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Hosts Bruce and Christine Arians with singer Craig Wayne Boyd (right)
Atlanta, Ga. —Last month, Cooper Global Chauffeured Transportation became the official ground transportation service of the Bruce Arians Family Foundation's 3rd Annual Georgia Celebrity Golf Classic, which was held June 28 and 29. The Arians Foundation holds a celebrity golf classic annually at the Oconee Course at The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia, and this year featured celebrity guests such as Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward, Jerome Bettis, and many more.
The two-day tournament also featured a gala dinner with a performance from The Voice’s season 7 winner, Craig Wayne Boyd. Fifth season American Idol winner Taylor Hicks sung the National Anthem at the start of the tournament.
"When our family decided to start the charity foundation, we did so because the causes were close to our heart," said Bruce Arians.
AFF supports CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and other charities that target children in need. CASA ensures that children involved with the court, who were subjected to abuse and neglect, receive the proper attention and help that they deserve.
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Owner David Brown accepting the Legislative Resolution from Assemblyman John McDonald
Albany, N.Y. — Late last month, Premiere Transportation celebrated its 25th anniversary with a giant party at its headquarters. According to an article in the local newspaper, the Troy Record, the company began as Carey of Albany in 1990, but following a series of acquisitions, it became one of the largest chauffeur-driven transportation services in the area.
Food, drink, and music was provided and well over a hundred guests attended the party. Among the most notable guests were Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and Assemblyman John McDonald, the latter of whom presented Premiere Transportation with a Legislative Resolution. David Brown, Premiere’s president, gave a speech that detailed his beginnings at the company as a 24-year-old car washer and detailer, who then took over the company a year later. Brown also thanked his vice president and four of his longest-working drivers for 25 years of service.
Premiere also announced it would be rolling out its own mobile app, similar to Uber, that would allow clients to register an account, book online, see a photo of their driver, and track their vehicle’s location in real time.
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L to R: NELA 2nd Vice President Tina Benson of L.A. Limousine Service, NELA Director Lynda Saitta of Momentum Drive, and NELA President Mike Callahan of Able Limousine were among the board members helping out at the annual event.
Boston — New England Livery Association (NELA) hosted its 15th annual Chauffeur Appreciation Day June 25 at Logan International Airport’s limo pool, where members representing the board and the association in general helped serve nearly 1,000 lunches to the hungry chauffeurs making runs to and from the airport all day. The yearly event’s Gold Sponsors included Allied Technologies and Dav El/BostonCoach, and a number of Silver and Bronze Sponsors contributed to the event’s success, too.
NELA CEO Rick Szilagyi said the daylong event is a chance to give back to the chauffeurs at the frontline of members’ companies. NELA’s 2nd Vice President Tina Benson of L.A. Limousine Service, as well as her industry-supporting siblings Cindy and Carl, “were all huge contributors of manpower”—Benson’s father, in fact, used to take on much of the day’s responsibilities in years past.
“Tina’s father used to work a canteen truck at fairs, so they would bring that truck to Chauffeur Appreciation Day,” Szilagyi said. “Now, she builds this wooden frame that serves as our storefront. Behind that, we have the two big grills that we just keep working all day.”
In addition to serving up nearly 1,000 meals, Chauffeur Appreciation Day also had raffles going on throughout the event.
Much of the NELA board and a handful of the association’s members were jockeying to run the grills and serve up hot sausage, sweet sausage, hamburgers, and hot dogs to chauffeurs who traveled from as far away as Portland, Maine, to pick up and drop-off travelers hailing from all over New England.
As an extra thank-you to the chauffeurs who were able to stop by, raffles went on throughout the day. Sullivan Tire & Auto Repair donated more than 20 certificates for free oil changes, and Sunoco donated a pass to a NASCAR event. Everyone who bought a raffle ticket also received a T-shirt.
NELA’s next event is its annual George Colarullo Memorial Golf Tournament, which will be held August 18 at the Marlborough Country Club in Massachusetts and raise money for both CHIP’s House and One Mission this year.
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