Portland, Maine – Hat Trick® announced today its corporate partnership with the Folds of Honor Foundation and Patriot Golf Day to help raise awareness and financial support for the foundation. Hat Trick® will donate a portion of the proceeds from the new Hat Trick® Golf Product Line throughout 2012 to the FHF. “As a Veteran with two children in college, it gives me great honor and a sense of duty to join forces with FHF,” said Rick Beard, President of R2B, Inc. Beard added, “As we prepare to launch our new golf product line at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show, we will also be helping to launch brighter futures for those military families that have given us all so much.”
From Thursday, Jan. 26 to Saturday, Jan 28, Patriot Golf Day (Folds of Honor Foundation) and Hat Trick® will both be exhibiting during the PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange County Civic Center. Patriot Day Golf will be exhibiting in booth 1714 where they will be promoting the flagship fundraiser for the Folds of Honor Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides postsecondary education scholarships for children and spouses of military men and women disabled or killed while serving our Great Nation.
Hat Trick® will be exhibiting in booth 3400 to promote the launch of its new golf product line to the industry. Hat Trick® will be introducing several new, fun, and multifunctional golf accessories for both the retail and corporate branding markets, and will be offering some great show specials.
About the PGA Merchandise Show
Since its inception in 1954, the PGA Merchandise Show has become the world’s most influential golf trade show and the global summit for the business of golf. In January 2012, the PGA Merchandise Show will once again welcome more than 40,000 industry professionals from some 75 countries to uncover the latest trends, source the newest golf merchandise, test the latest equipment, enhance careers, learn proven business best practices, network among peers and grow the business of the game. Nearly 1,000 golf companies and brands, representing every business sector of golf from market leaders to start-up companies, will display and demonstrate hundreds of thousands of golf merchandise that will appear in golf shops and retail stores throughout the 2012 golf season. For more information, visit www.pgashow.com.
The PGA Merchandise Show and PGA Expo are organized in partnership with The PGA of America.
About Patriot Day Golf
The inaugural Patriot Golf Day in 2007 was started by Major Dan Rooney, Founder of the Folds of Honor Foundation, F-16 Pilot, PGA Professional, and USGA member. On Labor Day Weekend, over 4,500 golf courses around the country will participate and ask golfers to add an extra dollar to their greens fees to help fund Folds of Honor scholarships. The Patriot Golf Day campaign is jointly supported by the PGA of America and the United States Golf Association.
About HAT TRICK®/R2B, Inc.
Hat Trick® / R2B, Inc. is a privately held company that was established in 2007 and is based in Portland, Maine. The company’s products lend themselves to several classes of trade including all sectors of Retail, Ad Specialty, and Licensing. As a creator of innovative, fun, and multi-functional products, R2B, Inc. continually strives to bring fresh new ideas to the marketplace. For more information, visit: www.hattrickopeners.com, (877)207-0019.
Contact:
HAT TRICK®: Rick Beard, (207)797-0019, rbeard@hattrickopeners.com
PGA Merchandise Show: Sherry Major, (716) 662-3855, smajor@reedexpo.com
Folds of Honor Foundation: Ben Leslie, (918) 274-4700, bleslie@foldsofhonor.org
