Special year as hospital celebrates 150th anniversary
EFFINGHAM, Ill. — The HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital Foundation is hosting their 16th annual Golf Benefit Friday, Sept. 26 at the Effingham Country Club. The HSHS St. Anthony’s Foundation expresses its thanks to their golf benefit co-sponsors Air Evac Lifeteam/GMR and Vituity.
Registration begins at 10 a.m., with lunch being served from 10:30 to 11:40 a.m. as well as a putting contest. The noon tee-off begins the four-person scramble, which consists of 32 teams of four players. Golfers can participate in mulligans, on-course contests and more activities. The event ends with a post-event reception featuring a meal and announcements of tournament and contest winners.
As a fundraising event, costs of the golf benefit will be underwritten by sponsors who support the hospital and its health care initiatives. Philanthropy Manager Michael Wall said, “Donors play an integral role in enhancing the care HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital provides to our patients and community each year. For example, funds raised have supported the purchase of diagnostic, surgical and state-of-the-art medical equipment, as well as funding patient transportation,” he said. “This is a special year for this event as we celebrate the hospital’s 150th year of caring for the community. We invite anyone interested in supporting our community hospital to consider sponsoring or participating in our golf event.”
Those not available or not interested in golfing who would still like to support the hospital can be a “Community Support” Sponsor and/or purchase raffle tickets for a number of prizes which will be raffled off. You need not be present to win. Raffle tickets are $5 each, five tickets for $20 or 30 tickets for $100.
Area residents and community advocates who would like to become a sponsor, enter a team or purchase raffle tickets can find more information or register at stanthonyshospital.org/golf by Sept. 19. For more information, contact Michael Wall, Philanthropy Manager, at 217-347-1854 or email michael.wall@hshs.org.
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About HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital
HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham, celebrating 150 years of serving the Effingham community, is part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a nonprofit Catholic health care ministry founded in 1875. Dedicated to our Mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care, HSHS clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs nearly 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical-access hospitals and home health and hospice programs in Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin. HSHS is aligned with more than 1,000 primary and specialty physicians and advanced practitioners through its owned affiliates HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular and its partnership with Prevea Health. For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.