St. Barnabas Charities to Host Leading the Links Golf Open on Sept. 12
Gibsonia, Pa. - July 22, 2005 - Golfers and foursomes are sought for the first annual St.
Barnabas Charities Leading the Links Golf Open on Monday, Sept. 12 at Butler Country Club. Cost per
golfer is $350, which includes 18 holes of golf, lunch, unlimited range balls, cart and greens fees,
course beverages, and an evening reception. Lunch and registration will be at 12 p.m., followed by
a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund, which in 2004 alone
provided more than $5.76 million worth of care to poor and low-income patients at St. Barnabas
Nursing Home, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas, and The Arbors at St. Barnabas. For more information,
call 724-444-5521 or e-mail dpanei@stbarnabashealthsystem.com. The golf open is sponsored by Hunter
Associates Inc.
The Leading the Links Golf Open is organized in conjunction with the 19th annual St. Barnabas CEO
Leadership Conference, which will take place the morning of Sept. 12 at The Washington Place and the
Kean Theatre, 5847 Meridian Road. Three-hundred CEOs and their seconds-in-command are expected to
attend. The conference theme is "Against All Odds," highlighting the success of Pittsburgh and
Southwest Pennsylvania despite a shrinking population base, high business taxes, city bankruptcy
and other obstacles. Esther Barazzone, Ph.D., president of Chatham College will deliver the keynote
address and eight business and government leaders will participate in a panel discussion. The
leadership conference is open by invitation. Attendance at the Leadership Conference is not
required for golfers. For information, call 724-443-0700, Ext. 258 or visit www.stbarnabashealthsystem.com.
About St. Barnabas - St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in
Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting.
Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus
35,000 outpatients and home care clients. The health system is composed of the Barnabas Communities,
including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas;
St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia
Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; the Kean Theatre; and St. Barnabas Charities, the
fund-raising arm.
Contact:
Kathleen Brenneman
(724) 444-5530
kbrenneman@stbarnabashealthsystem.com
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