Rain and wind washed away most of the golf at the Fifth Annual SHARING Clinic Golf Tournament on May 24, but the weather didn’t diminish the financial support directed toward the three student-run UNMC clinics.
The four-person event, affectionately called “Sharing the Green,” raised more than $8,000 for the clinics, which include the weekly SHARING Clinic (Student Health Alliance Reaching Indigent Needy Groups); the weekly RESPECT Clinic (Responsible Early STD Prevention, Education & Community Testing); and the monthly GOODLIFE Clinic (Greater Omaha Outreach for Diabetes Lifestyles Impacting Fitness and Education).
“Even though the weather didn’t fully cooperate, the campus and corporate community didn’t let Mother Nature dampen the enthusiasm for the student-run clinics,” said Keith Swarts, director of Business Services and an organizer for the event. “I believe everyone still had a good time and left smiling knowing that they had contributed to a very worthwhile cause. My thanks goes out to all those people.”
UNMC students helped to organize and sponsor the tournament. The four-person scramble took place at the Field Club of Omaha. The tournament’s sponsors included Metro Health Federal Credit Union and Pansing, Hogan, Ernst, & Bachman Law Firm.