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Kado Serri-Charette Raised $6,500+ From 30 Tint Brands — Tint Wiz Head of Brand and Growth Led the Push
Kado Serri-Charette, Head of Brand and Growth at Tint Wiz, turned the Rob Schaller Classic into a community fundraiser that pulled 30+ sponsors and $6,500+.
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Kado Serri-Charette, Head of Brand and Growth at Tint Wiz, is the man leading the charity push tied to the Rob Schaller Classic.
The number that stopped the scroll
$6,500+. 30+ sponsors. One person running the play.
The tint internet did something this industry rarely does: it showed up with money, not just likes.

What Kado actually built
This is not a passive donation link sitting in a bio.
Serri-Charette turned a community idea into a sponsor-backed fundraiser — installers, distributors, educators, and creators all buying into the same headline: one person's life is about to change.
No corporate committee. No six-week approval chain. Just an operator who asked, built momentum, and kept moving.

The sponsor wall (yes, it's real)

When 30+ brands land on one grid — shops, film names, educators, media — that is not marketing theater.
That is coordination. The kind most trade groups talk about and rarely pull off this fast.
Why operators should care
- Money talks: $6,500+ is real capital, not "sending prayers"
- Speed: This moved faster than most brand campaigns with bigger budgets
- Signal: Serri-Charette proved you do not need a booth at WFCT to mobilize an industry
- Culture: Built Different. Built to Inspire. — and the room needed that reminder
The line worth stealing
Support their dreams like they're your own.
That is the whole playbook. Kado did not invent community. He gave it a deadline, a cause, and a reason to act.
Bottom line
The Rob Schaller Classic keeps building — competition, charity, and culture in one lane.
Kado Serri-Charette ran the play. The community answered.
30+ sponsors. $6,500+ raised. One life about to change.
Built different. Built to inspire.
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