PPB March 2020

Sweda Donates $100,000 To Warrior Spirit Retreat, Announces New Partnership On the opening morning of The PPAI Expo in Las Vegas, leaders from City of Industry-based supplier Sweda presented a $100,000 check to Dan Nevins, founder of the Warrior Spirit Retreat and its 2019 Basecamp Brand Ambassador. To date, Sweda has donated more than $400,000 in monies and products to support the Warrior Spirit Retreat. Sweda also announced Basecamp’s new partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project, with this year’s commitment to donate $100,000 and two percent of wholesale sales at retail. The presentation of the check was made by CEO Jim Hagan, CAS; Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kellie Claudio and Vice President of Finance Ginalin Tan. Since 2017, a portion of the proceeds from Basecamp sales helped fund the Warrior Spirit Retreat, a place where warriors learn to heal from the physical and mental wounds of military service. Reciprocity Road Presents Donations To PPEF And Others Reciprocity Road, an industry buying group with a philanthropic focus, demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the Promotional Professionals Education Foundation (PPEF) by presenting it with a $7,500 check during Reciprocity Road’s reception at The PPAI Expo in Las Vegas. The group has been an avid supporter of PPEF for the past four years. In addition to the PPEF donation, at the reception Reciprocity Road partners also donated $5,000 to The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Earlier in the week, it presented an $8,000 donation to RR member Rod Brown, CAS, recipient of the PPAI 2020 H. Ted Olson Humanitarian Award, to support his philanthropic efforts in Africa and Mexico. The check was presented to Brown during his award acceptance at the PPAI Chair’s Leadership Dinner at the Expo. | MARCH 2020 | 121 CONNECT