Golf Events to Aid ER Project
Submitted by EKFH on 14-06-2010
Invermere, BC… Not only is construction continuing on the redevelopment project of the Invermere District Hospital Emergency Department but fundraising efforts to raise $500,000 for medical equipment is as well.
With the fundraising goal in mind, two local organizations are focusing on golf to make their difference to the ER Department’s Together for Everyone Campaign.
On July 6 the Lake Windermere & District Lions Club will host their 7th Annual Charity Golf Day at the Copper Point Golf Course. The event, aptly named “Golf Carts for Crash Carts”, runs from 6:30 am to dusk and golfers who play a round on the regulation course at Copper Point will see their green fee rate of $60 per person (18-holes, cart & use of driving range) donated to the ER campaign. The Charity Golf Day for anyone who just wants to get out and play a round of golf at their own leisure. The Lake Windermere Lions have set a fundraising goal of $10,000 for the day with hopes of funding six to seven emergency trauma carts for the unit.
To book at tee-time for “Golf Carts for Crash Carts” contact the Copper Point Golf Course.
Returning to the Copper Point Ridge Course on August 21 is Kootenay Savings and East Kootenay Foundation for Health’s 3rd Annual Celebrating Health Care Golf Tournament. The 4 person schramble-format tournament features an 18-hole event, complete with dinner, tee gifts, hole-in-one & closest to the pin prizes, 50/50 raffle and more. The Kootenay Savings tournament over the past two years has already provided over $47,000 in funding the Invermere Hospital.
To register for the “Celebrating Health Care Golf Tournament”, contact:
- Kootenay Savings (Invermere) at 250.342.6961
- Kootenay Savings (Radium) at 250.347.2290, or
- East Kootenay Foundation for Health at 1.877.489.6481
For more information on either event contact East Kootenay Foundation for Health, Donna Grainger, Executive Director at 1.877.489.6482