Here are the efforts our judges chose as the best of 2006 in the FS 2007 Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence.

By Abny Santicola and Margaret Battistelli

ACQUISITION 50,000 OR MORE MAILED
Winner: Doctors Without Broders World Map Acquisition Package (L.W. Robbins)
Silver Award: USO “In Iraq They Don’t Send Valentines” (Worth Linen)
Bronze Award: Capuchin Soup Kitchen Year-End Acquisition (Lewis Direct)

ACQUISITION FEWER THAN 50,000 MAILED
Winner: San Antonio Hospital Foundation “Help Us Solve This Puzzle (San Antonio Hospital Foundation)
Silver Award: The Empty Stocking Fund Acquisition Test Appeal (Heritage Co.)
Bronze Award: Marmot Recovery Foundation “Extinction Means Forever” (Harvey McKinnon Associates)