Charity Golf Open Supports Financial Help for Hospice

The Agnesian Healthcare Foundation is hosting a charity golf tournament next week to raise money for a local hospice center. The Hospice Home of Hope allows families to not worry about the financial struggle as a loved one nears the end of their life. 

Shawn Fisher with the foundation tells us the charity golf open has been going on for a long time. Fisher says “the charity open is next Monday, the 13^th. It’s our annual fundraising event for our hospice program. This is its 30^th year, it’s very well established. It’s a day of golf, there’s a bunch of fun games, we have dinner – and then of course we have this raffle that goes with the charity open every year, and we give away a car.”

Fisher adds that “last year there were over 800 patients that received hospice. With the
overlapping, there’s generally up to 300 patients at a time that are receiving
care either at the hospice home or in their own home. And about – almost half
of those patients receive financial assistance through the foundation.”

The event tees off at South Hills Golf and Country Club at 9:00am Monday morning.