Find out which fundraising efforts the judges chose as best of show in our 2006 Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Judging was fairly informal, with the judges locked — um, I mean — situated comfortably in NAPCO’s Franklin Room, free to compare notes and seek each other’s opinions. They judged each package on a scale of 1 to 5 in areas that included results, revenue, copywriting and creative. Following are the efforts that they found to be among the best of the best for 2005. — M.B.