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September 20th, 2011

Hult Center for Health Education & Cancer Center for Healthy Living selected as $15,000 winner of RK Dixon’s 2011 Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest
Handicapped Development Centers receives $10,000 prize, while Keep Northern IL Beautiful and Catholic Charities of Coles, Douglas and Edgar Counties take home $5,000 prizes

Davenport, Iowa. - After more than 63,980 total online votes were counted, the Hult Center for Health Education & Cancer Center for Healthy Living was proclaimed the winner of RK Dixon’s 2011 Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest.

Officials from RK Dixon, a leading provider of copiers, printers, IT solutions, managed print services and pure drinking water systems, this morning announced on WEEK-TV that the Hult Center will receive the grand prize, consisting of a $15,000 office technology makeover.
In total, RK Dixon awarded prizes to 12 non-profit organizations across eastern Iowa, Illinois and southern Wisconsin:


Peoria/Bloomington area:

• Hult Center for Health Education & Cancer Center for Healthy Living will receive the $15,000 grand prize office technology makeover.
• Holy Trinity Catholic School will receive a printer valued at $1,000.
• TAPS No-Kill Animal Shelter will receive a printer valued at $1,000.

Quad City area:

• Handicapped Development Center will receive a multi-function device valued at $10,000.
• Lourdes Catholic School will receive a printer valued at $1,000.
• Humility of Mary Shelter will receive a printer valued at $1,000.

Rockford area:

• Keep Northern IL Beautiful will receive a multi-function device valued at $5,000.
• GiGi’s Playhouse Rockford will receive a printer valued at $1,000.
• Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. will receive a printer valued at $1,000.

Springfield area:

• Catholic Charities of Coles, Douglas and Edgar Counties will receive a multi-function device valued at $5,000.
• Developmental Services Center will receive a printer valued at $1,000.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region will receive a printer valued at $1,000.

The Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest is designed to improve the efficiency of a local non-profit group by enhancing its technological capabilities and making it easier to focus on its mission. The grand prize makeover may include, but is not limited to: a black and white copier, a color copier, a printer, multi-function systems, IT services and water purification units, all of which will help Hult Center run more efficiently.

Representatives from RK Dixon will visit all prize winners in the coming weeks to install the runners up equipment and assess the winners’ current office technology situation and tailor the equipment to fulfill their specific needs.  

“This contest has been such a rewarding way for RK Dixon to give back to the local non-profits,” said Bryan Dixon, president and CEO of RK Dixon. “The response was incredible. There were more than 63,980 total online votes during the two voting phases. The real highlight of the contest for us will come when the organizations begin to see improvement in their day-to-day business and they are better able to serve the very people that cast those votes.”

When the contest began on July 26, 157 non-profit organizations from eastern Iowa, Illinois and southern Wisconsin were in the running for the grand prize. Organizations encouraged supporters to vote for them online at the RK Dixon website, www.rkdixon.com. Using the online voting system, the list was narrowed to a group of 20 finalists.

 The Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest was sponsored by RK Dixon and media partner WEEK-TV, WIFR-TV, WICS-TV and KWQC-TV.

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