Volley For SERV golf and tennis tournament to benefit statewide nonprofit organization
Event to include Super Cash Raffle drawing with $20,000 top prize
The SERV Foundation, the fundraising arm of the nonprofit SERV Behavioral Health System Inc., is planning its 19th annual Volley For SERV golf and tennis tournament at the exclusive Cherry Valley Country Club in Skillman.
This event, to take place June 15, is the major fundraising effort of the Foundation to benefit SERV’s housing and support programs for people throughout New Jersey with serious mental illness and/or development disabilities. SERV is headquartered in Ewing and has offices in Mercer, Hudson, Middlesex, Passaic and Union counties, as well as operations in Burlington, Monmouth and Ocean counties.
Tennis A and B teams as well as golf foursomes or singles will be available. New this year is a $10,000 hole-in-one prize. In the event of rain, the tennis tournament will take place at Mercer County’s Indoor Tennis Courts in West Windsor. The cost of $350 per golfer or $185 per tennis player includes a reception with prizes and a silent auction at Cherry Valley Country Club following a full day of play. Reception-only tickets are $85 per person.
During the reception, the SERV Foundation will draw the winning tickets for its Super Cash Raffle. Tickets are $100 and no more than 500 will be sold. First and second prizes are a maximum of $20,000 and $5,000, respectively. Ticket buyers need not be present to win.
Committee members include golf chairman Ward Bauman, Corporate Synergies; Tennis chairman Ted Golfinopoulos, TG & Associates; Marc Vecchiolla, director of tennis, Mercer County Park Commission; Ann Loprinzi, tennis columnist for The Times of Trenton; Liz Tindall, Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce; Louis Natale, president Ritchie and Page Distributing Co.; Zachary Chester, Capital Health System; Ronald Rose, Morgan Stanley; Jeannine McGhie, Cornerstone Carpentry and Contracting; Michael Briehler, president PEAC; Barbara Carriere, LSM; Brenda Zanoni and Gary Duffy, Zanoni & Associates; and Keith V. Hamilton, Bill O’Brien, Lisa Gerth, David Whiting and Ida Doolan of SERV.
Corporate and individual Volley For SERV sponsorship opportunities, as well as tennis and golf registration forms, are available on the website at (www.servbhs.org). Super Cash Raffle tickets also can be purchased online or by calling (609) 662-3059.