Craig Miskovich, representing Gold Sponsor Downs Rachlin Martin, tees off in hopes of winning a new car at the Brattleboro Ford Subaru sponsored Hole-in-One Contest during the Brattleboro Retreat’s 11th Annual Golf Tournament held Wednesday, August 3rd at the Brattleboro Country Club.
Vermont Business Magazine More than 100 golfers played under sunny skies at the Brattleboro Country Club on Wednesday, August 3rd, to help make the Brattleboro Retreat’s 11th Annual Golf Tournament a record-setting success. With fundraising revenue marking an all-time high in the tournament’s history, the event netted more than $50,000 for the Brattleboro Retreat’s programs for children and adolescents. Tournament proceeds help fund therapeutic, recreational, and educational opportunities for children in five different Retreat programs including residential, inpatient, and school programs.
This year’s Platinum Sponsors were Communicators Group, the Richards Group, and Sodexo. Tournament Gold Sponsors were Brattleboro Memorial Hospital; Brattleboro Savings & Loan; Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC; GPI Construction; the Melanson Company; Netsmart; WKVT radio; and WTSA radio.
Tournament Silver Sponsors were Bast Investment Co.; Brattleboro Ford-Subaru; the Health Law Group; HP Cummings Construction; Jackson Lewis; Locum Tenens.com; S&S Painting and Decorating; and TD Wealth Management. Seventeen Bronze Sponsors and seventeen Hole Sponsors helped round out the list of event supporters.
“We certainly look forward to this special event each year. The enthusiasm and growing support of our fantastic sponsors, players, volunteers, and staff members is extraordinary,” said Dr. Louis Josephson, president and chief executive officer. “There’s lots of fun and camaraderie throughout the day, but the real winners are the kids in our care who will benefit from a host of opportunities made possible by today’s record-setting generosity.”
Winner of the tournament’s “First Gross” was a team of representing Platinum Sponsor Sodexo, including David Marquis, Jack Varner, Pat Varner, and Tim Sheehan. Winner of “First Net” was Tim Copeland, Nate Faulkner, Luke Stafford, and Jeff Whitcomb.
Father and daughter Ward Dannemiller and Laura Barnett won the Men’s and Women’s Longest Drive, respectively. Women’s and Men’s Closest to the Pin winners included Tracy Sloan, Terry Boyce, Steve Cummings, and Craig Miskovich.
Tracy Sloan and Dan Smith won the Women’s and Men’s Straightest Drive. Jeremy Zumbruski had the longest putt at 23’ 3”. At the end of the afternoon, Tim Sheehan of Team Sodexo, won the Putting Contest.
Source: BRATTLEBORO, VT (August 5, 2016)—Retreat. The Brattleboro Retreat, founded in 1834, is a not-for-profit, regional specialty psychiatric hospital and addictions treatment center, providing a full range of diagnostic and rehabilitation services for individuals of all ages and their families. Nationally recognized for its premier treatment in behavioral healthcare, the Brattleboro Retreat offers a high quality, individualized, comprehensive continuum of care including inpatient, partial hospitalization, residential and outpatient treatment.