Golf Tournament Scores More Than $25,000
News Release: August 1, 2008
Contact: Janice Osborne, Director-Communications and Marketing; American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley (610) 865-4400, ext. 262; pager (610) 508-4378

Under perfect skies, 105 golfers drove, chipped and putted to raise more than $25,000 at the 26th Annual Red Cross Charity Golf Tournament July 28 at Brookside Country Club. Proceeds from the event help the Greater Lehigh Valley Red Cross continue to provide local disaster relief services and lifesaving programs and services to residents in Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties.

The Haffner-Trinkle Foundation, Morgan Stanley-The Haddad Group and The Gehman-Yanders Group from the Allentown office returned for the second year as the tournament’s classic sponsors.

Ted Rosenberger also returned with a spectacular helicopter ball drop following tournament play. Rosenberger, co-founder, president and CEO of Target Software in Allentown, piloted his Rolls-Royce powered Enstrom 480B helicopter and dropped 300 golf balls onto a makeshift green in a 50/50 cash contest to benefit the local Red Cross. Onboard the helicopter Al Haddad and Brad Greenawald, board and golf committee members, tossed balls onto the green’s bulls-eye. Of the 300 balls, it was lucky ball #23 – purchased by Kutztown resident Tom Lessel – that landed closest to the target. "We're so appreciative of Ted's generous contribution of his amazing piloting skills and helicopter to this successful fund-raiser for the Red Cross," said Greenawald, financial advisor for Smith Barney. "It’s not every day that you see a helicopter ‘up close and personal.’ It’s so exciting. I can't thank Ted and the staff at Brookside enough for making this event so special."

Other major sponsors included: Capital BlueCross; East Penn Bank; The Morning Call; Highmark Blue Shield; Lehigh Valley Honda/Vinart; PPL Electric Utilities; Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino; and United World Travel.

Following is a list of this year's contest and tournament winners:

Men's Longest Drive: Tom White

Women's Longest Drive: Ronnie Hess

Closest to the Pin: Carl Rohmann

First-place low gross:(overall winning team) Bill Coles, Walter Wolak, Joseph Pinto -- Score of 59

First-place low net: Gary Clewell, Sal Anselmo, John Anselmo, Mike Fisher -- Score of 53

Second-place low net: Keith Yanders, Mike Weber, Gaspar DiCarlo, Herb Levy -- Score of 54 (MOC)

Third-place low net: JC Parker, Ed Stricker, Phil Brace, Don Freidberg -- Score of 54 (MOC)

Tournament committee members include: Committee chairman Brad Greenawald, Smith Barney; Scott Friedman, swb&r; Al Haddad, Morgan Stanley; Jarrett Laubach, Hawley Realty; Frank Maguire, board member and community volunteer; David Monaghan, TeamLink Corp.; Donna Murphy, D+B Murphy Enterprises, Inc.; Pat Stumpp, East Penn Bank; Sandy Gaspar, Katie Newman, Ana Vega and Janice Osborne of the American Red Cross.

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves more than 690,000 residents of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training; Lifeline, a personal response service for seniors; and emergency relief to more than 23,000 Greater Lehigh Valley residents. For more information about the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley or volunteer opportunities, call (610) 865-4400 or visit www.redcrosslv.org.