24th Annual Volley For SERV Tennis Tournament

Volley For SERV Tennis Tournament committee

plans 24th
annual fundraising event

Honorees announced

Volley
For SERV Tennis Tournament committee members are gearing up for the 24th annual
event to raise funds for SERV Behavioral Health System, Inc., a non-profit
organization celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Founded in 1974, SERV (Social, Educational,
Residential and Vocational) provides residential and support services for
individuals throughout New Jersey with severe and persistent mental illnesses and/or
developmental disabilities.

The
daylong event is scheduled for June 16 at Cherry Valley Country Club in
Skillman. It will feature a six-division doubles tournament followed by an evening
reception with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, dinner, open bar, live
entertainment, silent auction, Super 50/50 Cash Raffle drawing, player awards,
and the recognition of two honorees.

Volley For SERV Chairman Ted
Golfinopoulos has announced that the two honorees for the evening will be Ivan
Punchatz, Esq. and Gwen Guidice.

Punchatz will receive The 3rd Annual SERVice
Award in appreciation for his 25 years of dedication and leadership as a board
member at SERV.  An attorney with Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC in Princeton, practicing health care
law, Punchatz is a member of the Board of Directors of SERV Behavioral Health System,
Inc. and SERV Properties & Management, Inc. 
He was past chairman of these boards and the SERV Centers of N.J.
board.   A resident of Yardley, Pa.,
Punchatz is also on the board of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce
(PRCC).

Guidice will be presented with the
4th annual Lou Natale Jr. Players Award, which acknowledges a tennis player for
continual support of SERV through participation in and sponsorship of Volley
For SERV.  Guidice has played in the Doubles A Division at Volley
For SERV for many years and is the reigning team champion, along with Louise
Gengler-Thomas, for the last three years. A resident of Hillsborough, Guidice is Executive Director of Princeton
Tennis Program in Princeton Junction, a nonprofit organization that has been providing opportunities for
personal achievement through tennis since 1954. 
She is vice president of junior activities for the United States
Tennis Association NJ District and is a member of PRCC.

Both honorees will be feted during
the evening reception at the Volley For SERV Tennis Tournament.

Net
profits from Volley For SERV will benefit special programs of the SERV
Foundation, including the Scholarship Fund for consumers and the annual “Recovery
NJ” health-and-wellness event for consumers and their families.

The cost for an individual VFS
player is $195, which includes the tournament, a VFS shirt, courtside lunch, a
commemorative team photo and the evening dinner reception with open bar.  Reception-only tickets are $90.

Volley
For SERV Committee members include Guidice, Golfinopoulos, Richard Anderson,
Andre Caldini, Beth Silverman-Bauman, Beth Deitchman, Ann LoPrinzi, Bill Rue
Jr., Barry Szaferman, Charles Villano Jr. and Rick White, along with staff
members of The SERV Foundation.

To register for the tennis
tournament or to learn more about corporate sponsorships and/or silent auction
donations, visit www.servbhs.org or contact Tom Fresco at (609) 662-3059 or trfresco@servbhs.org