Charity Golf Tournament for the 1st Responders

The Charity Golf Tournament at the Winter Gardens Golf Course with participants from both Winter Ranch and Trophy Gardens was held on February 13, 2015.  This is an annual event with the proceeds going to a different charity each year, this year the recipients are the WR 1st Responders.

Burns Motors offered a 2015 Dodge Ram pickup to anyone who shot a hole in one on Hole 3.  Other hole in one shots were for trips for two to Vegas and a new set of golf clubs.  Unfortunately, no one had a lucky hole in one.  Although Hole monitors, Dennis Foley and Jason Huether, reported a few pretty close shots on hole 4 and Arnie Huether noted Joel Pena came close on the hole he monitored.

1st Responders:  Jean Holmquist, Vicki Miller, Rosie Dorsey, Janet Hobson and Rita Huether

Jena Cuellar and Rita Huether

Jena Cuellar

Zeke Rodriguez, Operating Room 

Manager of Cornerstone Hospital

JD Murray, our Activity Director, taking a shot

Our Manager, Cathy Chapin, presented Rita Huether with a check for $830 (the proceeds from the golfing fees).

Dick DeGaramo presented $51 to 1st Responders 
from the Wednesday's Can-Am Tournament 

Our Manager, Larry Chapin, presented the check for $400 that was collected from various vendors.

Vicki Miller, Gary Schnau and Rosie Dorsey

Rita with a giant-sized check for $1,230 
(from the golfers and vendors)

We had manyVIP Guest Golfers today including: Lorenzo Oliverez (Chief Financial Officer from South Texas Health Systems), Jason Chang (CEO, McAllen Heart Hospital and South Texas Health Systems Offsite ER in Weslaco), Joel Pena (Director of Volunteer Services) Cesar Rodriguez (Physicians Relations Manager of McAllen Heart Hospital),  Dr. William Brock (Chief Medical Officer, Universal Health Services Texas Region), Krishna Chary (Director of Pharmacy at Edinburg Regional Medical Center and Edinburg's Children's Hospital) Sixto Garza (Director of Radiology at Edinburg Regional Medical Center and Edinburg's Children's Hospital) and Zeke Rodriguez (Operating Room Manager at Cornerstone Hospital), Brice Callahan (Air Eva) and Ken Euler (Air Evac).   Unfortunately, the Air Evac emergency helicopter had a critical patient who needed a flight to San Antonio, so they were not able to join us for lunch.
 
The main sponsor of the event was the Dr. Raul Marquez Robotic Orthopedic Institute who generously supported this event, including giving nice Marquez Gift bags to all 90 golfers. 

MedCare Air Evac  provided the rolls, coffee and juice breakfast served to the golfers.  Air Evac provided coozies and t-shirts for door prizes.  Burns Motors provided caps, flashlights, pill boxes, etc.  H and H provided very nice golfing gifts for door prizes of several padded golf cart steering wheel covers, two nice rear view golf cart mirrors and fancy Golf cart hubcaps, coozies and pens with lights, etc.  Wilder resort provided t-shirts, a variety of caps, golf gloves and boxes of Armour golf balls. Welcome Home RGV provided gift bags with coupons, other small gifts and information about all the South Texas Health System hospitals, clinics and facilities.   

JoAnn Sullivan won a huge gift basket filled with South Padre Island products and gifts which was drawn by Kristi Collier from Welcome Home RGV who supplied the gift.

Team 4 won the tournament with 6 under.  Golfers on that team were Dick De Garamo, Jim McCrory, Bob Campbell, Roy Hanson, Larry Bendel, Sandy and Moe Hawn, Pete Timpko,  Butch Jensen and VIP Guest Golfer Lorenzo Oliverez, Chief Financial Officer from South Texas Health Systems.   

Our 1st Responders are truly grateful to all the golfers who participated and all those who worked on this most successful event.