Association for Corporate Growth & Florida Veterans Foundation raise funds for Veterans

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - April 24, 2015 - PRLog -- Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- April 23, 2015 – Service: That’s what the veterans of the U.S. armed services have given to their country.

Service: That’s what the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) of South Florida (http://www.acg.org/southflorida) and its corporate, private equity, investment and commercial bankers and professional members want to give back to the veterans for their service and sacrifice.

On April 24, 2015, ACG and the South Florida business community, in partnership with the Florida Veterans Foundation (http://www.floridaveteransfoundation.org), will gather at the Woodlands Country Club in Tamarac, Florida, for golf and to raise money to help veterans reintegrate into civilian life.

More than 240 golfers and over 70 corporate sponsors – or roughly double the number from last year’s inaugural tournament -- will contribute time and money to rally to the aid of veterans.  A Who’s Who of the South Florida business community, including the area’s top businesses, individuals and in-kind contributors, has stepped up to sponsor the ACG Charity Golf Classic.

Proceeds from the Second Annual ACG Charity Golf Classic will benefit South Florida’s veterans.  Led once again by Jim Duffy, head of practice development with the accounting firm Grant Thornton, this year’s tournament looks to improve upon last year’s tournament, which raised more than $50,000 to assist our veterans.

The tournament will benefit the Foundation and its upcoming signature South Florida event, the May 1-3 Stand Down at Robert King High Park at 7025 West Flagler Street in Miami. Last year, through the efforts of more than 1,000 volunteers, the Stand Down resulted in the registration of more than 300 homeless and at-risk veterans and their families and took more than 60 veterans off the streets and into either temporary or permanent housing.  Many more veterans were able to procure gainful employment.  All were provided safety, food, showers, medical care, legal aid and other services.

About the ACG Charity Golf Classic

Where:  Woodland Country Club

 4600 Woodland Boulevard

Tamarac, Florida 33319

954-731-2500

When:  Registration begins at 10:30 am

Shotgun start at noon

Awards and announcements about 5:30 pm

Other Information: Individual registrations are available in limited supply

Contributions accepted and appreciated

Box lunches, snacks and beverages provided

See http://www.acg.org/southflorida/ for additional information

About ACG

Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG has over 14,800 members from leading corporations, private equity, finance and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100 and mid-market companies in 58 chapters in North America, Europe and Asia.  Its members include leaders in corporations, private equity, finance and professional service firms focused on building value in their organizations.

ACG-South Florida holds meetings in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties on a regular basis that provide high-quality networking opportunities, featuring prominent speakers on business and growth-related topics, and marketing events in locations that accommodate the geographical diversity of its membership.  ACG-South Florida will hold its annual awards dinner on June 11, 2015, at the Doubletree by Hilton, Deerfield Beach, where it will present awards to some of the region’s top companies for outstanding achievement in the categories of Growth, Emerging Growth and Dealmaking. Information about the awards reception, including sponsorship opportunities and registration, as well as information about upcoming ACG South Florida meetings, can be obtained by emailing acgsofla@yahoo.com and on the ACG-South Florida website:  http://www.acg.org/southflorida/.

ACG Florida, a partnership of ACG’s four Florida chapters, will hold its eleventh annual Florida Capital Connection Conference hosted by the South Florida ACG Chapter and chaired by Robert Brighton, a corporate partner with the business law firm Shutts & Bowen LLP at The Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood, Curio Collection by Hilton, in Hollywood, Florida.  The networking will begin with preconference events Nov. 10 with the conference following Nov. 11-12, 2015. The ACG® Florida Capital Connection Conference will bring together leading capital providers, M&A professionals, intermediaries, corporate executives and service providers. See the conference’s website at http://www.acg.org/florida/ for more information.

About the Florida Veterans Foundation

The Florida Veterans Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) established in 2008 by the Florida Legislature as a Direct Support Organization to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs (FDVA). Its mission is to provide assistance, funding and support for veterans’ advocacy and to promote and aid charitable activities that serve the livelihoods and general welfare of Florida-resident veterans. Learn more at www.floridaveteransfoundation.org.