Forty women from Clallam County teed off for the shotgun start of the fourth annual Memorial Tournament on May 14, to raise funds for the Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. This event has grown in popularity, and as the number of participants has increased each year, so have the funds raised for VHOCC.
“Community helping Community” is how VHOCC patient care manager Bette Wood, RN, described the spirit of her organization and in this spirit the tournament was born.
This annual event is hosted by the Lady Niners from The Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim at their home course. Golfers from the Sunland and SkyRidge golf courses in Sequim, and Peninsula Golf Course in Port Angeles joined in for a fun nine-hole golf competition.
The first-place team of Terri Green, Bonney Benson, Wanda Synnestvedt and Lori Oakes won a decisive victory with 35 on the front nine holes. Placing second was the foursome of Kathy Langston, Sandy Deckman, Joanie Oakes and J.P. Persall coming in at 36. Kathy Langston also scored the closest to the pin on hole 4 and Sue Mobley took the KP for hole 8.
The golfers had an opportunity to buy raffle tickets for a myriad of prizes, including golf lessons from The Cedars at Dungeness teaching pros. Jan Boyungs passed the hat for yet more cash donations matched by The Cedars at Dungeness golf course. Every prize and auction item was donated by The Cedars and the Lady Niners, along with the snacks and table decorations. Vernice Quigley collected, organized and showcased the donated items again this year, bringing in a total of $2,263 for VHOCC, a 74-percent increase in funds raised.
During the luncheon following the golf game, a number of women from all four courses shared reminiscences of fellow golfers who have died over the past few years, most of them and their families benefitting from the compassionate care of VHOCC.
About volunteer hospice
The VHOCC provides a wide range of services from around the clock nursing services for terminally ill patients and support for their families from Diamond Point to Joyce. It also has a store of medical devices such as toilet risers, walkers, etc., for loan to the community at no cost.
It is a strictly nonprofit organization and does not bill any government agencies, so the organization relies solely on its 150 volunteers and donations from the community.
To learn more, visit vhocc.org.
