Rocky Adkins' Cure for Cancer Golf Tournament Raises More Than $1 Million
Majority Leader Rocky Adkins was recognized for contributing $1 million to improving healthcare in the Commonwealth through his annual Rocky Adkins Golf "Cure for Cancer" Tournament. Kingıs Daughters Medical Center President and CEO Fred Jackson presented Rep.Adkins with a special crystal award during a surprise ceremony at this yearıs tournament in Morehead, Ky.
"I am humbled and deeply honored by this recognition," said Rep. Adkins. "As a cancer survivor, I know how frightening and uncertain those days can be. That's why I have devoted the proceeds from this golf tournament to helping cancer patients and their families get through those difficult times at the best facilities in this region - and that's King's Daughters Medical Center."
Rep. Adkins began his golf tournament in 1995, after successfully battling prostate cancer. During the tournamentıs earliest years, the funds raised went toward cancer research in the Commonwealth. For the past five years, the tournamentıs fund have been dedicated to the Hospitality House at Kingıs Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. With this yearıs tournament, Rep. Adkins has contributed $500,000 to the Hospitality House, which provides a warm, inviting place to stay for family members of patients being treated at Kingıs Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. Recently, Rep. Adkins committed his tournament to five more years with Kingıs Daughters, with funds going to renovating the 24-bed Oncology Specialty Unit.
"Finding a cure for cancer will take time and resources, but I do believe we will get there one day," said Rep. Adkins. "Until then, I'll keep doing what I can to help people in Kentucky fight this terrible disease with every dollar we raise in our golf tournament."
The Rocky Adkins Golf Tournament is hosted annually on Memorial Day weekend at Eagle Trace Golf Course, in Morehead, Ky. It brings in nearly 70 four-man teams from throughout the Commonwealth.
Pictures from 2007 golf
outing, held at the Eagle Trace Golf Course in Morehead,
KY. 2008 outing images coming soon.
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