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CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. First responders will donate all of the proceeds from their annual golf tournament to the 9/11 Remembrance Memorial Fund this year. The tournament will be held on October 17, at the Hollowbrook Golf Course.
Its important to us to support the memorial, said Cortlandt Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps President Kathy Stewart. One of our crews went down to Ground Zero and worked, and a second ambulance went down to Yonkers Raceway and was waiting for a call. Luckily he didnt have to go.
Hollowbrook Golf Course has, for the past five years, donated the use of their facilities to help raise money for first responders. The event typically raises between $4,000 and $5,000 to donate to local engine companies and ambulance corps. This year agencies were asked by Town of Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi to donate the proceeds of the event to the 9/11 Remembrance fund.
The memorial itself has been presented several times, the largest of those recent presentations was at Cortlandts 9/11 Ceremony, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The memorial itself is a sundial, made of a twisted piece of steal from one of the towers, and a sculpture of a female figure reaching toward the piece of steal. The memorial is planned to sit at Croton Landing.
Were thrilled, and so appreciative of the support and the commitment of the first responders at the golf outing, said memorial project manager, Janet Mainiero. I believe this is going to be substantial.
Many first responders look at their agency as family, and thus, supporting the memorial is an act of giving back to that family. I joined in 1984, said Stewart. I joined at the urging of a relative of mine. I said, Ill sweep floors, Ill do office work but youll never get me in the back of that ambulance, but it was the back of that ambulance that got me into my second career as a registered nurse.
Now my son, said Stewart, he is a volunteer with the organization and hes in the process of taking his EMT course. Were waiting for his final exam. Its nice to have my son by my side, and me helping him through his studies.
A lot of family members, added Stewart, all of the volunteer organizations youll see that.
For more information on how to sponsor a hole at the tournament, or how to participate, visit the Town of Cortlandts website, or call Ken Sherman at (914) 737-8294, or Ken Sherman Jr. at (914) 734-1058. Participants must register by Friday, October 7.
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