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Aspire Rural Health System Celebrates Another Successful Annual Golf Fundraiser
Mike Kaufman
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:48:41 EDT
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On Friday, September 11, Aspire hosted its Annual Golf Outing, once again offering golfers the opportunity to play at four outstanding courses: Century Oaks, Rolling Hills, Ubly Heights, and Verona Hills. All four courses reached capacity, with an impressive 105 teams participating throughout the day!
In recognition of September 11, each course began the outing with a special tribute to our great nation. A guest at each location proudly performed the National Anthem, providing a meaningful way to honor our country and remember the significance of the day.
The incredible support for this event continued with:
-105 teams across four full courses
-80 generous sponsors
-More than 180 in-kind donations
-A record breaking profit of more than $150,000 for the Aspire Foundation
This year's event surpassed last year's results by approximately $4,000, making it another tremendous success!
Winners for the day included:
Century Oaks:
Men's First Place: Jamie Learman, Tony Malone, Brett McBride, and Jeff Talaski
Women's First Place: Trisha Clark, Renee Henry, Lynette Murray, and Elena VanValkenburgh
Mixed First Place: Aaron Feinauer, Brandon Flus, Rachel Kollmeyer, and Beau Turner
Rolling Hills:
Men's First Place: Eric Bullock, Tristan Coleman, Derek Halasz, and JJ Mulrath
Women's First Place: Brandy Fetterhoff, Deb McCollum, Joanie Miner, and Hope Thornton
Mixed First Place: Jill Arnott, Megan Fritz, Brad Gettel, and Andrew Peters
Ubly Heights:
Men's First Place: Ken Martin, Jeff MacKenzie, Tony Nika, and Kim Tillotson
Women's First Place: Lisa Alexander, Jennifer Dral, Kelly Gerstenberger, and Kayla Wadsworth
Mixed First Place: Abby Hanson, David Hanson, Bill Lackowski, and Jill Lackowski
Verona Hills:
Men's First Place: Alex Heussner, Andrew Huffman, Tristan Przybylowicz, and Ryan Ratynski
Women's First Place: AJ Johnson, Olivia Liebler, Lauren Rogers, and Alexis Spokaeski
Mixed First Place: Jeremy Bublitz, Kenny Cox, Galen Stone, and Kelsey Stone
In addition to a great day of golf, Aspire Rural Health System also offered a 50/50 raffle giving away 3 prizes totaling $25,000:
1st Place: $15,000 to Jen Iannuzzi
2nd Place: $7,000 to Suzette Schenkel
3rd Place: $3,000 to Valerie Davis
All proceeds from the raffle and golf outing will be evenly distributed among the three hospital improvement projects:
-Inpatient Room Project at Aspire Hills & Dales Healthcare.
-Marlette Family HealthCare and Medical Office Building Renovations at Aspire Marlette Regional Hospital.
-Lobby Expansion Project at Aspire Deckerville Community Hospital.
Aspire Rural Health System Foundation expresses sincere thanks to all of the golfers, sponsors, in-kind donors, golf committee, staff, and our volunteers who supported and made this year's events a roaring success. Event sponsors were Pat Curtis Chevrolet, Covenant HealthCare, Dr. Sanjeev Kaul, and Thumb Cooling and Heating.
To view photos from these events, check out Aspire's Facebook page. To learn about upcoming events, please visit www.aspirerhs.org
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