27th Annual Good Samaritan and Sterling National Bank Spring Golf and Tennis Classic open to community

Suffern, N.Y. (September 20) – Golf and tennis enthusiasts "played for a purpose" at the 27th Annual Good Samaritan and Sterling National Bank Golf and Tennis Classic. The classic was held at the Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park, New York on Tuesday, September20. Proceeds from the event will support the renovation of patient rooms at Good Samaritan Hospital.

In addition to an 18-hole golf shamble and round robin tennis tournament, the classic featured a grand reception with gourmet dining and an auction.
The Golf and Tennis Classic isan important fund raising event for Good Samaritan Hospital. Past year's classic shave helped fund the construction of the new Emergency Department and the renovation of patient rooms.

"Events like the Golf and Tennis Classic are a terrific way for our community to come together to support local health services," said Harold J. Peterson, chair of the Good Samaritan Foundation. "Funds raised here stay here at Good Samaritan, making an important difference in the quality of care our hospital provides."
For information, please contact the Foundation at (845) 368-5151or send an email to Info_bschsfoundations@bshsi.org.


About Good Samaritan Hospital, a Member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange Counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, New Jersey.  The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer treatment services, the area's leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute andoutstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children's Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance abuse services and its certified home care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.  For more information about Good Samaritan Hospital visit bschs.bonsecours.com or follow the hospital at Facebook.com/BSCGSRMC or Twitter.com/BSCHS

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,500-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, NY, spanning seven hospitals and several campuses and locations in the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 10,000 people, with nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1 and Level 2 Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals and numerous health-related centers, programs and services, today WMCHealth is the leading and pre-eminent provider of integrated health in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit www.wmchealth.org

Mary Leahy, M.D., CEO, BSCHS, is flanked by (l-r) Harold Peterson, chair, Good Samaritan Foundation Board of Directors; Joseph DeCicco and Nicholas DeSantis, members, Good Samaritan Foundation Board of Directors.