Registration Now Open for Surf & Turf Saturday Night Dinner and Auction

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Sept. 29, 2015 - PRLog -- The third annual Surf & Turf Experience fundraiser to benefit Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC) has opened registration for their Saturday evening festivities. Taking place at South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island on Oct. 17, the night will feature a dinner, auction and award ceremony for $150 per person or $1500 for a table.

Presented by BB&T- Oswald Trippe and Company, all proceeds from the event will support the mission of DVIC to educate, train and create meaningful employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans.

Flag level sponsors include: ASI, TriCircle Pavers, Bell Tower Shops and Huff insurance Agency. Field Grade sponsors include: Sam Galloway Ford, Progressive Builders, Tower Hill Insurance and Scanlon Auto Group- Lexus and Acura.

To register for the Saturday night dinner and auction, contact Stacey Mercado at 239.433.7189 or SMercado@BBandT.com.

ABOUT DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE CAREERS

Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers is a not for profit 501(C) 3 organization, established in 2011 with the mission to educate, train and create meaningful employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans. The organization’s operating board consists of: retired U.S. Army Major General, James L. Dozier; Roger C. Mercado Jr. of Community Cooperative Inc.; Gary V. Trippe CIC, co-founder and chairman of Oswald Trippe and Company; retired insurance agency executive Gay Trippe; John Pollock CIC, Florida regional president of BB&T Insurance Services; retired U.S. Army Colonel Thomas A. Dials, chairman emeritus of the Armed Forces Insurance Corporation; Dr. J.R. Harding of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; former U.S. Air Force Captain and professional speaker, Wayne Smith; and Todd E. Gates, chairman of GATES commercial general contracting firm. Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Gary L. Bryant is the president and CEO of DVIC. For additional information, call 239-433-8523 or visit DVIC.us.