Edmeston, New York, September 12, 2011 …
The teams
of Paul Landers, Cooperstown, and Jon Hansen, Oneonta, and
Robert Poulson and Mary Ann Dietz, Cooperstown, won the
second annual Chobani Tennis Classic held at the Cooperstown
Country Club on Tuesday, September 6.
The
tournament, which is held at the Cooperstown Country Club,
is a benefit organized by the Pathfinder Village Foundation
to raise money for the scholarship endowment at the Village,
a remarkable residential community in Edmeston for people
who live with Down syndrome and other developmental
disabilities. The tournament featured 20 players, who
played in a round robin format for A and B flights.
Bob and
Patricia Hanft, event co-chairs, presented a proceeds check
to Village representatives following the tournament at a
banquet held at The Otesaga Hotel. Before tournament
expenses, over $14,000 was raised.
Title
sponsor of the event was Chobani (Agro Farma) of South
Edmeston; corporate sponsors included the KeyBank, Albany,
Gordon B. Roberts Agency, Oneonta and Strategic Financial
Services, Utica.
“This is
truly a win-win event where the players enjoy a great day of
tennis while benefiting Pathfinder, a very worthy cause,”
said Mrs. Hanft. We are so grateful to our major sponsor -
Chobani - for their continuing support. ”
Along with
the Hanfts, the tournament was organized by Kathleen
Gozigian and Melinda Hardin, both of Cooperstown, and Rhonda
Willies of Oneonta, as well as Paul Landers, Pathfinder
Village’s president and chief executive officer, and Joe
Mahon, the Village’s vice president of development. For
more information about the Chobani Tennis Classic, please
contact Joe Mahon, Vice President-Development, Pathfinder
Village at
jmahon@pathfindervillage.org
or (607) 965-8377, ext. 114.
Founded in 1980, Pathfinder Village is a
privately funded, non-profit, residential community for
children and adults who have Down syndrome. Additionally,
it offers a day school program for students who have
disabilities, serving area school districts. Pathfinder
Village is licensed by the State of New York and its
programs are regulated by the State Department of Education,
Department of Health, and Office for People with
Developmental Disabilities. It is located on State Route
80, two miles east of Edmeston and 15 miles west of
Cooperstown.
