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Promotions West continues to serve as a member of the prestigious African American Health Disparity Project's Hospital Council Advisory Committee. The council's mission is to improve the health status of African Americans and to eliminate institutional racism wherever it exists in the health care system in the San Francisco Bay Area. The role of the committee is to guide the the project in both the development and delivery of these efforts. Promotions West also serves on the Media Advisory committee of the California Department of Health Services African American 5-a-Day campaign. In 2005, Promotions West was honored by KQED Public Broadcasting, Union Bank and Kaiser Permanente as one of the 2005 Local Heroes for outstanding work and commitment in the African American community. In the same year, Promotions West expanded its reach into the Asian/Pacific Islander and Latino/Hispanic communities through a partnership with Nancy Hom of the Hom Team and with Salvador Acevedo of Contemporanea Public Relations. Promotions West continues its community outreach and strategic planning efforts into the African American community by working with professionals Marsha Pendergrass and Sally Smith at Pendergrass Smith Consulting, an organizational & strategic development firm. The team is presently conducting focus groups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area to obtain feedback from consumers to help the San Francisco Police Department to better address community issues and for the City to become a safer place to reside. Joining forces with the Hom Team, a public relations firm, in the implementation of a contract with the Centers for Disease Control and the Asian/Pacific Islander Wellness Center. Promotions West assisted in the coordination of the the first national Asian/Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and the creation of the Banyan Tree Project. In a joint effort, outreach and media relations was conducted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Washington, DC and Boston under the Hom Team umbrella. In pushing the envelope another inch, Promotions West has developed PR for Peanuts, offering public relations services to small businesses and non-profit agencies unable or unwilling to pay the excessive costs of other public relations firms. PR for Peanuts is a service providing agencies with well written press releases to promote their events or improve their community image for a reasonable flat fee guaranteed not to break the piggy bank. Promotions West also offers a variety of other items under the PR for Peanuts menu. To request a price quote please contact Promotions West at bmikael@promotionswest.com.