For Release: August 24, 2012
Kelly Ward-Smith 330.848.6206 kward@vnsa.com
The Ninth Annual Westminster Presbyterian Church (WPC) Invitational Golf Outing will be held Friday, September 14 at the Rosemont Country Club, 3777 Rosemont Boulevard, Fairlawn. The invitational begins at 11 a.m. with registration and includes lunch, a scramble format, silent auction and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The cost for golf, course beverages, lunch, dinner and silent auction is $125; golf and lunch only is $100; dinner/silent auction only is $50.
Over the past eight years, the event has raised more than $218,000 for Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service’s (VNS) children’s bereavement camp, Camp Promise, and the outreach charities of WPC. Camp Promise is an annual camp dedicated to counseling children who are suffering from the loss of a loved one. Largely through community donations, counselors are given the opportunity to work with young children to help ease the grieving process. The WPC outreach programs have benefited charities such as Big Brothers and Sisters, Mobile Meals, Good Neighbors Food Center and the Haven of Rest.
Please register online at or call Evelyn Burkhart at the Hospice of VNS Care Center, 330-344-6888 to register, be a sponsor, or donate an item to the silent auction. Registration deadline is September 7.
About Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service (VNS)
The purpose of Hospice of VNS is to alleviate suffering, engender hope, promote living and facilitate grieving among patients with serious or life-limiting illnesses, their families and their communities. Hospice of VNS is an affiliate of Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates (comprised of Advanced Infusion Services, Hospice of VNS, VNS Personal Care Services, VNS Equipment & Supplies and Visiting Nurse Service). VNSA serves Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and Wayne counties and is a member of the Akron General Health System. For more information about VNSA, visit www.vnsa.com
About Akron General Health System
Akron General Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with the mission of improving the health and lives of the people and communities it serves. Akron General Health System includes: Akron General Medical Center, a 511-bed teaching and research medical center, and Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation Institute, the area’s largest provider of rehabilitation services; Akron General Partners, which includes Partners Physician Group, the Akron General Health & Wellness Centers, Lodi Community Hospital, Community Health Centers and other companies; Akron General Community Health Ventures, which includes Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates, the largest and most comprehensive provider of home healthcare services in Ohio; and Akron General Foundation. Akron General has earned the prestigious National Research Corporation (NRC) Consumer Choice Award for 14 out of 16 years. Recently, U.S. News & World Report ranked Akron General Medical Center as the seventh best hospital in Ohio and Becker’s Hospital Review named Akron General Medical Center one of the nation’s top 100 hospitals. For more information about Akron General Health System, visit About Us.
