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Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches |
Oakwood
Center of the Palm Beaches
raises more
than $24,000
for Mental
Health
Services
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Pat
Murphy, left, sports director of CBS 12 and Fox 29,
was the honorary chairman of Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches, Inc. Annual
Golf Classic. With him are, from second to left,
Linda DePiano, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the Oakwood Center, and the event co-chairs, Barbara
E. Golden, Ph.D., and Richard H. Wilson Jr.
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West Palm
Beach
- Patrons stepped up to the tees, raising
more than $24,000 at the Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches’ Third Annual Golf Classic
at Ironhorse Country Club in
West Palm Beach.
More than
60 golfers joined honorary chairman Pat
Murphy, sports director of CBS 12 and Fox
29, for a breezy day on the greens on March
27. “It was a little windy, but we played
well,” Murphy said after play. His foursome
came in a strong third.
T he
winning foursome was Mike Bianchini, Bob
Burke, Mike Caggiano and Jim Longfield. Sam
Liebovich was closest to the pin for men;
Nancy Rossi won for the ladies. Maria
Flamini won ladies’ longest drive.
Co-chairs
this year were Barbara E. Golden, Ph.D.,
Chairman of Oakwood’s Board of Directors and
Richard Wilson Jr., CTFA, Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors at Oakwood.
“Thank you
for supporting mental health in
Palm Beach County, especially in this economy,” Dr.
Golden said in her welcoming remarks to
patrons at the reception.
Board member
Paul Gionfriddo did a masterful job as the
auctioneer for items that included vintage
wine, rounds of golf, a croquet party and a
golf vacation. The pieces de resistance of
the silent auction were a $1,000 set of
Cobra golf clubs and a hand-turned wooden
bowl made by Jerry Golden.
Ken and
Jerry Golden, Dr. Golden’s husband and son,
and their business American Paper Recycling,
were the eagle sponsors
“Our founder, Jerome
Golden, told me, ‘when things get tough,
it’s time to step up to the plate,’ ’’ Ken
Golden said.
Other major
sponsors were Brown & Brown of Florida,
Inc.; Ingam Retirement Group, Karpus
Investment Management, Scott Harris of Group
Insurance Solutions, and Richard H. Wilson
Jr. Committee members also included Jerry
Golden, Linda DePiano, Ph.D., Hank Newman,
Nancy Rossi and Joan Schwartzman.
Funds from
this event benefit ongoing programming
at
Oakwood
Center of the Palm
Beaches. Since
1970,
Oakwood has made an impact on countless l
l ives
by providing a full range of behavioral
health
services to
children, adults and families of central,
northern
and western
Palm Beach County
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