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Jennifer Sova of the Virginia/Carolinas chapter of the International Home Furnishings Representatives Assn. presents a $10,000 check to Dr. Thomas McLean of Brenner Children’s Hospital. The money will be used for cancer research efforts
The Piedmont Furniture Club’s 27th annual golf tournament raised $10,000 to benefit cancer research at Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C.
A total of 24 teams participated in the event at Willow Creek Golf Course in High Point on Aug. 21. The tourney drew support from several sponsors, including International Market Centers, Murrow’s Transfer, Zenith Global Logistics, Planned Furniture Promotions, SDJ Trucking, Boyles Furniture & Rug and BFI Inc.
“With the third year of incorporating Brenner Children’s Hospital as the Piedmont Furniture Club’s designated golf charity, we see how honoring our friends and colleagues who have or still are battling cancer, can bring an industry together,” said Ray Haislip, president of the Virginia/Carolinas region of the International Home Furnishings Representatives Assn. “We are excited to be able to provide the platform for that purpose.”
This year’s donation was made on behalf of Harold Hart, owner of Hart Furniture in Siler City, N.C. The Piedmont Furniture Club honored Hart for his longevity in the industry and also to acknowledge his own diagnosis with leukemia in December.
As he was unable to attend, a close friend, Maurice Pleasants, spoke on his behalf in voicing Hart’s gratitude for honoring him at the event.
Attendees included Dr. Thomas McLean, an associate professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest University and a principal investigator for the Children’s Oncology Group. He and Erin McCloskey, events coordinator for Brenner Children’s Hospital, spoke at the event.