Wheeler’s 39th Annual Golf Classic Nets $60,000
Wheeler’s 39th Annual Golf Classic at the Country Club of Farmington netted $60,000, thanks to the generosity of more than 150 golfers, sponsors, volunteers, and friends. Proceeds will support Wheeler’s Basic Needs Fund.
“We’re so incredibly grateful for our sponsors, players, and volunteers who make this event a resounding success year after year,” said Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, president and chief executive officer, Wheeler. “By coming out for a great day of play and camaraderie, members of this community are supporting individuals and families who most need our help.”
Event sponsors included: M&T Bank, Platinum Dinner Sponsor; The Manafort Family Foundation, Platinum Logo Sponsor; Access Health CT Small Business, Golf Cart Sponsor; Genoa Healthcare®, Lunch Sponsor; Tecton Architects, Golf Ball Sponsor; Mott Corporation, Beverage Cart Sponsor; and Champions Circle sponsors Barnes™, Brown & Brown, Karl Krapek, Laurie and Bill Torres, Liberty Bank, and Linde. Additionally, the event is supported by Gold Sponsors 443 Technologies™, Allaire Elder Law, Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Camilliere, Cloud, & Kennedy, the Child Health and Development Institute, Downes Construction Company, LLC, Getz Balich, LLC, Gibbs Interwire, GO, Prime Buchholz, Suburban, Thomaston Savings Bank, and Whittlesey, as well as Practice Range and Putting Contest Sponsor, GO. More sponsors can be found here.
Wheeler's Basic Needs Fund addresses environmental and social factors that interfere with a patient’s health and well-being, but which are not addressed by other means of funding. The fund allows our community health workers to address environmental conditions that might lead to poor health outcomes. Since 2018, Wheeler’s Basic Needs Fund has served more than 8,500 patients. For more information, visit WheelerHealth.org/BasicNeeds.
The total amount raised through this event is more than $1.4 million since its inception in 1986.
About the Wheeler Golf Classic
The Wheeler Golf Classic was founded in 1986 by a group of business leaders and top companies, and some of the original supporters remain involved today. Event sponsors have participated since the tournament’s first year, sharing a commitment to improving the health and well-being of families and the community.
Proceeds from past Golf Classic events have helped Wheeler to address emergent community needs such as ensuring access to integrated primary and behavioral health services in underserved communities and providing a state-of-the art learning environment for students with emotional and behavioral challenges.
