SEMA Leadership Days kick off on July 23, with events including the SPC Business Technology Symposium, Show 'N Shine, Pinewood Drag Races, and the Installation Banquet and Gala Fundraiser.
More than 500 members of the industry attended the SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser in Pasadena, California, August 1, to honor 2009 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees Bill Perry, Rolan “Jeep” Worthan and Henry “Smokey” Yunick and to raise money for children’s charities Childhelp and Victory Junction Gang Camp. They also came to thank members for their service on the SEMA Board of Directors as well as welcome new members to the Board.
Volunteers are working hard on behalf of children's charities, creating
fundraising activities during the SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala
Fundraiser that include the Show 'N Shine car show, Pinewood Drag Race
and various sponsorship programs.
Volunteers are working hard on behalf of children's charities, creating fundraising activities during the SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser that include the Show 'N Shine car show, Pinewood Drag Race and various sponsorship programs.
Two great items up for sale at the SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser include a Thomas Kinkade print of the Daytona 500 and a gold necklace featuring 120 diamonds.
Former SEMA Chairman Mitch Williams says he's pulling no punches in his quest to wrest the Pinewood Drag Race champion title away from current Chairman Jim Cozzie.
The SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser serves as a forum
to thank the association's outgoing board members and welcome those
newly elected, as well as honor the industry's new Hall of Fame members
and demonstrate the industry's compassion and charity.
Each of the programs and benefits offered by SEMA is spawned by individuals who imagine a better way of doing things. More often than not, those creative thinkers are members of the SEMA Board of Directors—volunteers who give of their time, energy and vision to help guide and grow the automotive specialty-equipment industry. While these people come from diverse demographic backgrounds in every segment of the marketplace, all share a passion for business and a desire to see the people and companies that make up the association succeed and prosper. While they may not always agree completely with one another, they share a respect for their peers and the notion that multiple minds can find solutions where a single mind may not.
Nothing brings together the specialty-equipment community more than when industry leaders and pioneers are honored, charitable causes are served, cars are displayed and peers have the opportunity to compete against each other in the ultimate drag race.
2009 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees Bill Perry, Rolan “Jeep” Worthan and Henry “Smokey” Yunick will be honored at the SEMA Installation Banquet & Gala Fundraiser, Saturday, August 1, at the Pasadena Convention Center.
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