A Hole In One Success For Patients Across New York!

Golfers at our 4th Annual Harboring Hearts Golf Outing at Sebonack Golf Club

Harboring Hearts is proud to announce that our 4th Annual Golf Outing at Sebonack Golf Club was a resounding success! On September 24th, 2024, we welcomed 74 golfers to Southampton, New York for a day on the green in support of cardiac surgery and transplant patients and their families.

Hosting nearly 100 attendees at our Cocktail Reception, we raised over $450,000! This incredible sum will help hundreds of patients and families across New York City, Westchester, and Long Island focus on healing rather than mounting bills.

Our dedicated staff, volunteers, donors, and Board of Directors made this event one for the books. Brought together by our desire to give hope to hearts everywhere, we were able to exceed our fundraising goal at our best golf outing to date!

Thank you to our 2024 Golf Outing Sponsors and In-Kind Donors!

We extend a huge thank you to our more than 40 longstanding sponsors such as: The Javian Foundation, Melkonian Capital, Corzo Construction Inc., BridgeBio Inc., Northwell Health Hospital, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian – Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, NYU Langone Health, and Westchester Medical Center - to name a few.

Through the generosity of Jaguar Land Rover of Southampton, one of our lucky and talented golfers, John Bellando IV, won a 2024 Land Rover Defender 110 S P300 via a perfect Hole in One on Sebonack’s Hole #4. In addition to this accomplishment one on the Par 3, John also won a $10,000 cash prize. Congratulations to John, his team, and his caddies, Delroy and Evance.

Thank you to our 2024 Planning Committee spearheaded by George Javian, James Lema, Rob Satran, and Ryan Melkonian as well as our dedicated staff and volunteers for making the success of this event possible!

We are also grateful to our on-event partners Sebonack Golf Club, Vicki Beth Photography, Danielle Raniolo and Colin Masterson Boundless Health, Lucas Hunt of Hunt Auctioneers, JGMV, DJ Michelle Francheska, and our many supporters for their dedicated efforts and generosity.

Founded by Yuki and Michelle in 2009, Harboring Hearts has helped nearly 3,000 patients and families with emotional and financial support - taking on their food, transportation, or housing bills so patients can give their complete attention to getting better and caregivers can direct their focus on caring for their loved one.

With a cardiac surgery or transplant procedure comes many unexpected costs that can really put pressure on families, and that is why we are here - to help shoulder some of that burden.

Alisa and Frank: Two Heart Transplant Recipients who have received support via Harboring Hearts' Emergency Fund

Alisa and Frank, two heart transplant recipients, met at Westchester hospital while they were awaiting their hearts and ended up getting married. They each shared their respective stories and how Harboring Hearts supported them through uncertain times. By helping their family with transportation, food, and hotel assistance, they was able to find hope during their transplant recovery.

“I am living proof that even in the face of overwhelming odds, there is hope. There is always hope.” -Alisa

Her husband Frank also spoke to our attendees and gave a touching speech about how much our support meant to him. He gave a powerful reminder of how long he had his heart. He patted his chest and proudly stated, “21 years.”

ABOUT HARBORING HEARTS 

We are a 501(c)(3) founded in 2009 to provide cardiac surgery patients and their families with financial and emotional support providing critical resources like housing, food, and transportation. We partner with 9 partner hospitals: NYP/Columbia University Medical Center, NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NYP/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, Westchester Medical Center, NYU, Northwell/North Shore University Hospital, and Stony Brook University Hospital. 

Learn more about our work and upcoming event at www.harboringhearts.org. 

If you’d like to learn more about how you can get involved with next year’s Golf Outing, please reach out to Pamela K. Vynalek.

Media Contact: info@harboringhearts.org

Phone: (866) 958-2536 

For details from last year’s event, check out our blog.