Security Industry Association Announces Details for 11th Annual National Capital Region Security Forum Charity Golf Tournament

By Kara Klein, Associate Director of Marketing and Media Relations, Security Industry Association on July 24, 2024 | |
NCRSF: SIA National Capital Region Security Forum Celebrating our 11th SIA NCRSF Charity Golf Tournament Oct. 7, 2024, Mount Vernon Country Club

Join SIA NCRSF for a charity golf outing Oct. 7 in the D.C. area; tournament benefits the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Center for Brain Injury Recovery

SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) National Capital Region Security Forum (NCRSF) – a community of leading Washington, D.C.-area security professionals representing industry and government – has revealed the details for its 11th annual charity golf tournament. The event will take place Monday, Oct. 7, at the Mount Vernon Country Club in Alexandria, Virginia. Proceeds from the annual golf outing will support the work of the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Center for Brain Injury Recovery.

Each year, the SIA NCRSF Charity Golf Tournament raises funds for the Kennedy Krieger Institute, an internationally recognized institution located in Baltimore, Maryland, and dedicated to improving the lives of children and young adults with pediatric developmental disabilities and disorders of the brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal system. To date, the annual tournament has raised over $500,000 in donations toward the center’s brain injury research, patient transition efforts from hospital to home and urgently needed wheelchairs.

“SIA is pleased to host the SIA National Capital Region Security Forum’s charity golf tournament in its 11th year. This fun, enriching event gathers the region’s security professionals for lively networking and golf while supporting the work of the Kennedy Krieger team, which is leading the way in traumatic brain injury research and care for children and adolescents,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson. “I am grateful for our NCRSF community and the industry’s generosity and commitment to giving back, and we look forward to building on that effort in this year’s event.”

The SIA NCRSF Charity Golf Tournament was established in 2014 to support longtime SIA NCRSF member David Sawczuk following his family’s life-changing rehabilitation experiences with the institute. In 2007, Sawczuk’s son Benjamin – who was eight years old at the time – was struck by a car while riding his bicycle alongside a road. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for 23 days before undergoing months of extensive rehab therapy with the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s pediatric brain injury program and making a healthy recovery. After completing inpatient rehabilitation at Kennedy Krieger, Ben attended the institute’s Specialized Transition Program, a neurorehabilitation day hospital, for seven months. Ben went on to graduate from high school, then college – exceeding all expectations and prognoses.

SIA NCRSF members and security industry professionals can get involved in this year’s tournament in the following ways:

  • Sponsor the event: Sponsorship opportunities are available at levels ranging from $100 to $10,000, with each level offering its own set of benefits.
  • Register to golf: Each participant can register individually or as a member of a four-person team.  
  • Join the cocktail celebration: Not a golfer? You can still support the event by joining us for after-golf appetizers, drinks live music and an awards reception.
  • Participate in the silent auction: During the evening celebration, browse the auction items and bid on those that interest you. Interested in donating an item to the silent auction in support of the Kennedy Krieger Institute? Contact Ozzie Kocak, senior manager of marketing and member engagement at SIA, at okocak@securityindustry.org.
  • Donate items to the silent auction

Learn more and register to participate in the golf tournament here.

SIA NCRSF, presented by SIA, is a community of security professionals and those associated with the industry who connect monthly in the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia area to network and exchange ideas. SIA NCRSF is committed to the shared mission of making the world a safer place through collaboration and integration of ideas that empower us to meet the security needs of today and beyond. The organization serves a diverse set of companies, from Fortune 100 firms to many small and medium-sized businesses, and more than 1,000 security and government professionals throughout the United States and works to foster a more robust discussion between the security needs of the federal government and the industry solutions available to them. Learn more and get involved here.

About SIA

SIA is the leading trade association for global security solution providers, with over 1,500 innovative member companies representing thousands of security leaders and experts who shape the future of the security industry. SIA protects and advances its members’ interests by advocating pro-industry policies and legislation at the federal and state levels, creating open industry standards that enable integration, advancing industry professionalism through learning and development, opening global market opportunities and collaborating with other like-minded organizations. As the premier sponsor of ISC Events expos and conferences, SIA ensures its members have access to top-level buyers and influencers, as well as unparalleled learning and network opportunities. SIA also enhances the position of its members in the security marketplace through SIA GovSummit, which brings together private industry with government decision makers, and Securing New Ground, the security industry’s top executive conference for peer-to-peer networking.