It was a beautiful day as more than 100 golfers played at the Brattleboro Country Club on Wednesday, August 5th, helping make the Brattleboro Retreat’s 10th Annual Golf Tournament a record-setting success.
With fundraising revenue marking an all-time high in the tournament’s history, the event netted over $42,000 for the Brattleboro Retreat’s programs for children.
Tournament proceeds help fund recreational opportunities for children in five different Retreat programs, including residential, inpatient, and school programs. These funds provide access to special programs including circus instruction, swim lessons, therapeutic horseback riding, soccer camp, and gardening classes. Funds also support the purchase of additional sensory materials, ipods, art supplies, books, games, bike helmets, and sporting equipment.
This year’s Platinum Sponsors were The Richards Group and Sodexo. Tournament Gold Sponsors were Communicators Group; Downs Rachlin Martin; The Melanson Company; Netsmart; WKVT radio; and WTSA radio.
Tournament Silver Sponsors were Bast Investment; Black Rock Inc; Brattleboro Memorial Hospital; Brattleboro Savings & Loan; Citizens Bank; Dominion Diagnostics; GPI Construction; HP Cummings Construction; Jackson Lewis; Locum Tenens; Dr. Drew Pate and Dr. Tess Carpenter; and S&S Painting and Decorating.
Thirteen Bronze Sponsors and eighteen Hole Sponsors helped round out the list of event supporters.
“It was a fabulous day thanks to gorgeous weather and our fantastic sponsors,” said Dr. Robert E. Simpson, president and chief executive officer. “Their support is critical and enables us to provide special opportunities for the children in our care. We are grateful for their generous support!”
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 “Team Walker” with Elizabeth Walker, Eileen Ranslow, Terry Boyce, and Pam Paradise.
Terry Boyce and Patrick Varner won the Women’s and Men’s Longest Drive. Women’s and Men’s Closest to the Pin winners included Terry Boyce, Jack Varner, Elizabeth Walker, Brian Perkins, and Joe Fortier.
Nancy Hagstrom and Pat Varner won the Women’s and Men’s Straightest Drive. Team Walker had the longest putt at 15’ 7”. At the end of the afternoon, Steve Marzoff of the Melanson Company, won 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.