Abbey Mecca & Company, a branding, marketing and communication firm headquartered in Buffalo, NY has been recognized with three awards for creative excellence during the 2009 International Davey Awards Competition. The Davey Awards honors the finest creative work from the best small firms, agencies and companies worldwide. This year's competition drew more than 4,000 entries from across the US and around the world. Abbey Mecca received three silver Davey Awards for work created for clients in Western New York.

For the ten mediums honored by the Davey Awards, Abbey Mecca & Company brought home two silver awards in the TV Commercial category and one silver award in the Design/Print category. Within the TV Commercial category Abbey Mecca received an award for the "Are You Ready" campaign promoting Canisius College Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball, as well as, an award for the 2009 Appeal for Catholic Charities campaign. Additionally, in the Design/Print category, Abbey Mecca notched an award for the design and production of the 2008 annual report for Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, NY.

"We're very pleased with the recognition." Commented Dan Mecca, president of Abbey Mecca & Company. "Great work is only possible with great clients. We share this recognition with Canisius College , Catholic Charities and Christ the King Seminary who embraced our ideas and passion for their brands and these projects." The three Davey Awards are the latest in a string of 12 major awards Abbey Mecca has received in as many months.

The Davey Awards is judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 200+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current IAVA memberships represent a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising and marketing firms including: Sotheby's Institute of Art, Yahoo!, Estee Lauder, Wired, Insight Interactive, The Webby Awards, Passaic Parc, Gershoni, Theory, Polo Ralph Lauren, ADWEEK, BRANDWEEK, Alloy, Coach, iNDELIBLE, MTV, Victoria's Secret, HBO, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Myspace.com, and many others.

Founded in 1969 by C. Robert Abbey and Nicholas D. Mecca, Abbey Mecca & Company is a branding, marketing and communication firm located in Buffalo New York. The agency creates targeted brand marketing campaigns for local and national clients across a variety of industries.