CONTACT: Simone Lindsay, 410-871-6836
SLindsay@CarrollHospitalCenter.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Westminster, Md. – (September 30, 2009) — More than 200 golfers and 50 volunteers enjoyed a day on the range during the 19th Annual Carroll Golf Classic, held on September 18 at the Piney Branch Golf Club in Hampstead. The event was a huge success raising $250,000 in net proceeds for the expansion of the hospital’s oncology services.

The event featured lunch and tournament play, along with a dinner and an awards ceremony later in the evening.  The team of Don Patch and Stan Dore of Pepco Energy Services was presented with this year’s Wampler Cup for finishing in first place in the low net division. The coveted award is named in honor of the late Atlee Wampler, Jr., one Carroll Hospital Center’s founding fathers. Prizes also were awarded to Steve Dillman and Randy Hart of CBIZ, for first place in the low gross division and the Ridge Engineering Team of Dave Smith, Charlie Palmer, John Merkle and Denny Myers received the scramble division first place prize for the second consecutive year.

Special thanks to the many volunteers and generous supporters of the event, including major sponsors Advanced Radiology, American Resource Management, Bovis Lend Lease, Emjay Engineering & Construction Co., Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Inc., KPMG, Merrill Lynch,  McKesson, Morgan, Carlo, Downs & Everton, Roy Kirby & Sons, Inc., and Trammell Crow Company.

Carroll Hospital Center, founded in 1961 as Carroll County General Hospital, is a nonprofit, acute care facility offering the latest in medical technology, experienced medical professionals in a variety of specialties and a continuum of programs and services to meet the needs of the community.

Photo caption:  Pictured from left to right are, Christos Ballas, M.D., OB/GYN, chair of the Golf Classic committee; Jack Tevis, chair of the Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Board of Trustees; and John Sernulka, president and CEO of Carroll Hospital Center.

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