Golf Tourney Raises $15,000 for The Arc of Howard County

“Tee It Up for The Arc,” presented by Wegmans, raised $15,000 for The Arc of Howard County. Co-chairs were Phil Swanson of Canada dry Potomac and Mike Lewis of Ourisman Automotive Group. The tournament honors the memory of the late Gary J. Arthur, who was Howard County Director of Recreation and Parks.

The First Place winning foursome included Michael Hendricks, Doug Wilson, Marco DePalma and Troy Fitzgerald. Second Place winners were J.R. Geld, Kevin Kalis, Mark DelGiorna and Robert Lindstrom. Third Place winners were Jim Ryan, Jeff Bainbridge, Jon Weinreib and Marc Regardie. Robert Lindstrom won the Longest Drive competition. Chris O’Donovan and Wendy Webster won the Closest to the Pin contests.

In addition to Wegmans, sponsors included Coca-Cola Refreshments, Monster Energy, Ourisman Automotive Group, Northern Pharmacy and Medical Equipment, The Bancorp, Environmental Systems Associates, Snapple, Body Armor, Denis O’Donovan, UPS, and Quirky. Tee/Hole Sponsors included Advance Business Systems, Morgan Stanley, Orion Investment Advisors, Smith Mechanical and CEG Landscape, LLC.

For more information, visit www.archoward.org.

About The Arc of Howard County

Since its inception in 1961, The Arc has become one of the county’s largest employers, with more than 300 staff members and hundreds of volunteers working to achieve full community life for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It provides a range of residential, employment and family support services.

A field of 94 golfers participated in a tourney to benefit The Arc of Howard County. Among the golfers were (from l.) John Bukolt of Wegmans, Joy Howard of UPS, Nate Starkweather and Wendy Webster of Wegmans.