06/03/2026
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ณ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป $๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด
๐๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ด
Under near perfect weather conditions, 116 golfers took to the course at Pleasant Valley Country Club on May 18 for Reliant Foundationโs 28th annual ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ Golf Classic and Auction. The Foundationโs signature event once again raised more than $200,000 in support of its Community Grants program, which funds essential public health programs across Central and MetroWest Massachusetts.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ,โ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ข ๐ก๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช, ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. โ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ด.โ
Following the round, more than 180 guests enjoyed a social reception, dinner, auction, and awards program. The online auction featured a wide range of items, including travel packages, exclusive experiences, dining opportunities, and moreโallowing supporters from across the region to participate.
Proceeds from Drive for a Difference will allow Reliant Foundation to support expanding access to mental and behavioral health services for children, youth, and young adults; support life-saving recovery resources; strengthen education, awareness, and workforce development across these facets of community health; and reduce the stigma associated with mental and behavioral health and substance use.
More than 30 local organizations and individuals provided sponsorship of the event, including lead sponsors: North Bridge Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley (Gold Sponsor); Robert and Jane Klugman (Dinner Sponsor), Bay State Bank, Mass General Brigham Health Plan (Golf Cart Sponsor), Gene and Julianne DeFeudis (Lunch Sponsor), Marianne Felice, MD, The Hanover Insurance Group (Snack Cart Sponsor), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Concierge Physical Therapy, FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation, F.W. Madigan Company, Imperial Distributors, UMass Memorial Health, Worcester State University (Deluxe Foursome Sponsors); Coghlin Companies, Cornerstone Bank, St. Vincent Hospital, Seven Hills Foundation, TaraVista Behavioral Health Center (Scoreboard Sponsors), J. Michael Grenon, Grimes & Co., Kelleher & Sadowski (Raffle Sponsor), among others.
Next yearโs Drive for a Difference is scheduled for May 24 at Pleasant Valley Country Club. Additional information about the event and lending support to Reliant Foundation can be found at ReliantFoundation.org.
https://reliantfoundation.org/reliant-foundations-28th-annual-drive-for-a-difference-golf-classic-and-auction-raises-more-than-200000-to-support-community-grants/
