2006 Charity Golf Outing
$1 Million Mark Reached for Children’s Cancer Organizations
Keene, NH - The C&S Charity Golf Outing raised $270,000 at this year's 21st annual event. The amount breaks the record raised at past outings and brings the historical total of donations from the C&S Charity Golf Outing past the $1 million mark for children's cancer organizations.
At banquets following two spectacular days of golf in Vermont and Massachusetts, check presentations were made to the following recipients:
- $80,000- Jimmy Fund - Dana Farber Cancer Center, in Boston, MA, for cancer research
- $160,000- Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) in Lebanon, NH, for the pediatric oncology unit
- $30,000-The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT, for children battling cancer to experience going to camp.
More than 500 C&S customers, vendors and food industry leaders participated in the Outing. They were joined by children and families who received care and support from all three charitable organizations as well as members of the medical teams.
Ron Wright, Co-President of C&S, attended both events and said, "For those of us at C&S, this is one of the best days of the year because it's a day we're able to make a difference in lives of kids with cancer. We're proud to contribute to their treatment, to the researchers who are dedicated to finding a cure, and to make the fun of going to camp possible for seriously ill children. Our customers and vendors generously stepped up to make the C&S Charity Golf Outing a success again and we're grateful."
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About C&S Wholesale Grocers
C&S community involvement programs support initiatives to stop hunger and to promote the health and enrichemnt of communities that are homes to the company's employees and facilities.
C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene, N.H. is the second-largest food wholesaler and, according to Forbes magazine, the 12th largest privately held company in the United States. The company distributes food to supermarkets, retail stores and military bases across the country.
Currently, C&S serves about 4600 stores from more than 50 locations in 11 states. Among our customers are many of America's best known companies, including Stop & Shop, Giant of Carlisle, Giant of Landover, Shaw's, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P), Ralphs, Safeway and Target.
