WorldVentures Holdings LLC, parent company of the travel industry’s direct-sales leader — WorldVentures — is a six-time winner in the 38th Telly Awards for its “Heart to Serve” video honoring the philanthropy work of WorldVentures Foundation™, the preferred charity partner of WorldVentures Holdings.
The video was named a Silver winner — the highest honor — for Social Responsibility and selected by judges as a Bronze winner in four other categories in the 2017 Telly Awards, which honor films, videos and commercials. In addition, internet voters chose the WorldVentures submission for a Bronze People’s Telly.
The award-winning entry was for a video produced featuring the foundation’s anthem written and performed by inspirational rapper Princeton Marcellis. Produced by WorldVentures’ in-house creative team, most of the video footage was captured at the site of a bottle school in Guatemala. Bottle schools are schools built using “eco-bricks” — plastic bottles stuffed with inorganic trash — to help provide a more sustainable educational infrastructure for communities in need.
“We are honored to support WorldVentures Foundation, as they make a true difference in the lives of children all over the world,” said Interim Chief Marketing Officer Deb Bursley.
“We are especially proud to accept these Telly awards. Our video and creative teams demonstrate both talent and