Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice (CVHHH) hosted its 30th annual Hospice Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday, June 5, at the Country Club of Barre (CCB). The event brought together 112 players from 28 teams for a scramble across the 18-hole course.
The 2026 tournament raised a record-setting $43,500 for CVHHH’s Hospice program, up from $39,000 raised in 2025. This landmark achievement was reached through the generosity of 62 individual and business sponsors, including Tournament Sponsor, Maple Capital Management, Golf Cart Sponsor, Vermont Lazerwash, and Hospice Memorial Sponsors, Jane and John Valentine, Granite Financial Group, and Jeremy Drown, in memory of Barry Chouinard, the players, and several dedicated volunteers.
“The annual golf tournament is a highlight of the year for everyone involved. We are lucky to have such a loyal group of golfers, sponsors, and volunteers who return every year to ensure their friends and neighbors can access the end-of-life care they need on their own terms,” says CVHHH Chief Advancement Officer, Emily McKenna. “We raised more money this year for hospice than in thirty years of this event. I am grateful to our generous community! We could not do what we do without their support and enthusiasm.”
The milestone tournament began with welcome remarks from Sandy Rousse, CVHHH’s President & CEO, and Joe Dingledine, CCB’s Golf Professional. After posing for a group portrait by Duback Photography, players mounted the waiting fleet of carts and departed from the club house for a beautiful day on the course. The event concluded with awards and prizes for winning players and teams. Adam Carron, Curtis Esden, Jason Pidgeon, and David Seaver from Team Northfield Savings Ban took home first place.
The Hospice Memorial Golf Tournament was started in 1996 to honor Central Vermonter Scott Freeman. Over the past three decades, it has grown into a celebratory day-long event to help raise awareness and funds to support CVHHH’s Hospice program. In 2025, CVHHH’s Hospice team cared for 333 Central Vermonters and their families and made over 10,000 visits to hospice patients in Washington and Orange Counties.
