Party at NSA   Education Institute   Contact Us   Newsletter Sign Up   Home

Cigar PEG...Connoisseurs of Life

America's Premier Cigar Friendly, Non-Profit Public Charity

Click photo for Information About the Annual Fundraising Party at the NSA Convention

Click Photo for Seminars & Workshops Sponsored by the Communications Education Institute

Join the Cigar PEG group at www.facebook.com for updates.

The Cigar PEG is incorporated in California as a non-profit corporation. Cigar PEG, Inc. has received "Public Charity Status" from the Internal Revenue Service under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Effective date for contribution deductibility is February 8, 2006. EIN: 20-4570908. The Cigar PEG is not affiliated with the National Speakers Association.

Ed Rigsbee, Cigar PEG Founder & Executive Director, and Staff, welcome you to CigarPEG.com

For questions about the Cigar PEG please call Ed at 805-499-0766 or email to Ed@CigarPEG.com 

Read about the history of the Cigar PEG

Cigar PEG, Inc., Board of Directors

Where does the money go?

The Cigar PEG has contributed $230,000 to charities.

§ Since its inception in 1999 (as of 2007), the Cigar PEG has contributed a total of $125,000 USD to NSA's Foundation, specifically earmarked for the Professional Speaker Benefit Fund--making the Cigar PEG the largest single contributor to the Foundation.  www.nsaspeaker.org/about/foundation.shtml/ 

§ To date, the Cigar PEG has also contributed (as of 2007) a total of $95,000 USD to the Laura's Hope effort--making the Cigar PEG the largest single contributor to Laura's Hope. It's been confirmed! The Cigar PEG is the "single largest contributor" to both the NSA Foundation and to Laura's Hope. 

  www.laurashope.com/ 

§ At the behest of Dale Irvin, the Cigar PEG Board of Directors approved, for 2007, a one-time donation of $10,000 to the Cardiac Arrhythmias Research & Education (C.A.R.E.) Foundation. Their work supports the research and education of the Long QT Syndrome. http://www.longqt.org/ 

Still Need More Convincing?

"I really want to personally thank you for what the Cigar PEG did for our members. The financial contributions made all the difference in the world to so many members who were hurting so badly.

28 people each received $1,000 of immediate assistance in the first week after the [Katrina] storm when they were living in far flung places and rapidly spending their savings without any new revenue coming in. Of those, 16 received an additional $2,000 later that month.

Several more who were hardest hit received contributions of $5,000 to $10,000, including one member battling brain cancer and two other members each with husbands fighting cancer. At least 7 of our members lost everything they owned, ranging from flooding to the rooftop in New Orleans to the tidal wave on the Mississippi Gulf Coast." -Gerard Braud