SHARING The Green raises $38,000

Second year medical student, Matt Bogard, attempts to reach the flag, held by Bill Dorwart, also a second year medical student.

SHARING board members from left: Olamide Alabi, Mark Stavas and Josh Euteneuer.

A record haul of about $38,000 was raised during the eighth annual SHARING the Green golf tournament on Sept. 25 at Indian Creek Golf Course.

The money raised benefits the student-run SHARING Clinics of UNMC.

Despite the cool and windy start, nearly 100 golfers participated in the event, with a number of them winning prizes for best drives and longest putts at various holes throughout the course. Golf was followed by dinner with a presentation on the clinics and a talk by Mark Stavas, SHARING board fundraising chair and the main organizer of the event.

SHARING board members were thrilled at the success of the event.

The SHARING clinics are a nationally recognized group of three clinics that serve the uninsured and underinsured of Omaha at little or no cost.

Founded in 1997, the SHARING Clinics include:

• SHARING for general health care;
  
• RESPECT for STD testing, treatment, and counseling; and
  
• GOODLIFE for diabetes care.

Students and faculty from a variety of disciplines, including medicine, nursing, physical therapy, and public health work together to provide patients with integrated, multidisciplinary care. This coming year, SHARING will celebrate its tenth anniversary as an operating clinic.