{"id":252028,"date":"2025-09-24T21:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252028\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:31:10","slug":"43rd-annual-drive-for-life-foundation-gala-to-feature-wmu-hockey-coach-nascar-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252028\/","title":{"rendered":"43rd annual Drive for Life Foundation Gala to feature WMU hockey coach, NASCAR driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KALAMAZOO, Mich.  \u2014 An upcoming fundraiser in Kalamazoo will have some notable guests.<\/p>\n<p>The 43rd annual Drive for Life Foundation Gala, a benefit for the American Cancer Society and other charities, will take place at the Radisson Plaza on Sept. 25 at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature Pat Ferschweiler, head coach for Western Michigan University Hockey.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming head hockey coach in 2021, Ferschweiler was an associate head coach for WMU from 2019 to 2021. He is a WMU alumnus, and a former captain of the Broncos hockey team from 1990 to 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, NASCAR driver and Portage native Carson Hocevar will be helping with the event&#8217;s live auction.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Zeigler Auto Group, Greenleaf Trust, and Huntington National Bank, the Gala will benefit the American Cancer Society and other local and regional organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The Gala raised $1 million last year, according to organizers, bringing the grand total for its benefactors to over $7.3 million over four decades.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the Gala are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.driveforlifefoundation.com\/ticket-info.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.driveforlifefoundation.com\/ticket-info.htm\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KALAMAZOO, Mich. \u2014 An upcoming fundraiser in Kalamazoo will have some notable guests. The 43rd annual Drive for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":252029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[35876,17649,133296,12735,133300,1406,133299,133298,62,67,132,68,133297],"class_list":{"0":"post-252028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-american-cancer-society","9":"tag-carson-hocevar","10":"tag-drive-for-life-gala","11":"tag-fundraising","12":"tag-kalamazoo","13":"tag-nascar","14":"tag-nascar-driver","15":"tag-pat-ferschweiler","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-wmu-hockey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115261413403019529","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}