February 3, 2016
Holiday Weekend in New York and Texas Band and Bar Benefit
High above the crowd that emerged due to the record warm weather, ICPF’s Saturday reception and dinner provided views of the Rockefeller Center Ice Rink and New York’s iconic Holiday Tree.
ICPF wishes to thank the 2015 sponsors and those who participated in making the eighth annual Holiday Weekend in New York this past December the most successful to date. The event broke both the attendance and fundraising record of last year. Sponsors included Pratt Industries, which sponsored the Friday opening reception at The View; Equipment Finance Corporation and Kiwiplan, which sponsored the Saturday performance of the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall; Bobst North America, which sponsored the Saturday reception and dinner at The Pulse at 45 Rockefeller Center; and Gerber Innovations, MarquipWardUnited, and Corrugated Technologies Inc., which sponsored ICPF’s surprise holiday gifts for participants. Additional sponsors included Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Smurfit Kappa, and Serenity Packaging.
Corporate participants included Akers Packaging, American Corrugated Machine Corp., Amtech/Futura, Bay Cities, Bergey’s Truck Center, Bobst North America, Corrugated Technologies Inc., Dicar Inc., Equipment Finance Corporation, Fosber America, Gerber Innovations, Green Bay Packaging, Greif, JB Machinery, J.M. Fry Printing Inks, KapStone Paper & Packaging, Kiwiplan, Kruger, Landaal Packaging, Latitude Machinery, MarquipWardUnited, Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Norampac, Packaging Corporation of America, Pratt Industries, Robert Mann Packaging, Serenity Packaging, Smurfit Kappa, Sound Packaging, StandFast Packaging, Sumter Packaging, Vanguard Packaging, WestRock, AICC, FBA, and ICCA.
ICPF also wishes to recognize Board Converting News, Container-Board.com, Corrugated Today, Mid-Atlantic Packaging, NV Publications, PPI Magazine, RISI, AICC, FBA, and other ICPF supporters for their assistance in promoting this annual fundraising event. Andy Pierson and Mary Donohue (Mid-Atlantic Packaging) served as this year’s co-chairs and were major contributors to the event’s growth in attendance.
ICPF additionally wishes to thank the participants and sponsors of the Texas Band and Bar Benefit for ICPF, which was conducted last September in Fort Worth. The event raised $10,000 for ICPF operations and was initiated, managed, and conducted by Harris Packaging and AICC Region 4. The 11 event sponsors included Age Industries, American Carton, Georgia Pacific, Harris Packaging, JB Machinery, Leaman Container, Liberty Carton, Lone Star Corrugated, MarquipWardUnited, Pamarco Southern, and Smurfit Kappa.
To learn more about hosting an ICPF benefit/fundraiser, contact ICPF at info@icpfbox.org, 703-549-8580, or visit www.careersincorrugated.org.
Richard M. Flaherty is president of the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation. Flaherty can be reached at 703-549-8580 or rflaherty@icpfbox.org. For more information about the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation visit www.careersincorrugated.org.
