NEW YORK. – Friends of Lead Free Children Foundation with the Support of Continental Food and Beverage Inc./Inca Kola USA, completed their annual Humanitarian Aid Mission to the Dominican Republic from March 14th through March 18th 2018.
CF&B/ Inca Kola USA has been working with Steve Null and his foundation for almost 20 years and we are very proud of the work that has been accomplished by Steve with our support. This year we are proud to have brought together a diverse group representing Corporate America, an American University, their student body, health care companies, local chambers of commerce and media. The Coca Cola Company was represented by Mr. Rudy Beserra Sr. Vice President Latin Affairs and his wife Lois Beserra. Mercy College and their medical students were represented by Lenny Caro the Chief Community Relations Officer. Aetna, a fortune 100 company, participated for the second year. One of our newest sponsors United Federation of Teachers was represented by Bonnie Rodriguez. We want to thank our media partners, NY Business Latino for all their support. Locally in the Dominican Republic The Local Coca Cola Company stepped up by sponsoring Lunch on day 2 of our mission and we want to acknowledge and thank Vielka Guzman and Maciel Patin for all their last minute efforts. Our business partners Comercializadora Tribi represented by Miguelina Chalas and Ramon Jansen also joined the group.
The Director of Friends of Lead Free Children, Steve Null, stated that “this year was once again a breakthrough thanks to the talent and support of all the doctors and students that volunteered their time”. “Our Mission was able to conduct 1000 basic health exams for pregnant woman and children as well as distribute the vitamin supplements that have been the corner stone of this mission since 2000”. The mission visited 3 areas in the Island Nation. Nizao a small town to the south of the Capital Santo Domingo. San Pedro de Macoris, where we serviced the Sugar cane field workers, and one of the poorest and toughest neighborhoods in the Capital of Santo Domingo.
We are proud that our business is in a position to offer such help to the poorest communities that have little to no access to regular preventive health care. CF&B/Inca Kola USA has always given back to local communities and this is our way to say thank you to the enormous Dominican community in the United States that supports our brand Inca Kola. The Mission is in honor of The Founders of Inca Kola in the United States, Lourdes and Luis Jardines Del Castillo who were always a part of this mission during their lives and we are proud to carry on their legacy.
For more information and to see more pictures and video of our mission please visit ehealthbody.com, www.incakolausa.com , facebook.com/incakolausa and www.friendsleadfree.org
By Claude Santiago
Inca kola USA, a brand of the Coca Cola Company, pressented the 5th annual Salute to Hispanics in Sports and Entertainment,produced by New York Business Latino. The event was held at the Rock Bottom restaurant in Minneapolis.
On OCTOBER 11, 2017, the Inca Kola Family celebrated their 4th Annual Golf Outing to benefit the Friends of Lead Free Children at Split Rock Golf Course on a beautiful Fall day in New York City. The Friends of Lead Free Children has been providing essential health and environmental programs in the Dominican Republic since 1993. All proceeds from the event help fund on-going services for underprivileged children and pregnant women in Dominican Republic by providing them with multi-vitamin supplements and access to key medical services.
The extended Inca Kola family, who generously contributed their time and resources, included 81 golfers this year. Corporate sponsors once again turned out to support the event with The Coca Cola company leading the way. United Federation of Teachers came on board this year as a Dinner sponsor along with long time supporters National Supermarket Association. Other sponsors include Shirt Sponsor: Cafe Llave; Step 2 Promotions; Cart Sponsors: Guixens, Shop Rite, NSA, and El Especialito; and Golf Hole Sponsors: Compare Food, Connect One Bank, Delta Airlines, Mercy College, Aetna, NY Business Latino, Health First, Cibao Meat, and Event Model Agency, as well as numerous Premium Foursomes.
The weather was perfect for both golfing and networking, and the entire event was lively from beginning to end with a fun round of golf, raffles, contests and activities throughout, and ending with a wonderful dinner and reception, all of which made the event a tremendous success.
Inca Kola COO and President, Randal Berman and Friends of Lead Free Children Foundation Chairman, Steve Null welcomed all the golfers and dinner guests and thanked everyone once again for getting behind this tremendous humanitarian mission, a mission near and dear to the hearts of all of the participants and one which proudly started nearly 20 years ago.
A special thank you to EVERYONE who participated in this wonderful event which raised so much support for our most valuable asset: our children!!!
Thousands of New Yorkers celebrated Dominican culture and music in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday August 13th, 2017 at the 35th annual Dominican Day Parade which took over the Avenue of the Americas. The crowd, which stretched from 36th to 52nd Street, waved the red, white and blue flag of the Dominican Republic and danced to the sounds of merengue, bachata and hip-hop music pumping from enormous speakers that had been hoisted onto the parada’s floats. For decades Inca Kola has been a proud sponsor of the Dominican Parade and the Dominican community which has made so many major contributions to the City of new York.
The annual Ecuadorian Festival and Parade of Newark, which was held on August 13th, 2017, commemorated the “Primer Grito de la Independencia”. The parade ran along Ferry Street and concluded on Clover Street in Newark and the celebration continued with a festival of personalities, politicians, and members of our community, as well as numerous sponsors from all over the tri-state area. The parade and festival was attended by thousands of people celebrating with their family and friends who all shared their love and pride for Ecuadorian culture. The day was highlighted not only by the wonderful parade, but also with great music, cosines, arts and culture, and numerous other activities for family members of all ages. Inca kola has been a proud and longtime sponsor of the parade and festival and the Ecuadorian community.
Inca Kola the golden Kola once again making strides with the Peruvian community of Los Angeles on July 30th celebrated the Peruvian Festival of Los Angeles with La India preforming all her Salsa Hits and enjoying the flavor of the famous Peruvian cuisine alongside Inca Kola the golden Kola.
As a main Sponsor of the festival Inca Kola was part of all their celebrations, attending a crowd of more than 3000 people at the Pico Rivera stadium Inca Kola burst all the colors to share with the Salsa sounds of La India.
The rich flavor of the Peruvian flag and the Peruvian cuisine alongside all festival goers celebrating diversity on a great day for Peruvians, all Food and music Lovers
The Peruvian Festival of Los Angeles is a yearly event that celebrates the Peruvian Independence on July 28th.
Inca Kola USA has signed an exclusive agreement with LFA to be the Main Event Sponsor for all their fights in 2017. Inca Kola first entered the world of MMA back in 2013 with the RFA. Since then Inca Kola has become recognized as the premium refreshment that will “Unleash your Inner Warrior”. Under the agreement Inca Kola has presence at all LFA events on site with product sampling and free giveaways. The cage girls are branded with the Inca Kola logo as well as the mat and bumpers inside the Octagon™. LFA is the premier developmental league in MMA sending more fighters up to the UFC than any other organization. Fights are all broadcast on AXS TV and receive media coverage from all of the sports major Journalists. In April we had fights in Greenville S.C., Oklahoma City OK and Pueblo CO. Upcoming in May we will be in Pheonix AZ and Prior Lake MN. Check the schedule on our website to see when we will be in a city near you.
Inca Kola has been a proud sponsor of the National Supermarket Association for decades. The Florida Chapter recently held its annual Golf Tournament on April 19th to benefit the NSA Scholarship Fund which helps many students in the South Florida area to achieve a college education. Applications are distributed thru NSA members’ stores to make sure that beneficiaries are within the communities they serve. During the dinner ceremony the NSA Board awarded the students with their scholarships. Inca kola has always supported programs that help the community in education.
Lightweight contender, Jonathan Maicelo, held a press conference announcing his Upcoming title fight against Ray Beltran at ShopRite Beer, Wines, and Liquors of Clifton on April 14th . Peruvian native Miacelo (25-2, 12 KOs, 1 NC) will be fighting Mexican native Ray Beltran (32-7-1, 20 KOs, 1 NC) in Madison Square Garden on May20th and the fight will be broadcast on HBO. Sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) as a world lightweight title elimination bout, the winner of the 12-round rumble will also lay claim to the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) International and the NABF and NABO lightweight titles, currently held by Beltran. Inca Kola is sponsoring the “Last Inca” Maicelo and is looking forward to his victory on May 20th. Look for the conclusion to this battle in next months issue of the Inca Kola news letter. Inca Kola “Unleash your Inner Warrior”.
The event Hosted by Women in Leadership held in Port Everglades, Florida on May 8th honored women entrepreneurs that are leaders and active members of their respective communities and highlighted their efforts to empower others. Along with the extensive list of prestigious awardees and attendees, the event was well attended by leading members of both the national and local business community, as well as numerous members of the media from throughout the United States. Elizabeth Chalas Berman, President and CEO of Continental Food and Beverage Inca Kola USA was one of the panelists and gave told the inspiring story of her long climb to gain the respect of her peers in a male dominated industry. CF&B/Inca Kola USA has prided itself on the support it offers to local community organizations and businesses. “Our growth and success is due in a large part to the support we get from the organizations we support” stated Chalas Berman.
This year’s speakers included Elizabeth Chalas Berman – President & CEO Continental Food & Beverage Inca Kola USA, Rebeca Peña – public affairs, Coca Cola Florida, Eduardo Torres – Director, South Florida U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Mary Hernandez – Regional Manager, Small Business Administrations (SBA) International Trade Programs, and Robert.
Inca Kola always in the community!
April 3, 2017
For Immediate release
NEW YORK. – Friends of Lead Free Children Foundation with the Support of Continental Food and Beverage Inc./Inca Kola USA, completed their annual Humanitarian Aid Mission to the Dominican Republic from March 29th through April 2nd 2017.
CF&B/ Inca Kola USA has been working with Steve Null and his foundation for almost 20 years and we are very proud of the work that has been accomplished by Steve with our support. This year we are proud to have brought together a diverse group representing Corporate America, an American University, their student body, health care companies, local chambers of commerce and media. The Coca Cola Company was represented by Mr. Rudy Beserra Sr. Vice President Latin Affairs and his wife Lois Beserra. Mercy College and their medical students were represented by Lenny Caro the Chief Community Relations Officer. We also had Kyetah Bryan from Affinity Health plan with us and the doctors they have brought. Additionally we had Aetna, a fortune 100 company, represented by Victor Pupo along with the health care professionals that they have brought. Representing local women owned businesses in New York was Quenia Abreu, CEO and Founder of the NY Womens Chamber of Commerce. Our media partners are NY Business Latino represented by Rosemary Carrillo and Ramon Anibal TV represented by Ramon Anibal. Locally in the Dominican Republic our business partners Comercializadora Tribi represented by Miguelina Chalas and Ramon Jansen joined the group.
The Director of Friends of Lead Free Children, Steve Null, stated that “this year was the best mission so far in the history of this cause”. “Our Mission was able to conduct 1200 basic health exams for pregnant woman and children as well as distribute the vitamin supplements that have been the corner stone of this mission since 2000”. The mission visited 3 areas in the Island Nation. Haina, a port town to the West of the Capital Santo Domingo. San Pedro de Macoris, where we serviced the Sugar cane field workers, and Aldeas Infantiles an orphanage that houses and educates children and young women.
We are proud that our business is in a position to offer such help to the poorest communities that have little to no access to regular preventive health care. CF&B/Inca Kola USA has always given back to local communities and this is our way to say thank you to the enormous Dominican community in the United States that supports our brand Inca Kola. The Mission is in honor of The Founders of Inca Kola in the United States, Lourdes and Luis Jardines Del Castillo who were always a part of this mission during their lives and we are proud to carry on their legacy.
For more information and to see more pictures and video of our mission please visit:
www.incakolausa.com , www.facebook.com/incakolausa, drlarryfranks.com and www.friendsofleadfreechildren.org
Houston – Inca Kola and NY Business Latino held their annual Game Week KickOff Celebration in the Host City of the Super Bowl, Houston, Texas, on January 31st at Tejas Grill & Sport Bar.
The event, “Salute to Hispanics in Sports and Entertainment”, honored sports and media stars. Along with the list of prestigious awardees the event featured Don Salazar, Chairman of the Board of The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as the Keynote Speaker.
The winner of this year’s Hispanic Athlete of the Year Award was David Villa, NYCFC Major League Soccer. The recipient of the Hispanic Media Award was NFLeros Fox Deportes. The awardee of the Hispanic Leadership Award was Ish Arebalos of the Coca Cola Company. There were two local awardees this year with the Hispanic Broadcaster award going to Carmen Contreras and the Community Service award to N.D.Kalu Sports Talk Radio Host 790 AM Houston, TX.
The 4th annual Game Week KickOff Celebration took place in the beautiful Super Bowl host city of Houston, TX where the event was well attended by members of the media, sport and business community.
The event’s generous sponsors included Inca Kola, Coca Cola, Fox Deportes, which broadcasted their “EnVivo” segment live from the event venue. This year sponsors included The Coca Cola Company, Inca Kola, Fox Deportes, IBM, United Airlines, and The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ( USHCC). The Funds raised during the event will benefit the Friends of Lead Free Children (FLFC) foundation as our community beneficiary in recognition of the important work that it performs within our communities by creating a healthier and safer environment for our children to achieve their fullest potential.
The Salute to Hispanics in Sports was established to provide recognition to Hispanics in Sports and entertainment for their accomplishments both on and off the field. The program aims to enhance the positive image of Hispanics by highlighting the great community work being done by these professionals.
For additional information about Game Week Kickoff Celebrations or to make a donation, please contact Mrs. Rosemary Carrillo at 917-974-0681 or e-mail randy@cfandb.com
Continental Food and Beverage Inc. (CF&B) was created in 2001 and became the first Hispanic and woman owned Bottler/Distributor for The Coca Cola Co. Today CF&B is a premier bottler and distributor that continues to manage the Inca Kola brand and has grown their business with the development of their [...]
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