Kick Off the 2024 Season with NABC® Day and the NABC® Palm Springs Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraiser Presented by Hertz at a Spectacular New Course — the Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort
New for 2024, Golf Donations and Sponsorships Are Tax-Deductible Under the New Changing and Saving Lives Foundation
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (December 4, 2023) — The National Auto Body Council® announced it will host three golf fundraising events in 2024 through the new Changing and Saving Lives Foundation, making sponsorship and golf donations tax-deductible for companies and participants. It also will continue to offer the popular full-season sponsorship program, making it more affordable and more efficient to be a partner in the NABC® golf events.
The NABC® Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraisers provide an opportunity to join industry colleagues and customers for great golf and support the NABC®! And, of course, there is the opportunity to win bragging rights on the course, great raffle prizes and auction items! Through the foundation, proceeds will benefit families in need, military members, veterans and first responders, and help fulfill the mission of harnessing the power of the collective membership of the collision repair industry to positively impact communities across the country.
The season kicks off with the return to the desert – at a spectacular new course – the Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort. The annual NABC® Day will include the NABC® Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraiser Presented by Hertz, a NABC Recycled Rides® presentation prior to the shotgun start and the NABC® Day “Thank You” reception for the collision repair industry. The event helps support hundreds of NABC Recycled Rides® car presentations to those in need, NABC F.R.E.E.™ education programs for first responders, and as well as community impact programs.
“We’re so excited to kick off 2024 with our new Changing and Saving Lives Foundation and a lineup of tremendous golf events at top courses in Palm Springs, Dallas and St. Louis,” said Scott Sampley, chairman of the board for the National Auto Body Council®. “Our new host, the Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort, will re-energize our NABC® Day event, and our new foundation will provide additional benefits to companies and industry members who want to join us for a day of golf, a NABC Recycled Rides® presentation and our annual NABC® member reception.”
The NABC® 2024 schedule includes:
NABC® Palm Springs Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraiser — January 16, 2024
Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort, Palm Springs, CA
Event Schedule
8a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration
8 a.m. Breakfast and 19th Hole Experience
8:45 a.m. NABC Recycled Rides® Presentation
10 a.m. Shotgun Start
3 p.m. NABC® Day Reception and Awards Ceremony
NABC® Lone Star Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraiser — April 10, 2024
Texas Star Golf Course, Dallas, TX
NABC® Boone Valley Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraiser — September 9, 2024
Boone Valley Golf Club, St. Louis, MO
Sponsor the Full Season of NABC® Golf Events
For 2024, NABC® is continuing the popular full-season sponsorship opportunities to make it easier and more affordable to sponsor all three NABC® Changing and Saving Lives golf fundraisers, and all sponsorships are now tax-deductible. Companies can take advantage of having their company’s name recognized as a NABC® Golf Fundraiser Sponsor and Changing and Saving Foundation donor! Benefits include having the company’s name displayed on signage and unique activation at the event in front of leaders in the industry and on the NABC® website! All sponsorships include the opportunity to include samples, product offerings and giveaways in the event participants swag bag. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, visit https://www.nabcgolfevent.org/2024fullseasonsponsoropportunities.html
Don’t Miss NABC® Day in Palm Springs
NABC® Day, scheduled for January 16, 2024, at the Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort, is the annual celebration of the collision repair industry, hosted as a “thank you” by the NABC® for its members and constituents. Following the NABC® Palm Springs Changing and Saving Lives Golf Fundraiser Presented by Hertz, the NABC® industry reception and golf awards ceremony is open to all members. The reception will take place at 3 p.m. PT. NABC® members can RSVP for the reception at https://www.nabcgolfevent.org/2024nabcdayrsvp.html.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL AUTO BODY COUNCIL®
The National Auto Body Council® is the premier organization of collision industry partners dedicated to strategic networking opportunities that positively change lives in the communities we serve. The collaborative membership of the National Auto Body Council® has gifted more than 3,200 vehicles, provided extrication opportunities for some 5,500 First Responders and is helping educate students and adult drivers in communities around the country through NABC Recycled Rides®, NABC First Responder Emergency Extrication (F.R.E.E.™) and the NABC® Community Impact programs. That effort equates to a 4:1 ROI in dollar value delivered from NABC® membership dollars. The National Auto Body Council® is changing the paradigm of how the collision industry works and is viewed. For more information, visit www.NationalautoBodyCouncil.org.
ABOUT THE CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION
The Changing and Saving Lives Foundation exists to promote a positive impression of and common interest in the automotive repair industry; to improve the quality of life of families in need, veterans, active-duty military, and first responders through support programs and donations; and to give back to enhance communities across the country. The Changing and Saving Lives Foundation is a public benefit corporation and is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes and other programs and projects as are described in §§ 170(c)(2)(B), 501(c)(3), 2055(a)(2), and 2522(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax laws. For more information, visit www.changingandsavinglivesfoundation.org.
