Annual outing re-named in honor of Ken Tully.The 14th Annual Hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. Golf Outing has been renamed the 14th Annual Tully Golf Classic in honor of Founding Event Chairs Ken Tully, principal of Flushing Flushing, part of Queens, New York City, United States Flushing, former village, now in N Queens borough of New York City, SE N.Y.; chartered 1645, inc. into Greater New York City with Queens in 1898. , NY-based Tully Constructing Co., and his, wife, Mary Ann. The Tully Golf Classic will be held at the Sands Point Country Club on Sept. 19, 2005. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $1 million for the care of patients and their families by the Hospice Care Network and is one of the organization's most successful fundraising events. "One cannot possibly have a discussion about the growth and success of Hospice Care Network here on Long Island and fail to mention Ken and Maryann Tully," said Richard Ranieri, of Garden City, co-chair of the golf outing committee. "Through their many years of tireless work and generosity they have seen HCN HCN hydrocyanic acid. grow from a small, fledgling operation to the largest hospice organization serving the most densely populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. metropolitan region in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." Ranieri, who has assisted Hospice Care Network's fundraising efforts for 14 years, added: "As a direct result of their efforts to make Hospice Care Network what it is today, Ken and Maryann Tully have directly affected the lives of thousands of families in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties Queens County or Queen's County is the name of:
The event is sold out. However, tickets to the reception, which begins at 6 p.m., are still available at $200 per person. Sponsorships also are still available. Call (516) 832-7100 to purchase tickets or sponsorships. Hospice Care Network, with locations in Woodbury, NY, Bay Shore, Melville and Fresh Meadows NY, is one of the leading hospices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State and enables children and adults to live with peace and dignity in a caring environment during the final stages of life. For more information on the Hospice Care Network visit www.hospicecarenetwork.org. |
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