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FTI Consulting Joins the Great Charity Challenge as Title SponsorHere Is Your Chance to Give Back with the Great Charity Challenge at the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Wellington, FL – March 15, 2010 – Equestrian Sport Productions is pleased to announce that FTI will be the title sponsor of the inaugural Great Charity Challenge. The inaugural Great Charity Challenge will be held on Saturday, March 20, at 6 p.m. Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Mark Bellissimo stated, “We’re honored that our title sponsor of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival is also taking the lead on the Great Charity Challenge. We thank Dennis Shaughnessy and FTI Consulting for their gracious and generous title sponsorship of our inaugural fundraising event and look forward to our partnership to aid a broad base of 24 charities during this difficult fundraising environment.” Dennis Shaughnessy, the Chairman of the Board of FTI Consulting, said, “FTI is proud to be the title sponsor of the first annual Great Charity Challenge. With our corporate headquarters in West Palm Beach, we are pleased to extend our support into this community and contribute to the success of this important fundraising effort.” Equestrian Sport Productions is also pleased to announce that CNN’s Lou Dobbs will be the emcee of the event. The Great Charity Challenge will feature teams sponsored by equestrian families that will each have an Olympic/world-class professional rider with two junior/amateurs riding a relay course to win a cut of the targeted $500,000 in prize money for their assigned charity. All 24 charities are based in or serve Palm Beach County, and for those riders who would like a way to be a part of the Great Charity Challenge and give back, here is your chance! Starting this week, there will be multiple ways for anyone at the show to donate to the Great Charity Challenge. For those who do online entries for the show, a class will be available to enter, called the “Great Charity Challenge Prize Money Donation.” By signing up for this class, you can donate all of your prize money for week 9. For those who do entries in the office, there will be forms and a container in the show office where you can declare to donate your prize money. For those who want to donate during the week, forms will be available at each show ring where you can sign up to donate the prize money for the classes you win prize money in. Those forms can be turned into the show office. Absolutely any amount is welcomed for donation. Announcers at each ring will be explaining throughout the day how you can donate and help out. Please help us add to the donations given to the worthy charities. We have already raised $400,000, and the goal is to raise an additional $100,000 in prize money donations from riders and sponsors. “This is a very important opportunity for those who are fortunate enough to participate in the horse show to get connected to the community and give back to it,” said Bellissimo. “We want riders to have multiple opportunities to contribute. We hope that the Great Charity Challenge will be the signature event for the facility for years to come.” The following 24 charities are paired with the team sponsor and have a world-class show jumper riding as the anchor on the relay team. Charity/Team Sponsor/Professional Rider Amanda J. Buckley Give A Smile to a Child/Sue Grange/Yann Candele American Red Cross – Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter/Kim Johnson/Ashlee Bond A Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue/Caroline Moran/Ramiro Quintana Boys and Girls Club (Wellington)/Gustavo Mirabal/Pablo Barrios Caridad Center of Boynton Beach/Liliane Stransky/Margie Engle Children, Hope and Horses/Maura Thatcher/Charlie Jayne Equestrian Aid Foundation/Peter Kraft/Will Simpson Families First of Palm Beach County/Susan Goldstein/McLain Ward Hannah’s Home of South Florida/Carlene Ziegler/Eric Lamaze Humane Equine Aid and Rapid Transport/Eduoard de Rothschild/Cynthia Hankins Hospice of Palm Beach County/Dvorkin, Kellogg Sadrian/Candice King Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options/Dammerman, Duchossois/Nicole Shahinian-Simpson JustWorld International/Jessie Pasmore/Julie Welles Leukemia & Lymphoma Society/Schuyler Riley/Schuyler Riley MS Cure Fund /Jean Goutal/Brianne Goutal Palm Beach County Professional Firefighter/Paramedics Benevolent Fund/Bob Johnson/Kent Farrington Panther Ridge Conservation Center/Edward Kochtova/Ljubov Kochetova Police Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation/Lisa Lourie/Shane Sweetnam Right to Play/Murray Kessler/Katie Prudent Stand Down House/ Mark Bellissimo/Laura Kraut Step by Step Foundation/Georgina Bloomberg/Georgina Bloomberg Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center /Roger Smith/Lauren Hough Wellington Community Foundation/Hunter Harrison/Rodrigo Pessoa YMCA of the Palm Beaches/Tom Tisbo/Beezie Madden The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of top competition running from January 13 through April 4. WEF is run by Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC, and Wellington Equestrian Partners and held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. All 12 shows are “AA” rated and Jumper Rated 6, and more than $5.5 million in prize money will be awarded. WEF is proud to be supported by their title sponsor, FTI Consulting, Inc. FTI Consulting, Inc. exists to help companies and their stakeholders protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex economic, legal and regulatory environment. FTI is the trusted advisor entrenched in many of the game-changing events that make headlines, move markets and create business history. For more information, please visit www.fticonsulting.com. During the 12 weeks of WEF, “Saturday Night Lights” headlines the entertainment each Saturday night where spectators not only enjoy the Grand Prix class, but a street carnival, live music, and numerous dining options with box seats, sports bars, and the famed Tiki Hut for front row fun. Please visit www.equestriansport.com or call 561-793-5867 for more information. Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Heather Buchanan ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=08a95d4b-6151-4ae1-b410-58818414fddf) No comments yet. Leave a comment |
