Health Matters | summer 2008

NASCAR Golf Tournament Raises $250,000 for Charity

Pictured from left to right are Richard Brockway, Kitson & Partners; Joe Petrock, Halifax Health Foundation Executive Director; Glenn Ritchey, Mayor of Daytona Beach; Betty Jane France, The NASCAR Foundation Board Chairman; and Jeff Feasel, Halifax Health President and CEO.

In February, the Halifax Health Foundation partnered with NASCAR and the Daytona International Speedway’s Checkered Flag Committee to host the 35th Annual NASCAR Celebrity Charity Golf Classic, which was presented by Kitson & Partners.

Thirty-four teams participated in the tournament, which raised a record-breaking $250,000 for the Halifax Health — Betty Jane France Center for Pediatrics, also known as Speediatrics, and Checkered Flag charities.

The event kicked off with a putting clinic at LPGA International and a Speedweeks Pairing Party at the Daytona 500 Experience. The next day, participants were paired with NASCAR drivers and other sports celebrities, as well as a golf professional, for nine holes of golf followed by an awards luncheon.