20th Annual Healthcare Golf Classic A Huge Success
More than $35,000 was raised at the annual Healthcare Golf Classic held July 15 and 16 at the Sugarloaf Golf Club. This year’s festivities included a 2-day event with 38 holes of tournament play, a Sunday night reception with Comedian Gary Crocker, a Monday luncheon and awards ceremony, silent auction, and raffle. The hilight of this year’s Tournament was the participation of Red Sox great Rico Petrocelli, who played a hole with each of the teams. TD Banknorth was the Tournament sponsor and the host for Mr. Petrocelli.
Proceeds from the tournament, coordinated by Franklin Community Health Network, benefit the Healthy Community Coalition and Franklin Memorial Hospital’s Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center. Both provide health services to people in need throughout the Franklin Memorial Hospital service area.
2007 marks the 20th year of the Healthcare Golf Classic. Steve Pierce, tournament chair and member of the FCHN Foundation Advisory Board, attributed this year’s success to the generous support of the major tournament sponsors and the many regional businesses and individuals who donated items for the silent auction and raffle.
“We are fortunate to have a large number of teams that we can count on to participate each year,” said Pierce. “This year was a special milestone for us. It was the 20th annual Tournament for the Healthcare Golf Classic and will benefit the new Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center. This will be housed in the new Medical Arts Building being built on the Franklin Memorial Hospital campus and has generated a great deal of excitement in the community.”
Forty two teams from throughout New England took part in the Sunday and Monday Tournaments. All had a chance to meet and play with Red Sox great Rico Petrocelli and to win a new 2007 Mercury Milan automobile from Farmington Ford, as well as other prizes in the hole-in-one contest.
Major sponsors included TD Banknorth; Locbid, Androscoggin Bank; Central & Western Maine Regional PHO; Clem & Roland Begin; Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker; Gepetto’s; Harriman Associates; Farmington Ford; Jordan Lumber Company; Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios; Ranor, Inc; Franklin Savings; Franklin Jeep, Eagle Chrysler; Ethos Marketing; Harvard Pilgrim; Acadia Benefits and Strategic Marketing.
The winner of first place “gross” was Team Webber comprised of Peter Webber, Sr., Sean Keenan, Kelly Welch and Richard Marshall, Bouffard’s Furniture made up of Jim Bouffard, Stew Durrell, Harry Clark and Jack Lambert took second place. Third place went to Franklin Saving’s Bank Team: Peter Judkins, Scott Morton, Gary Downs and Jamie Eastlack.
The first place “net” team was made-up of Tom Delois, John Petrocelli, Parker Adams and Karen Thompson representing PRM LLC. Second net went to the Ranor Team of Aaron St Pierre, Mark Belanger, Brian Demshar and Ralph Palmer.
Third place "net" went to PRM Team #2 consisting of Kevin Fletcher, Bernie Chasin, Steve LeBlanc and Jason Agren.
Closest to the Pin’ contests, sponsored by Acadia Benefits, were won by Jamie Eastlack, Lynn Morse and Barry Gill, (who won two).
The Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center provides area women with timely access to state-of-the-art breast cancer screening, diagnostic, clinical, and care-support services.The Center memorializes a Carrabassett Valley resident who was a victim of breast cancer.
The Healthy Community Coalition and its mobile health unit promote health and well-being through disease prevention, health education, and community building. An affiliate of Franklin Community Health Network, the HCC has received statewide and national recognition for its innovative programs.
For more information call Catherine Merrow in the Foundation Office at 779-2750.