Trio Solutions (TRIO), a Mount Pleasant-based marketing communications agency, invites Lowcountry-area nonprofits to apply for the 8th annual CreateAthon®, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.

CreateAthon is a collaborative, 24-hour creative blitz that changes the impact of nonprofits and the lives of creative thinkers. TRIO, the official CreateAthon agency for the Lowcountry area, will provide marketing services to nonprofit organizations on a pro-bono basis. The selected nonprofits should have little or no marketing budgets.

The deadline for applications is Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 at 5 p.m. TRIO will select five local organizations and will announce the winners by September 1. Visit trio-solutions.com/createathon or facebook.com/triosolutions to apply online or download an application.

Beneficiaries receiv deliverables such as: marketing and fundraising plans, logos, websites, banners, postcards, brand identity packages, website assessments and social media plans.  To learn more about CreateAthon, visit trio-solutions.com/createathon or call Caitlin Ramsey at (843) 216-0442.