NEWTON – Nearly 200 community and business leaders will descend on the Lake Mohawk Golf Club July 13 to the hit the links for a great cause: to raise funds for Newton Memorial Hospital, the community healthcare provider of choice in the region.

And you’re invited to participate in myriad ways. You can create a four-some of your own, enter our 50/50 Golf-Ball Drop or show your support via small or large sponsorship opportunities.

The 37th Annual Frank Redfern Memorial Golf Open is the golf outing all others aspire to be and it honors the memory of Frank Redfern, an ardent supporter of Newton Memorial who enjoyed the many amazing golf courses Sussex County offers its residents. Every year, the Golf Open’s popularity grows and the proceeds support the Hospital as it strives to meet the healthcare needs of this growing region.

Last year, the Newton Memorial Hospital Foundation added a new component, the 50/50 Golf-Ball Drop. Raffle tickets are $10 each and participants will be assigned numbered golf balls. The golf balls will be dropped from a hot-air balloon onto the 9th fairway, and the golf ball that lands nearest to the target wins. Last year, the winner received $15,000.

This year, the proceeds of the event will benefit the Newton Memorial Hospital Foundation’s campaign to raise funds for the Hospital’s Maternity Renovation Project.

The event is made possible by our generous sponsors, including Atlantic Health Systems, Atlantic Ambulance Corporation, Ferd Convery, Esq., WFS Services, Inc., the DavidHenry Agency, Genesis Healthcare Corporation, GRM Facilities Management, Inc., Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland and Perretti, LLP, RoNetco Supermarkets, Inc., The Woodland Group and Bell BMW.

If you would like to purchase a $10 raffle ticket for your chance to enter the 50/50 Ball Drop or would like more information on sponsoring this wonderful event, please call Newton Memorial Hospital Foundation at (973) 579-8309.

PHOTO CAPTION: Members of the Annual Frank Redfern Memorial Golf Open Committee pose together around a 2009 BMW 328 XI. A hole-in-one on hole four at the Lake Mohawk Golf Club on a the Frank Redfern Gold Open on July 13 will win the BMW. Pictured from left side first (back to front) are committee members Dick Bourque, Chairman Mike Kaskel, Lisa Greebel and Megan Sandow. From right side (back to front) are Mike Lensak, David Rikkola, Bob Poust and Dawn Sullivan. Proceeds from the golf tournament will go to the Newton Memorial Hospital Foundation.