Golfing for a Cure raises money for cancer programs
The 11th Landings Women’s Golf Association “Golfing for a Cure” event raised $60,248 for the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial University Medical Center.
The money will support three institute programs.
Since 2004, the women’s golf association has raised more than $667,000 for the institute to help fund research, a summer scholars program for medical students and equipment.
Established in 1974, the association has just under 500 members and is the largest, club-based, amateur women’s golf organization in the United States.
Memorial University Medical Center is a two-state healthcare organization that serves a 35-county area in southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. For more information, go to www.memorialhealth.com or follow the medical center at facebook.com/memorialhealth, twitter.com/mymemorial, youtube.com/memorialhealth, and instagram.com/memorial_health.
THA Group’s Island Hospice accepts donation
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Ellen Bolch, president and CEO of THA Group and president of the board of directors for THA Group’s Island Hospice, has accepted a $4,900 donation to Island Hospice from 100+ Women Who Care of Greater Bluffton.
At the first meeting of 100+ Women Who Care of Greater Bluffton in April, Jennifer Hubner talked about the care Island Hospice had given her mother last year before the organization voted to give its inaugural donation to Island Hospice.
Women Who Care was founded in November 2006 in Jackson, Miss.
As chapters have formed across the country, they collectively have donated more than $1 million to locally based organizations. Visit www.100wwcbluffton.org for more information.
Savannah Jaycees to have father-daughter dance
The Savannah Jaycees will host their annual Father Daughter Dance from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Oatland Island Wildlife Center.
Cheddar’s will provide dinner, and money raised from the dance will go to the Savannah Jaycees’ general fund to be distributed based on the needs of the community.
“The Father Daughter Dance is our chance to invite the public to help with our mission and to have a little fun with it,” said event chair Marcie Moxley. “Some of our sponsors have bought tickets for service members and their daughters to attend free of charge. Firemen, police or military members can contact me for more information.”
The event is sponsored by Oatland Island Wildlife Refuge, Cheddar’s, Exit Strategy Icecreamist, TapSnap, John Davis Florist, Ranco South, Service Master and Rooterman Plumbers.
Two tickets are $35; each additional ticket is $10. For more information, call Moxley at 912-713-6865 or mjelf24@gmail.com. To buy tickets, visit http://savannahjaycees.com/father-daughter-dance.