PPB March 2019

Sweda Presents $100,000 Donation ToThe DanNevinsWarrior Spirit Retreat Sweda Company, LLC (PPAI 113914) presented a $100,000 donation to the Warrior Spirit Retreat at The PPAI Expo 2019. The retreat is a place where warriors learn to heal the physical and mental wounds of military service. Since 2017, a portion of the proceeds of all sales of the City of Industry, California-based supplier’s Basecamp items have been donated to fund the retreat. To date, it has donated more than $250,000 to the cause. At Sweda’s booth at the Expo, Sweda CEO Jim Hagan, CAS, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kellie Claudio and Vice President of Finance Ginalin Tan presented Warrior Spirit Retreat founder Dan Nevins with the $100,000 check while surrounded by distributors, friends and Sweda team members. PPEF Golf Tournament Raises Almost $50,000 On January 14, the Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) held its annual Glen Holt & Fran Ford Memorial Golf Tournament preceeding The PPAI Expo in Las Vegas to support its college scholarship program. This year’s tournament raised close to $50,000 for the fund. The tournament honors the late Glen Holt, MAS, a former PPAI board member and Hall of Fame inductee who passed away in 2010, and Fran Ford, Jr., CAS, president of supplier Castelli, a division of Magnet, LLC, and PPAI Hall of Fame inductee who passed away in 2018. A dedicated supporter of PPEF, Ford launched the PPEF Glen Holt Scholarship Golf invitational in 2014. The tournament supports their lasting legacies with PPEF scholarships named in their honor. This year’s tournament drew 31 foursomes, representing 60 industry companies to compete for prizes and bragging rights. Event sponsors included SAGE; HALO Branded Solutions; The Legacy Group; Laura Holt, MAS; Boundless Network; CPS/Keystone; Paul Lage, MAS; LarLu Promotional Products; Pioneer Balloon; alphabroder; BIC Graphic USA; Perry Ellis; Hit Promotional Products; Imagen Brands; Links Unlimited and SanMar. After a four-way tiebreaker, the BIC Graphic team, consisting of David Klatt and Dave Saracino from BIC and John and Sara Papa from John Michael Associates, won the scramble. Jerry Bravneis took home the winning prize for men’s longest drive, Sara Papa for women’s longest drive, and closest to the pin winners were Matt Barnes at hole No. 6, Jim Stutz at hole No. 9, Bill Mahre, CAS, at hole No. 11, Jim Stutz at hole No. 14 and CJ Schmidt at hole No. 16. | MARCH 2019 | 105 CONNECT