Sonora, June 21, 2017 – Thanks to the generous support of 56 event sponsors, 129 golfers, plus donors and volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center’s 17th Annual Golf Classic on June 14 at Saddle Creek Golf Resort raised $50,400 for Project HOPE, its free mobile health van. Staffed by a nurse practitioner, the heath van is stationed at the Crossroads shopping center twice a week and Interfaith once a month, to provide free basic healthcare services to people who have no health insurance or who are underinsured.

“Project HOPE has been offering access to free, basic health-care services to our community for more than twenty years,” says Kara Turpen, Manager of Philanthropy and Golf Classic organizer. “The Golf Classic is always a fun way for the Medical Center and supporters to make sure this important health-care service continues.”
Special thanks to Title Sponsor Black Oak Casino Resort and Hole-in-One Sponsors Sonora Ford and Subaru of Sonora, who offered a 2017 Ford Mustang or a 2017 Subaru Outback as the hole-in-one prize (unfortunately, no winner this year!). Other key sponsors of the event were Adventist Health, Comcast Business Services, California Gold Development/Sonora Hills Community, Affiliates in Imaging, Clarke Broadcasting, CEP America, Oak Valley Community Bank, Blue Mountain Minerals, CGL Companies, MACT Health Board, Quiring General LLC, Sierra Emergency Medical Group, Aspen Street Architects, Auto Tech & Tires, Chicken Ranch Rancheria, Andrew and Marlena Jahn, Sonora Anesthesia Services, Sonora Grocery Outlet and Warden’s Office Furniture.

The winning golfers were:
1st Place Gross – Philip Alphrey, Dale Brown, Bobby Chima and John Dahlpogetti
1st Place Net – Larry England, Steven Jensen, MD, Michael Arnold and H. Randolph Holder
2nd Place – Jim Hoyt, Mutumga Maithya, Nick Parry and Joe Deleon
3rd Place – Doug Johnson, Mike Keckler, Blake Ollar and Brad Shannon

Most Honest – K.C. Cole, Suzanne Mahanna, Dennis Lafayette and Paul Wild

Closest to the Pins
# 4 – Guy Martin
# 7 – Joe Deleon
#11 – Mike Schussel
#14 – Dan McCulloch)

Longest Drive Blake Ollar
Straightest Drive Men – Sammy Marquez
Straightest Drive Women – Alba Rodriguez
Mr. Bones Contest Juan Maya
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About Sonora Regional Medical Center / Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit 152-bed health care facility including 72 acute beds, 12 swing beds, 68 skilled nursing beds and a large network of clinics, owned and operated by Adventist Health in Roseville, California. In addition to emergency and acute care services, other Sonora Regional Medical Center services include advanced cardiac care, cancer center, diagnostic imaging, home health, hospice, intensive care, obstetrics, rural health, surgical services, wellness center, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen, and over 20 primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics. The Medical Center provided care for 156,455 outpatient visits, 88,427 diagnostic imaging tests, 29,282 home care visits, 30,380 emergency department visits, and 4,433 hospital discharges in 2016. Staffed by over 180 physicians, 1,493 employees, and 121 volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center is the largest private employer in Tuolumne County. For more information about the Medical Center visit www.sonoramedicalcenter.org.

About Adventist Health
Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 75 communities in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Our workforce of 32,900 includes more than 23,600 employees; nearly 5,000 medical staff physicians; and 4,350 volunteers. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides compassionate care in 20 hospitals, more than 260 clinics (hospital-based, rural health and physician clinics), 15 home care agencies, seven hospice agencies and four joint-venture retirement centers. In addition, the Adventist Health Plan serves patients in Kings County. Visit AdventistHealth.org for more information.