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Samaritan’s 2023 Drive FORE! Golf Tournament Raises More Than $205,000 for Patient and Family Care



 

Samaritan President & CEO Phillip W. Heath greets the 2023 Drive FORE! A Good Cause golfers alongside the Phillie Phanatic at Little Mill Country Club.

Mount Laurel, NJSamaritan recently held their 33rd annual golf tournament, “Drive FORE! A Good Cause,” at Little Mill Country Club in Marlton. The tournament raised more than $205,000 and greater awareness for the essential services Samaritan provides as a leader in home-based primary care, palliative medicine, hospice care and complex illness care in South Jersey.

 

All funds raised by the tournament, presented by The Richardson Family Dealerships, will support the organization’s comprehensive family of services that enhance the lives of patients and their loved ones as they cope with issues of aging, serious illness or grief.

 

“Our Drive FORE! A Good Cause golf tournament continues to support Samaritan’s continuum of life-enhancing care

Gathered at Samaritan’s 2023 Drive FORE! A Good Cause golf tournament, from left to right: Samaritan President & CEO Phillip W. Heath; Samaritan Board Chair Gregory Button; Drive FORE! A Good Cause Tournament Sponsors Shirley and Jim Richardson of The Richardson Family Dealerships; and Samaritan Golf Committee Co-Chairs Roy Fazio and Cliff Mancine.

and above and beyond services,” said Phillip W. Heath, president and CEO of Samaritan. “We extend our sincere thanks to all of this year’s golfers, volunteers, sponsors, especially The Richardson Family Dealerships, and to our hard-working golf committee, led by returning co-chairs Cliff Mancine and Roy Fazio. Your support and commitment year after year allows us to provide expert care and compassion to over 11,000 patients and their families annually throughout the South Jersey region!”

 

For more information about Samaritan’s Drive FORE! A Good Cause golf tournament – including the event’s digital program and photo gallery – please visit: www.SamaritanNJ.org/Golf

 

About Samaritan:

Samaritan is a not-for-profit, independent organization locally founded in Moorestown, New Jersey in 1980 as one of the first hospices in the country. Samaritan is now one of the State’s leading providers of hospice care, palliative (comfort) medicine, at-home primary care, grief support and counseling, advanced illness care, education and advocacy. Samaritan serves people in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties who are coping with the stresses of aging, serious illness or grief wherever they call home. Samaritan also has two dedicated inpatient hospice centers in Voorhees and Mount Holly. Beyond the services covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance plans, Samaritan annually provides nearly $1M in donor-funded non-reimbursed care for patients and families in the South Jersey region. A thrift shop in Westmont also supports Samaritan services and programs. Samaritan is accredited by The Joint Commission; a member of the National Partnership for Hospice Innovation; and is a four-star hospice in the national We Honor Veterans program. For more information, visit www.SamaritanNJ.org.