Golf Classic raises $200,000 for new cancer center
Nearly 140 golfers participated in the 40th Redlands Community Hospital Foundation Golf Classic for the Ken Corwin Cup, an event that raised $200,000 for the new Redlands Community Hospital Center for Cancer Care.
The Golf Classic was held June 16 at Redlands Country Club.
Over the years, the tournament has become Redlands Community Hospital Foundation’s largest and most visible fundraising event, according to a news release.
The tournament was managed by 60 volunteers from the Redlands Community Hospital Auxiliary, hospital staff and the Redlands Country Club, plus people from the community. The event raised funds through sponsorships, a live auction, raffles and participant fees.
Live auction items included Angels tickets donated by Tim Rochford and the Rochford Foundation, a Lake Arrowhead cabin getaway donated by Golf Classic committee member Tom Cutler and golf-related gifts including clothing and equipment.
Co-chairmen for the daylong event were Craig and Michelle
Receiving the $200,000raised in Redlands Community Hospital Foundation’s 2022Golf Classic are, from left, Kathy Meredith, Redlands Community Hospital Foundation board chairman; Jan Opdyke, Redlands Community Hospital Foundation president; Craig and Michelle Kavanaugh, Golf Classic co-chairpersons; and Jim Holmes, Redlands Community Hospital chief executive officer.
Kavanaugh of Redlands.
“The Golf Classic presents the people in our community with a great opportunity to give back to Redlands Community Hospital. The Redlands Community Hospital Center for Cancer Care, which the tournament supports, is emerging as a great facility,” Craig Kavanaugh said in the
news release.
The many sponsors supporting the tournament included SEI, Lockton Insurance Brokers, the Redlands Community Hospital medical staff and Dr. Richard and Elizabeth Wilson.
As it has in recent years, Hatfield Buick GMC of Redlands served as the hole-in-one
sponsor and offered a chance for golfers to win a Buick on the par-3 third hole.
The tournament’s Ken Corwin Cup memorializes Kenton W. Corwin, longtime president of the Redlands Community Hospital Foundation and a prime mover in the tournament’s creation 40 years ago.