Wayne HealthCare Foundation Golf Outing With Lead Sponsor Premier Health raises $21,000

Rodd Hale, Dave Knapp, Lauren Henry, Tracy Haines,
Susie Weisenbarger & Aaron Cox.

The Wayne HealthCare Foundation is excited to announce that the 8th Annual Golf Outing held at Turtle Creek Golf Course at the end of September raised over $21,000 for community health initiatives. Premier Health jump-started these donations as the Diamond Sponsor of the event donating $5,000 to the Wayne HealthCare Foundation. We wish to thank Premier for this generous support. We also wish to thank our lead sponsors including our Platinum Sponsor – Kettering Anesthesia Associates, Gold Lunch Sponsors: Versailles Health Care Center, Frantz Ward LLP, Atalanta Sosnoff and Ferguson Construction Co., as well as our Gold Champion Sponsors: Second National Bank, Blue & Co LLC, Phelan Insurance Agency, Sold Blend Technologies, and Messer Construction Company. Dave Knapp Ford donated hole-in-one prizes for our par 3 challenges including a car. We want to thank Dave Knapp Ford as well as our Hole-In-One Sponsors: Edison Community College, Stand Energy Corporation, Ten Adams, and Becker Capital Management.

It was a beautiful day to golf for a great cause, and Wayne HealthCare Foundation was able to run two flights of golf for the tournament with 45 participating teams and over 200 individuals golfing. Special congratulations go to our morning winners including: 1st Place Gross – Team DeBra-Kuempel including teammates Dave Savage, Ed Enderle, Dave Gleason and Mark Slye, 1st Place Net – Team Wat-Kem Mechanical including Sheldon Ladd, Clay Booth, Dave Steck and Andy Tepe and 2nd Place Net – Team Innovative Office Solutions including Eric Eyink, Greg Nietfeld, Jason Winner and Tim Lange. The Wayne HealthCare Foundation tournament also had the following winners for hole challenges: Longest Drive Women’s on hole 12 won by Debb Summers, Longest Drive Men’s on hole 1 won by Wes Wirrig, Closest to the Pin on hole 6 won by Sheldon Ladd, Closest to the Pin on hole 17 won by Jeff King, and Longest Putt on hole 18 – Mark Slye.


The day continued with a fun afternoon flight of golf and more great golf. Special congratulations go to the afternoon winners as well including: 1st Place Gross – Team Wayne HealthCare including teammates Kyle Kolopanis, Wayne Deschambeau, Jeff Subler and Tom Young, 1st Place Net – Team Oda including Rodney Oda, Lugene Ignaffo, Bob Claudy and Tom Graber, 2nd Place Net – Team Fitzwater Tree & Lawn Care including Jay Adams, Jason Adams, Matt Netzley and Rick Beam, and 3rd Place Net – Team Haines/Hosfeld including Tracy Haines, Ceil Hosfeld, Don Hosfeld and Rob Haines. The Foundation tournament had the following winners for hole challenges in the afternoon: Women’s Longest Drive on hole 12 won by Tracy Haines, Men’s Longest Drive on hole 1 won by Brian Wood, Closest to the Pin on hole 6 won by Bill Trevino, and Closest to the Pin on hole 17 won by Gary Zechar.
The tournament had many fun incentives for the golfers including pink tees, ability to use the pro’s shot, mulligans, and skins. There were six winners for skins (winning the hole outright during the tournament for best score on that hole without a tie) including: Second National Bank, Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Oda, Wat-Kem Mechanical, Messer Construction and DeBra-Kuempel . These were fun incentives with donations for the Wayne HealthCare Foundation as well as many making donations back to the foundation.

The Wayne HealthCare Foundation was very fortunate to have numerous tee and prize sponsors as well as a wonderful group of volunteers helping to make the day a success. A special thanks goes out to the following sponsors: Brothers Publishing, Brethren Retirement Community, Wayne HealthCare General Surgery & Endoscopy - Dr. Dutro – Dr. McKellar – and Dr. Ware, Loudy Office Machines, Sollmann Electric Company, Slagle Mechanical Contractors, Mote & Associates Inc., Comprehensive Reimbursement Inc., SecurCom Inc., Family Health, Hansbarger Home Solutions, App Architecture, Hittle Buick GMC, Steve & Eileen Litchfield, Dayton Fire Protection Inc., Wintrow Signs, Fitzwater Tree & Lawn Care, Wayne Builders, South Town Painting, Fry & Co. CPAs, Edward Jones, Breymier Farms, Grandview/Kettering Health Network, Greenville Technology Inc., Greenville Federal, RB Cox & Vannoy Cox Insurance, Montage Café, Troutwine Auto Sales, Edwin F Nickol Monuments, Heartland of Greenville, Furniture Express, Medicine & More, Ramco Electric Motors, BASF and Greenville National Bank for sponsoring tees, as well as our gift, snack and decoration sponsors including Kim Custenborder with Prosperity Promotions, Turtle Creek Golf Course, Miami Valley Vending Services, Brethren Retirement Community, Kroger, Ivy League, Star Greenhouse, and raffle prize sponsors including: Greenville National Bank, Kim Custenborder-Prosperity Promotions, Kaup Pharmacy, Wayne & Sharon Deschambeau, Innovative Office Solutions, Comprehensive Health Network, YMCA of Darke County, Matt & Morgan Aultman, Wal-Mart, Whirlpool, Keller Grain & Feed, Brookdale, Wieland’s Jewelers, Oakley Place, Mercer Savings Bank, The Winery at Versailles, KitchenAid Experience, Turtle Creek Golf Course, Rest Haven, University of Dayton and Wayne HealthCare.

On behalf of the Wayne HealthCare Foundation Board of Directors we wish to thank these wonderful sponsors, volunteers, golfers and Tracy Haines – the golf chairperson for making this event a huge success and allowing the Wayne HealthCare Foundation to strengthen community health for our area. The mission of the Wayne HealthCare Foundation is collaborating through philanthropy with Wayne HealthCare in order to enhance community education and wellness close to home. To learn more about the foundation visit www.waynehealthcare.org or call Lauren Henry, Foundation Director at 937-547-7408.