Macro International has won eight prestigious 2007 video awards in categories spanning social issues, public service, and health and wellness.

The Aurora Awards is an international competition designed to recognize excellence in film and video, including commercials, cable programming, documentaries, and informational, instructional, and corporate videos. Entries are judged on creativity, message effectiveness, and technical excellence. Macro received the following five awards:

• Douye (Our Cause) - Platinum Best of Show
  http://overhill.shs.net/asf1/3Demo/06-0110Douye_OurCause.wmv
• Profiles in Public Health: LCDR Thomas Pryor, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps - Platinum Best of Show
  http://overhill.shs.net/asf1/3CommCorps/FinalProfiles/06-0124LCDRThomasPryor.wmv
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) Kevin Hines TV PSA - Gold Award
  http://overhill.shs.net/asf1/3PSAs/NSPL/NSPL_KevinHinesPSA60s.wmv
• Addiction and the Family: Healing and Recovery (from the 2006 “Road to Recovery” TV and Webcast series) - Gold Award
  http://recoverymonth.gov/2006/multimedia/webcastmenu.aspx
• Secondhand Smoke: Triumphs and Tragedies - Gold Award
  http://overhill.shs.net/asf1/3CDC/06-0627TriumphsTragedies.wmv

The international Telly Awards honors excellence in local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programming and nonbroadcast video productions. Judges score entries on an exacting performance scale and recognize only the top programs with silver or bronze awards. Macro received three of Telly’s highest honors for the following videos:

• Secondhand Smoke: Triumphs and Tragedies - Silver Award
  http://overhill.shs.net/asf1/3CDC/06-0627TriumphsTragedies.wmv
• Addiction and the Family: Healing and Recovery (from the 2006 “Road to Recovery” TV and Webcast series) - Silver Award
  http://recoverymonth.gov/2006/multimedia/webcastmenu.aspx
• ¡Vida en la Communidad Para Todos! (Life in the Community for Everyone!) - Silver Award
  Chapters from the two-DVD set can be viewed from the campaign Web site (in Spanish):
  http://hablemos.samhsa.gov/paratodos/onlines.aspx
  Chapters in Spanish with an English voiceover track can be viewed here:
  http://hablemos.samhsa.gov/paratodos/online.aspx