Manchester, N.H.—CCA Global Partners and the Floor Covering Industry Foundation (FCIF) have announced a benefit golf tournament which will take place at the Marriott Ever-green Resort in Stone Mountain, Ga., on Sept. 25. The CCA Global Partners/ Floor Covering Industry Foundation’s First Annual Charity Golf Tournament will benefit the FCIF, an organization founded 20 years ago to focus industry attention on the health, human service and welfare needs of people in the flooring industry in times of life-altering medical hardships. “The FCIF is a cause that is near and dear to our hearts,” said Alan Greenberg, co-CEO of CCA. “This tournament will be an opportunity for our industry to gather together and raise funds for a very important cause.” ‘Unique Lifeline’ “The Foundation has been a unique lifeline for members of our industry family who find themselves in need of financial assistance,” said Howard Brodsky, co-CEO of CCA. “Its help has been consistently delivered with compassion, confidentiality and dignity.

“Over the years, FCIF has assisted many retailers and individuals in the floor covering industry when they had nowhere else to turn,” he explained. “Because its approach has been low-key, the Founda-tion has had limited funds to work with. This past year, many of us committed ourselves to significantly increasing FCIF’s capital base by establishing a new endowment fund. “The CCA Global Partners/Floor Covering Industry Foundation’s First Annual Charity Golf Tournament is an important step to help build a strong donor base and make the endowment fund a reality,” added Brodsky, who is also a member of FCIF’s executive committee. “It is a critical component in ensuring that FCIF can continue its ongoing operations, distribute grants and create a mechanism for stable, long-term grant giving.” “This event does two things,” said Christopher Davis, FCIF’s chairman and CEO of the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA), “it raises the awareness of the Foundation amongst people who not only can contribute to it, but helps garner publicity for the program amongst people who may need it. So, while it should be fun and entertaining for the people who will be participating in it, it helps raise awareness of the Foundation, as well.”

“I’m very excited with the interest and positive activity that CCA Global Partner’s senior management team of Howard Brodsky and Alan Greenberg has taken since they’ve joined the FCIF board about a year ago,” said Larry Nagle, FCIF’s vice chairman and president of consulting firm, N.L. Nagle. “Both are supporting FCIF in a grand manner. Be tween the golf tournament and the evening program they have planned, it sounds like it’s going to be quite a spectacular event.” Event Activities The golf event and evening celebration will take place at the Ever-green Marriott Resort, located just 25 miles from downtown Atlanta. Surrounded by 3,200 acres of natural wooded beauty, the tournament—which will feature a total of 240 golfers—will be played on beautiful 18-hole golf courses in Stone Mountain. The day begins with lunch at noon followed by the tournament, an evening of cocktails, dinner and an awards ceremony. A block of rooms have been reserved at the Marriott Evergreen for those wishing to stay over. “We are reaching out for support not only to our industry members, but also to the thousands of local and national vendor organizations that help in all aspects of our business,” said Greenberg, also an FCIF board member. “We’ve set up a special Web site, www.ccaglobal.com/fcifgolf, for registration and information,” he concluded. “The site went live on Aug. 26, and we urge all of those who are interested in attending to log on, register for the event, and support the important work of the Foundation.” For more information on the FCIF, call 916/447-1680, fax 916/443-8065, e-mail info@fcif.org, or visit www.fcif.org. —Louis Iannaco