SMH Foundation will return on April 28 with its annual golf tournament, a much-anticipated event in East St. Tammany that has sold out the past two years. This annual event features food from local restaurants, raffle prizes, giveaways, and a day filled with friendly competition, while raising critically important funds used throughout the year to improve the quality of life in the community.
The event happens on at Pinewood Golf Club located at 405 Country Club Blvd., with tee-off time at noon. Teams are filling up quickly, organizers say, with the past two years selling out completely.
The annual golf tournament has been a fundamental addition to the Foundation’s yearly fundraising efforts. The SMH Foundation is a public charity that assesses needs for equipment and innovative programs at Slidell Memorial. “Through the Driving Out Cancer fundraising event and individual donors, the Foundation collaborates with the community to raise funds to fill those needs, enabling SMH to offer the latest treatments, programs, technology and expert physicians our community needs to have a good quality of life and health,” said SMH Foundation Executive Director Laurie Panzeca.
This year the event will help fund the newest endeavor at the SMH Regional Cancer Center with the addition of the Comprehensive Cancer Care Clinic. The new clinic allows patients to see all key physicians and nurse navigators at one location. What used to take four to six weeks, making various appointments and visiting different locations, now can all be done in one day.
There’s still time to sponsor the event or register a team. Contact the SMH Foundation for more information at (985) 280-8820 or visit secure.qgiv.com/for/2023golftournament/event/863911/.