Distributors and Vendors Raise Funds for Charity
Niagara Falls, ON -- IDI Independent Distributors Inc., a network of Canadian distributors specializing in bearings, power transmission products, fluid power products, industrial supplies and safety s...
September 1, 2007 | By MRO Magazine
Niagara Falls, ON — IDI Independent Distributors Inc., a network of Canadian distributors specializing in bearings, power transmission products, fluid power products, industrial supplies and safety supplies, held its annual general meeting in Niagara Falls, Ont., June 12-13, 2007.
For the first time, the group’s two-day Supplier Summit was included as part of the meeting. Distributors and vendor members participated in 22 individual meetings over one-and-a-half days.
IDI’s platinum, gold and silver suppliers also were invited to join distributor members for IDI’s annual golf tournament on June 13 at the Grand Niagara Golf & Spa Resort; 120 golfers participated in the event.
Funds raised during the golf tournament were donated to charities. The Diabetes Foundation of Hope, a charity established in the memory of former IDI member Joe Pasternak of Fluid Hose & Coupling Inc., Mississauga, Ont., received a cheque for $5,000, and the Mississauga chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society was presented with a cheque for $10,000.
The 2008 annual general meeting will take place in Victoria, B.C., June 3-7. For more information, visit www.idiind.com.