CVS Health Charity Classic raises $1M

CVS HEALTH President and CEO Larry J. Merlo, holding check, second from right next to former Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, announced on Tuesday that the CVS Health Charity Classic has raised $20 million dollars in philanthropic support to hundreds of nonprofits in Southeastern New England since the event series’ inception in 1999. This year, the CVS Health Charity Classic donated more than $1 million dollars to nearly 100 local charities. / COURTESY CVS HEALTH CORP.
CVS HEALTH President and CEO Larry J. Merlo, holding check, second from right next to former Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, announced on Tuesday that the CVS Health Charity Classic has raised $20 million dollars in philanthropic support to hundreds of nonprofits in Southeastern New England since the event series’ inception in 1999. This year, the CVS Health Charity Classic donated more than $1 million dollars to nearly 100 local charities. / COURTESY CVS HEALTH CORP.

WOONSOCKET – The CVS Health Charity Classic raised $1 million in donations for local charities from its tournament this year, boosting the total amount it has raised to $20 million since the event began in 1999.
This year, nearly 100 charities benefited from the $1 million raised by the golf tournament. In 2015, the event raised $1.3 million, according to a company spokeswoman.
“The CVS Health Charity Classic has an 18-year history of supporting the meaningful work being done by nonprofits in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island,” CVS Health Corp. President and CEO Larry J. Merlo said in a statement. “We are proud to reach this major milestone in donations made that enables us to give back to those who need it most in the areas of health care, education and social services.”
Merlo – along with tournament chairperson Eileen Howard Boone and PGA Tour professionals and CVS Health Charity Classic co-chairs Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon – announced this year’s donation to the nonprofit recipients and working charities that volunteered their time during the tournament in front of CVS Health colleagues and CVS Health Charity Classic sponsors at an event at the company’s headquarters on Tuesday.

Tim Wakefield, former Boston Red Sox pitcher, said the tournament has supported the Boston Red Sox Foundation over the years.
“Support from the CVS Health Charity Classic has been instrumental in allowing us to fulfill our mission of serving the health, education, recreation and social service needs of children and families across New England,” Wakefield said. “We are grateful for our partnership and look forward to continuing to work together in the future.”
The Boston Red Sox Foundation is among 90 nonprofits from Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts that will benefit from the CVS Health Charity Classic, including the American Heart Association; Amos House; Boys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket, Taunton, Woonsocket and Providence; City Year Providence; Meeting Street; Save The Bay; Sojourner House; The Providence Center; and Youth Pride Inc.
The 2017 CVS Health Charity Classic, which attracts world-class golfers each year and is the largest charitable sporting event in Rhode Island, will kick off on June 18 at Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington.

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