.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-03T23:00:30.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Marketing, Richmond News, #wp-top-right-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:53

**The** [**CreateAthon@VCU**](https://createathononcampus.org/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) is an annual 24-hour event organized by the [Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture](https://robertson.vcu.edu/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University to help Richmond-area nonprofits market themselves. This year, a team of 23 students and 40 volunteers, along with 25 alumni and professional mentors, worked a total of 1,512 hours to create branding guidelines, logos, color palettes, social media design templates, websites, and more for five nonprofits. The event, which is the longest-running college CreateAthon in the world, has donated more than $1.4 million in value to 76 nonprofits over the previous 15 years.

Five Richmond-area non-profits were the recipients of this years work:

- [Extra Mile Pediatrics](https://www.extramilepediatrics.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), a Richmond-based organization providing medical care for children in areas of El Salvador where significant barriers to care exist.
- [He, She, Ze & We](https://heshezewe.org/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), which aims to serve families with transgender loved ones through support, education and advocacy.
- [Nationz Foundation](https://www.nationzfoundationrva.org/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), which provides HIV/AIDS education, advocacy and prevention services throughout Central Virginia.
- [REAL LIFE](https://reallifeprogram.org/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), which serves individuals, who have been impacted by incarceration, homelessness or substance use disorders, in overcoming barriers.
- [Us Giving Richmond Connections/Black Pride RVA](https://ugrcrva.org/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), which aims to improve the health and well-being of Black LGBTQIA+ communities of Greater Richmond.

For the full story by [Mary Kate Brogan](https://www.news.vcu.edu/article/2023/03/createathonvcu-a-big-help-to-a-small-organization-nonprofit-leaders-say?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) visit: