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06/24/2009
Genesys partners with Buick Open to host party with pros
(GENESEE COUNTY, MI) Genesys Health Foundation, in partnership with the Buick Open, will host its 17th annual Charity Classic Party. This year, as a special feature for partygoers, many golf pros playing in the Buick Open will attend the event.
The party takes place Friday, July 31, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., at Genesys Conference and Banquet Center. Cost is $250 a couple or $125 a person, and includes cocktails, a strolling dinner fare featuring specialties from more than a dozen local restaurants, a silent auction with sports memorabilia and other packages, and an opportunity to meet some of the golf pros on tour.
In addition to the Classic Party with the Pros, Genesys Health Foundation will host a golf tournament Monday, July 13 at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc. Cost is $750 a person and includes 18 holes of golf on the site of the Buick Open, two tickets to the Party with the Pros, a gift package, continental breakfast and lunch (for morning golfers); and hors d'oeuvres for afternoon golfers. Golfers can choose morning or afternoon tee times.
Funds raised from these two events will go toward the expansion of the Special Care Nursery in the Genesys Family Birthing Center. Genesys Health Foundation is raising funds for a Level IIB Nursery, which will give Genesys the capabilities to care for higher risk babies - those born at more than 32 weeks gestation and weighing more than 1500 grams those needing mechanical ventilation, and those needing continuous positive airway pressure.
"Infant morbidity and mortality rates in Genesee County are among the highest in the nation," reports Nick Evans, vice president and chief development officer for the Genesys Health Foundation. "As birth rates continue to rise in our community, this translates into escalating high-risk pregnancies, deliveries and a growing need for services to help this population. A Level IIB Nursery is desperately needed," he points out.
To purchase tickets for the Genesys Charity Classic Party with the Pros or the golf tournament, call the Genesys Health Foundation at 810-606-7909, or go to www.genesyshealthfoundation.org.
Featured restaurants at the Party with the Pros include: Atlas Valley Country Club, Blue Collar Gourmet, Brick Street Bar and Grille, Cold Stone Creamery, Cranberries Cafe, DaEdoardo North, Damon's Grill, Epoch Catering, Genesys Conference and Banquet Center, Italia Gardens, Rib City Grill, Taboon at the Valley, The Cake Ladies, The French Laundry, The Great Harvest Bread Company and Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club.
In 1993, Genesys announced its first Charity Clasic, a fundraising event where business and community leaders worked in partnership with Genesys to support its efforts to build a healthier future for area residents. Year after year, Genesys has continued this tradition of designating proceeds from the Charity Classic to improve the health of the community. To date, more than $1.8 million has been raised. These funds have been used to help the uninsured and underinsured obtain access to quality medical care and health care resources, provide scholarships to area residents interested in pursuing a career in health care, develop a parish nurse ministry program, and provide other needed services for the community.
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Shiawassee, Lapeer, Oakland, Livingston and Tuscola counties.
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Genesys Hospital Grand Blanc Michigan proudly serves these communities
within our six county Southeast Michigan service area:
Genesee County: Burton, Clio, Davison, Fenton, Flint, Flushing, Gaines,
Goodrich, Grand Blanc, Lennon, Linden, Montrose, Mount Morris, Otisville, Otter
Lake and Swartz Creek.
Shiawassee County: Bancroft, Byron, Corunna, Durand, Laingsburg, Lennon, Morrice, New Lothrop, Owosso, Perry and Vernon.
Lapeer County: Almont, Barnes Lake, Millers Lake, Brown City, Clifford,
Columbiaville, Deerfield, Dryden, Elba, Goodland, Hadley, Imlay City, Imlay,
Lapeer, Marathon, Mayfield, Metamora, North Branch, Oregon Township, Otter Lake
and Rich.
Oakland County: Auburn Hills, Berkley, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms,
Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Clarkston, Clawson, Farmington Hills, Farmington,
Ferndale, Franklin, Hazel Park, Holly, Huntington Woods, Keego Harbor, Lake
Angelus, Lake Orion, Lathrup Village, Leonard, Madison Heights, Milford,
Northville, Novi, Oak Park, Orchard Lake Village, Ortonville, Oxford, Pleasant
Ridge, Pontiac, Rochester Hills, Rochester, Royal Oak, South Lyon, Southfield,
Sylvan Lake, Troy, Walled Lake, Wixom and Wolverine Lake.
Livingston County: Brighton, Howell, Pinckney and Fowlerville.
Tuscola County: Akron, Caro, Cass City, Fairgrove, Gagetown, Kingston,
Mayville, Millington, Reese, Unionville and Vassar.
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