Golfers play to benefit Wellness Connection at the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

The 17th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament for the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center took place at the Fall River Country Club. Over 120 golfers participated in this popular annual event. Golf Committee Chairman, Jean Desrosiers, thanked the donors, golfers, sponsors, and volunteers for their generosity in raising over $35,000 for the Wellness Connection programs. The Wellness Connection is a weight management, smoking cessation, and diabetic teaching center providing motivational weight management programs, nutrition counseling, and behavioral counseling and support. Walgreens, which provides full pharmacy services on the Health Center campus, and Robert Feingold, Esq. were the major sponsors of this fund-raiser.

Winners in this year’s tournament were:

First Place: Victor Soukammeuth, Claudio Soukammeuth, Steve Tavenair, Rob Read

Second Place: Rick Derochea, David Martin, Bob Devlin, Gary Hoyle

Third Place: Mike Crowe, Eleanor Priest, Chris Sanderson, Dale Arujo

Closest to the Pin: Matt Gamach

Longest Drive Woman: Terry Burke

Longest Drive Man: Tim Bradford