DARIEN, CT – Fairfield golfers helped drive the green – more than $50,000 – to support local families of premature babies during The Tiny Miracles Foundation’s Oct. 2 golf outing at the Aspetuck Valley Country Club in Weston.
“We’re very grateful to all who made this 5th annual outing a great success – our wonderful sponsors, the supportive golfers, and our good friends at the country club,” said Tina Tison, Tiny Miracles’ executive director and Fairfield resident. “With 1 in 10 babies today being born preterm, the real beneficiaries from the event are the families of infants who must spend weeks or months in our local Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Funds raised allow The Tiny Miracles Foundation to offer these families vital support, at a very emotional time, for free.”
This year’s fundraiser saw 21 of the 72 golfers hailing from Fairfield. The Fairfield foursome of Gwen Noto, Cindy Cody, Patty Baron and Jenn Dooher won the women’s Net prize, while Fairfield’s Susie Richards, Kerri Cagnassola, Susie Schroeder and Cathleen O’Boyle won the women’s Scramble. Cagnassola also claimed the women’s Closest to the Pin contest.
The day included lunch, carts, hole contests and dinner, with tastings by sponsor Blade & Bow Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey and clothing sales by retail partner Sail to Sable women’s resort wear.
The Tiny Miracles Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Darien that fulfills the emotional, practical and financial needs of the families of more than 1,200 premature babies born each year in southwestern Connecticut. Founded in 2004 as a response to one in 10 babies being born prematurely in our communities, Tiny Miracles supports parents through on-site partnerships with six leading hospitals in Fairfield and New Haven counties. Thanks to generous individual and corporate donors, all Tiny Miracles’ support is available to families free of charge.
Learn more about the organization and its work at www.ttmf.org.