The Inter-Company Marketing Group (ICMG), a non-profit association that fosters business networking opportunities among insurance and financial services companies, raised $17,500 in support of The First Tee of Phoenix during its Annual Charity Golf Tournament at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.
The record-breaking donation—surpassing the previous record set last year by $2,000—will benefit The First Tee of Phoenix. The money was raised through tournament fees, sponsorships, mulligan sales, cash donations, and a silent auction. The tournament was held in conjunction with ICMG’s Annual Conference on February 3, 2016.
Sponsors of the tournament included the following companies: Agent Pipeline, Inc.; American National Insurance Company; AmeriLife Group; Ameritas; Empower Brokerage, Inc.; Gallagher–National Administration Company, Inc.; Genius Avenue; GeoBlue; Illinois Mutual Life Insurance Company; Investors Heritage Life Insurance Company; Kemper-Reserve National Insurance Company; Medico; Pinnacle Benefits Group; Senior Market Sales; Senior Security Benefits, Inc.; United Commercial Travelers; US Health Group; VelaPoint; and Washington National.
An international youth development organization dedicated to impacting the lives of young people through golf, The First Tee will use the donation to fund its character-building educational programs. The First Tee bases its programs on nine core values, which were established and incorporated to represent the positive values connected with the game of golf: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy, and judgment. Since its inception in 1997, The First Tee has introduced the game of golf and its values to more than 10.5 million young people in all 50 United States and four international locations.
ICMG has been a proud supporter of The First Tee since 2009, and every year ICMG donates the funds raised during its Charity Golf Tournament to the The First Tee chapter closest to the conference location. ICMG’s conferences typically alternate between the East and West Coasts, which in turn broadens The First Tee chapters that benefit from the association’s support.
Rich Katz, ICMG Golf Tournament chair and longtime ICMG board member, noted that “ICMG continues to choose to support The First Tee based on its work with young people.”
“The unique way The First Tee gives a sound basis for life through learning programs and incorporation of their nine core values is certainly an influencing factor on the decision to support them,” Katz said. “Our participation at the local level helps the local chapters provide programming to get the nine values taught through the game of golf early on, helping prepare students to grow up and become valuable members of society.”
To learn more about The First Tee, visit their website at www.thefirsttee.org.
The Inter-Company Marketing Group is the premier non-profit association that fosters strategic alliances among insurance and financial services companies, providing targeted networking opportunities, sharing of knowledge, experience, and resources for successful inter-company alliances. Among ICMG’s members are marketing and business development decision-makers with insurance carriers, reinsurers, distributors, third-party administrators, and other related companies in the insurance business. Find ICMG on LinkedIn, or visit www.icmg.org to learn more.
