Diabetes Center for Excellence annual golf tourney raises $65K

The Diabetes Center for Excellence Golf Tournament was held on Friday, August 12, 2011 at the Malone Golf Course. It was a beautiful day for the thirty-seven teams (148 golfers) that participated in the event.

The winners of the Men’s flight were:

1st Place – Rob Cree, Fuzzy Benedict, Moochie Bero, Larry Garrow;

2nd Place – Jerry Stone, Tim Francis, Jeff Darling, Mike Darling;

3rd Place – John Johnston, Nate Race, Dan Clark, Dean Johnston.

The winners of the Mixed Flight were:

1st place – Andy Cook, Julia Back-Skidders, Sylvia Thompson, Dan Sullivan;

2nd place – Leighann McDonald, Erin Oakes, Steven Thomas, Pierre Desjardin;

3rd place – Ron Thomas, Colleen Thomas, April Thomas, Andy Cook.

The winners of the Women’s flight were:

1st place – Lani Sunday, Sherril Lazare, Courtney Thomas, Rachel Gray;

2nd place – Lori Thompson, Sherry Garrow, Sheila Loran, Elaine Cole;

3rd place – Stephanie Ransom, Denise Jackson, Julie Bomberry, Lori White.

The winners for the Longest Drive for men were Pierre Desjardin and Dan Sullivan.

The winners for the Longest Drive for women were Julie Bomberry and Sherril Lazare.

Closest to the Pin for men were Pierre Desjardin and Tim Francis.

Closest to the Pin for women were Aimee Jock and Jessica Roundpoint.

Jim Williams of the Key Bank Team had a “hole-in-one” on Hole 2. He also had a “hole-in-one” the next day in Potsdam.

Approximately $65,000 dollars was raised for the event. The Tournament Golf Committee thanks all the participants, donors and sponsors for making our Tournament successful.

American Indian communities suffer a disproportionately high rate of Type 2 Diabetes when compared with other populations in the U.S. and throughout the world. Although we face significant challenges in dealing with the epidemic of diabetes, there are many new opportunities and strategies that will help all of us strengthen our clinical, public health and community approaches to the problem of diabetes.

In Akwesasne, we currently provide a variety of programs targeted at addressing the problem, which, due to lack of space, are located in different locations throughout the community.

This donation of $65,000 to the “Diabetes Center for Excellence” Building Fund will help complete the final phase of the building development, which breaks ground later this fall.