More than 110 golfers played in picture perfect conditions Wednesday, August 7th to help make the Brattleboro Retreat’s 8th Annual Golf Tournament a swinging success. Held at the Brattleboro Country Club in Brattleboro, VT, the event raised $37,000 to benefit services for children and adolescents receiving care at the Retreat.
Proceeds from the Golf Tournament will provide exceptional opportunities for children and adolescents at the Retreat, including dance classes, circus instruction, sensory materials, YMCA trips, therapeutic horseback riding, drumming classes, petting farm passes, iPads and iPods for a new curriculum, art supplies, books, and recreational equipment. Without the support of generous sponsors and golfers, children would not have these opportunities.
This year’s Platinum Sponsor was Sodexo. Gold Sponsors included Communicators Group; Downs Rachlin Martin; Economy Mechanical; Jackson Lewis; The Melanson Company; MVP Healthcare, the Richards Group; WKVT radio & WTSA radio.
Silver Sponsors included Bast Investment Co; Black Rock Inc; Brattleboro Memorial Hospital; Brattleboro Ford-Subaru; Dominion Diagnostics; Brattleboro Savings & Loan; HP Cummings Construction; Mary Faucher & Steve Klugman; Howard Printing; and S&S Painting and Decorating.
The tournament’s supporters also included ten Bronze Sponsors and nineteen Hole Sponsors.
‘We could not be more grateful to the corporations, organizations and individuals who continue to make this golf tournament an annual success,’said Dr. Robert E. Simpson, president and chief executive officer. ‘The young people in our care benefit in countless ways through the treatment and programming supported directly by this event.’
Winner of the tournament’s ‘First Gross’was the team of representing Gold Sponsor, Economy Mechanical: Andrew O’Brien, Matt Holbrook, Tim Manwaring, and Adam O’Brien. Winner of ‘First Net’was the team representing Platinum Sponsor, Sodexo: Dave Marquis, Pat Varner, Tim Sheehan, and Jack Varner.
The team that took ‘Second Gross’included representatives from Platinum Sponsor, Sodexo: Dan Bassett, Jim Bassett, Vinnie Melendez, and Norm Morris. ‘Second Net’went to Rob Simpson, Michael Krupa, Gary Grandonico, and Chris Yuan.
Tracy Sloan and Andy Courchesne won the Women’s and Men’s Longest Drive. Tammy Morse and Larry Cassidy of Silver Sponsor Bast Investment Co., won the Women’s and Men’s Closest to the Pin Competition. Bette Abrams and Steve Ratti won the Women’s and Men’s Straightest Drive. At the end of the evening, Dave Marquis of Platinum Sponsor Sodexo, was the only finalist out of seventeen to sink the winning put in the Putting Contest.
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.
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Brattleboro Retreat golf tournament raises $37,000 to benefit children’s services
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