Wheeler’s 40th Annual Golf Classic at the Country Club of Farmington netted about $70,000, thanks to the generosity of more than 130 golfers, sponsors, volunteers, and friends. Proceeds will support Wheeler’s Basic Needs Fund.
“The spirit and engagement of our community is as strong and as inspiring as it was 40 years ago when a handful of local business and community leaders hosted our very first Golf Classic,” said Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, president and chief executive officer, Wheeler. “This much-loved tradition continues to grow and evolve with the steadfast goal of serving and helping individuals and families in our care.”
Event sponsors included: M&T Bank, Platinum Dinner Sponsor; The Manafort Family Foundation, Platinum Logo Sponsor; Liberty Bank, Grand Prize Sponsor; Genoa Healthcare®, Player Prize & Snack Bag Sponsor; Access Health CT Small Business, Golf Cart Sponsor; Thomaston Savings Bank, Lunch Sponsor; Tecton Architects, Golf Ball Sponsor; Mott Corporation, Beverage Cart Sponsor; Nutmeg State Federal Credit Union, Refreshment Sponsor; and Champion’s 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™, Accenture, Allaire Elder Law, Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Camilliere, Centivo, Camilliere, Cloud, & Kennedy, the Child Health and Development Institute, Downes Construction Company, LLC, Fiducient Advisors, Empower, Getz Balich, LLC, GO, McPhee, PeoplesBank, Prime Buchholz, Suburban, and Whittlesey, as well as Practice Range and Putting Contest Sponsor, GO, and Hole-in-One Sponsor, Mitchell Auto Group.
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 Wheeler’s 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.
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.
\The total amount raised through this event is more than $1.5 million since its inception in 1986.
