4/1/2009

Women, step up to the tee and help support the fight against breast cancer and other diseases of the breast. The Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center is hosting its eighth annual Women’s Golf Tournament on Monday, June 1 at the Williamsport Country Club. A shotgun start, in scramble format, begins at 12 Noon; dinner and an awards presentation follow at 5:30 P.M. The tournament is limited to 112 players; golfers interested in playing must be at least 18 years of age and have a USGA handicap. Other features of the day include a Chinese Auction with great sponsor donated prizes, 50/50 cash prize and $10 team mulligan. Registration fee for a two-person team is $250.

For nearly 20 years, the Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center has strived to create an atmosphere of comfortable reassurance and excellence in clinical outcomes. Today, the Center is highly regarded in our local and surrounding communities, as well as recognized #1 in the nation by Johnson & Johnson/ Ethicon division for innovative breast biopsy techniques resulting in less discomfort, quicker healing and minimal disfiguration.

According to Timothy J. Pagana, M.D., F.A.C.S., medical director of the Center and tournament host, this annual event has a threefold purpose. “First, it allows women throughout the region to contribute to the Center and help us continue to provide affordable breast health care; secondly, it is an opportunity for these women, many of whom have been treated at the Center, to contribute to our efforts to bring leading-edge technology to our Center, and finally, it allows all of us to honor those women who have survived breast cancer and to memorialize those courageous women who have lost their lives to this disease.”

If you know someone whose life has been affected by breast disease, special tournament sponsorships are available that give you the opportunity to recognize her with a gift made in her honor or memory. If you are interested in playing in the eighth annual Kathryn Candor Lundy Women’s Golf Tournament or supporting the Annual Fund Drive, please contact the Susquehanna Health Foundation Office at 570-320-7460.