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2023 Woods Golf Classic

Join us at the

Union League Golf Club at Torresdale

Monday, October 2, 2023

3801 Grant Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19114

 

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Directions | Course information | Woods website | A look back at the 2022 classic

 

New Course. New Date.

Woods Golf Classic is back again, so save the date to tee off and support Woods Services! Every swing counts toward making a difference in the quality of life for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism served by Woods.

Questions?

Please email:

Diana Martinelli

diana.martinelli@woods.org

215-809-8628

Run for Woods 5k and 1-Mile Fun Run in Langhorne On Sunday, May 7, 2023 to Raise $250,000 For Individuals with Disabilities

 

Results: https://www.runtheday.com/results/summary/68967
Program: https://woodsservicespa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RunForWoodsProgram23.pdf

 

Woods Services, a nonprofit organization that provides care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and emotional/behavioral challenges, has a fun morning planned on Sunday, May 7, 2023, for runners, walkers, and rollers of all abilities participating in the 2023 Run for Woods 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run presented by Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships. The festivities, which include an appearance by a Philadelphia sports team’s fan-favorite mascot, kick off with an opening ceremony at 8:45 a.m., followed by the 5K at 9:00 a.m., and the 1-Mile Fun Run at 9:10 a.m. Participants meet at 10 Meadowood Drive in Langhorne, and run, roll, and stroll through the scenic trails at Woods Services. The registration fee is $45 and participants can register at RunForWoods.org. This is the ninth year for the event. New this year is the Sunday date; Run for Woods has previously been held on Saturday.

 

During the opening ceremony, Woods President and CEO Tine Hansen-Turton will honor a Bucks County police officer who has had a significant impact on improving the quality of life for people with disabilities and challenges.

 

“We are immensely grateful to our sponsors, team leaders, runners, rollers, walkers, Bucks County neighbors, and our Woods families and friends for their outpouring of support for the 9th annual Run for Woods,” Hansen-Turton said. “Their participation helps Woods Services provide exceptional educational, vocational, and recreational opportunities that enrich lives and increase independence. We are also pleased to honor a Bucks County community member and recognize the positive impact they are making in the lives of the children, adolescents, and adults Woods serves.”

 

Run for Woods has already raised $235,000 of its $250,000 goal from 53 sponsors in Bucks County and the Greater Philadelphia community, more than a dozen race fundraising teams, and individual participants. Funds will support Woods Services in its mission to provide innovative, comprehensive, and integrated healthcare, education, housing, vocational, behavioral health, and case management services to children, adolescents, and adults who have intellectual and developmental disability and mental health challenges who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral healthcare needs.

 

Prizes will be awarded to the top male and female finishers in each age category. With the $45 registration fee, all participants will receive an official race t-shirt, race medal, and will have an opportunity to enjoy other event amenities including Rita’s Water Ice. Participants, community members and businesses are also invited to underwrite participation for a Woods resident and their support staff member with a donation of $90. They are encouraged to share photos and videos with the Woods community and family and friends using #RunForWoods on social media. For more information, visit RunForWoods.org, where you can also view a Run for Woods video.

 

Woods Services thanks presenting sponsor Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships, and a long list of 2023 Woods Services Run for Woods sponsors, including:

The 2023 Run for Woods Gold Sponsors

Ally; Ethos Group; Homestead Smart Health Plans; Johnson, Kendall & Johnson; M&T Bank; Ocugen; Parx Casino; Synergy Pharmacy Services; TD Bank

The 2023 Run for Woods Silver Sponsors

Conner Strong & Buckelew; Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller; Barry & Michelle Sharer; Subaru of America

The 2023 Run for Woods Nature Trail Sponsor

McBrick Building Group

The 2023 Run for Woods Bronze Sponsors

A&K Industrial Corp.; Alice DeVoe & John Szabo;  Allies, Inc.; Angelo’s Carpet One; Autotrader; Capital Health; CARFAX; CDK Global; ECI Comfort; Enterprise Rent-a-Car; Experian; The First National Bank & Trust Co. of Newtown; Hyundai; Legacy Treatment Services; PFM Asset Management; Razor Technology; Ricciardi Brothers/Benjamin Moore; Rob’s Automotive & Collision Center; Tabor Children’s Services; Top to Bottom Home Improvements, LLC; Zimmerman Auto Body.

Friendship Sponsors

Accurate Building Services; Archway Programs; Ardex Labs; Bayada Home Health Care; Bob’s Discount Furniture; Boyle Construction; Brian’s House; Cars.com; Crown Holdings, Inc.; Fenningham Dempster & Coval, LLP; Margolis Edelstein; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin; Petro Home Services; Ridge Policy Group; Roscommon International

 

About Woods Services

Woods Services is a nonprofit organization that supports children, adolescents, and adults with complex medical and behavioral health care needs, including intellectual and developmental disabilities, to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment. Woods’ vision is a world where individuals have opportunities and supports that promote self-determination, dignity, respect, the joy of achievement, and a fulfilling life. Woods achieves this vision by providing comprehensive and integrated healthcare, education, housing, vocational, behavioral health, and case management services, along with a population health management strategy that includes the integration of primary and specialty medical care with behavioral health. More than 600 individuals from 23 states and 175 school districts are supported by Woods and its 1,500 staff at its Langhorne, Pennsylvania headquarters.

 

To ensure lifelong care and supports for the individuals its serves, Woods created the Woods System of Care – a network of affiliate organizations located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that includes Abilities of Northwest Jersey; Allies, Inc.; Archway Programs; Legacy Treatment Services; Tabor Services; and Woods Community at Brian’s House. Through this collaboration, the Woods System of Care provides lifelong care and supports to individuals in the intellectual and developmental disability and mental health public health sectors who have complex medical and behavioral health care needs.

 

Founded in 1913 by Philadelphia schoolteacher Mollie Woods to advance the quality of life and standard of care for individuals with disabilities, Woods continues this mission today. For more information, visit woods.org.

The 2022 Run for Woods: A Rainy Run to Remember


Consider 2022 a banner year for our annual Run for Woods 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run presented by Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships, which took place on May 7!

 

More than $257,000 was raised, which is the largest amount of funds Woods has ever raised for this event – thanks to our generous families and Langhorne community. We are also grateful for this year’s record number of more than 50 sponsors. This includes our presenting sponsor Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships.

 

We also had several Gold Sponsors, specifically Ally Financial, Ethos Group, Inc., Homestead Smart Health Plans, Johnson, Kendall & Johnson, Inc., Parx Casino, and TD Bank. Our Silver sponsors were Audi of America, Conner Strong & Buckelew, Experian, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Razor Technology, Barry & Michelle Sharer, Synergy Pharmacy Services, and Volkswagen of America. A&K Industrial, Allies, Angelo’s Carpet One, Ardex Labs, CARFAX, Alice DeVoe and John Szabo, Future Scripts, Hyundai, Legacy Treatment Services, M&T Bank, PFMAM, Sailaja & Shankar Musunuri, Ricciardi Brothers/Benjamin Moore, Subaru of America, Top to Bottom Home Improvements LLC, Wawa Foundation, and Zimmerman Auto Body Supply were our Bronze sponsors.

 

The group ends with our Friendship sponsors Beth and Roger Angrick, Archway Programs, Bayada Home Health Care, Bob’s Discount Furniture, Boyle Construction, Woods Community at Brian’s House, Cars.com, Chubb, Cox Automotive, Crown Holdings, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Fenningham Demptster & Coval LLP, FRS Advisors, GM Financial, Harvest Moon, La La Lobster, Margolis Edelstein, Ridge Policy Group, Rob’s Automotive & Collision Center, Roscommon International, PRN Consultants, Scoles Systems, Tabor Children’s Services, Volkswagen Credit, and Weber Gallagher.

 

And while the weather was determined to rain on Woods’ parade during the event, our clients, staff and greater Langhorne community kept marching, walking, wheeling and running along. A beautiful ceremony kicked off the race, which saw Pa. State Sen. Tommy Tomlinson earn the Woods Services Humanitarian Award. Attendees also witnessed our resident Whit Park receive an award for being the highest individual fundraiser, a tribute to his mother who recently passed.

 

We are fortunate to be able to use the funds raised to further our mission in providing innovative, comprehensive, and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health, and case management services. These services support our clients who have intellectual, developmental, and medical disabilities and acquired brain injury. We couldn’t do it without the help of the community around us, and for that, we say – THANK YOU!

 

To relive the May 7 event, enjoy this fantastic photo story from our friend Nancy Rokos at the Bucks County Courier Times. We’ve also included some photos below for your pleasure.

 

Until next year!

 

1,000 Cross the Finish Line at 4th Annual Run for Woods

A beautiful spring day set the scene as 1,000 runners, walkers, and rollers participated in the 4th annual Run for Woods on Saturday, May 5th. Eighty volunteers served as course marshals, assisted with registration, staffed the lunch lines and presented well deserved medals to all who crossed the finish line. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick received Woods’ Humanitarian Award at the Opening Ceremony and State Representative Frank Farry served as the official starter.

 

The event attracted 77 teams, including a large team from Johnson, Kendall & Johnson. Twenty JKJ employees raised $11,000 for Woods in addition to the $10,000 Gold Sponsorship provided by the insurance and risk management company.

 

“My favorite part of the Run experience was feeling and seeing the exuberance and energy of all of the participants and the staff, as well as knowing that my participation in the race was helping to make a difference in lives of many people who truly need our help,” said Kathy Glenn, Administrative Assistant for JKJ.

 

Woodlands resident Patrick Scotto, 21, welcomed the enthusiastic crowd prior to the start of the Run and shared his story. Patrick has worked for the last year in Woods’ Café, “Common Grounds” where he takes orders, prepares food, stocks shelves and works the cash register. Patrick expressed his appreciation for the Woods staff who, “have helped me recognize right from wrong and treated me with respect. It is because of my staff that I am able to treat others the way they want to be treated.”

 

Awards were presented to the Top Individual Fundraiser: Whit Park, a Woods resident who raised $5690, the Top Fundraising Team, Ciocca Subaru, which raised $13,685, and the Largest Team, the Woodlands Warriors, with 68 participants including residents and staff.

 

Following the run/walk, Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba’s Italian Grill prepared and donated a lunch of ribs, steak, pasta and chicken for a hungry crowd of 800. Drinks were donated by Pepsi and Wawa and participants dined outside together under a huge white tent.

 

Thanks to the generosity of 10 Faulkner Ciocca Dealerships that raised a whopping $73,000 for Woods this year, and had a record-breaking turnout, more than $194,000 was raised at the Run. Funds raised at the run/walk support Woods’ Greatest Need, which this year includes the expansion of the Davenport Medical Center at Woods, which provides care for both residents and staff.

 

The newest dealership to participate was Ciocca Chevrolet of Princeton, which recruited nearly 30 team members for its Princeton Princes and Princesses team – all sporting tiaras!  Michael Minetti, Parts and Service Director for Ciocca, stated “We are blessed with employees who believe that we are a family and understood the importance of the Run. Our employees were excited to be a part of something that benefited people in need.”

 

Three Woods residents were named “Ambassadors of the Run” this year: Jason Speer, Whit Park and Adam Greene, helping to get the word out about the event.  Adam, a Beechwood NeuroRehab resident, visited Ciocca Chevrolet of Princeton and shared the story of his acquired brain injury and the improved quality of life that he enjoys now as a result of the services he receives at Beechwood NeuroRehab, a program of Woods.

 

Adam was so inspiring that the dealership registered one dozen participants and raised $500 in just one hour! He was rewarded with a spin in a brand new convertible Corvette. Additional fun elements that were significant at the award-winning Run for Woods this year included character visits with super heroes and princesses, complimentary fruit smoothies to quench your thirst, game tables and prizes from Dave & Busters, and singing and dance performances that were enjoyed by all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrabba’s and Outback to Partner with Woods Services for Second Straight Year

Woods Services will hold its award-winning Run for Woods 5K and 1 Mile Fun Walk on Saturday, May 5, 2018. This is the fourth year that the event will be presented by Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships. Participants will enjoy a post-event steak, chicken and pasta lunch donated by Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Outback Steakhouse. More than 1,100 individuals are expected to participate and raise $200,000 for the 675 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by Woods. These children and adults have complex medical, behavioral and emotional challenges that prevent them from living successfully at home and in the community. Woods relies on funds raised at the Run to help provide the appropriate level of support they need to live a fulfilling life.

 

“We are so excited that our friends at Carrabba’s and Outback Steakhouse in Bensalem will be coming back this year. Their food was amazing last year and we received so many wonderful compliments after the 5K including one runner who wrote, ‘best food ever at a 5K!’” said Hilary Stephens, Vice President of Development for Woods. “Carrabba’s and Outback join the nine Faulkner-Ciocca dealerships making a real difference at Woods. They are corporate leaders from our community who want to learn firsthand about the inspiring lives of the people we serve.”

 

Last week, the Run for Woods received two special awards from the Bucks Happening List Contest: “Best Outdoor Event” and “Best Fundraiser” in Bucks County. As an organization, Woods was named a finalist in the Best Charity category as well. Members of the community are encouraged to join Woods residents and their families by running, walking, or rolling in the 5K or 1 Mile Fun Walk.

 

The 5K is a flat and fast route that starts on the Woods campus and takes runners, walkers, and rollers through Langhorne Manor Borough and the Borough of Langhorne, both historic districts listed on the National Register. Participants will enjoy the beautiful tree-lined shaded streets of the Boroughs before returning to Woods for the final mile of the Run. Roads will be secured to ensure the safety of all 5K participants and those participating in the 1 Mile Fun Walk will remain on the Woods campus. An awards ceremony, BBQ lunch, entertainment, and Fitness Fair will follow the 5K/1 Mile Fun Walk.

 

Online registration is open at www.runforwoods.org until May 2. The cost is $45 per person and discount registration options are available for children 12 and under. If space allows, registrations will also be accepted the morning of the event for $50/person. This is a family-friendly event and all participants ages 7 and up will receive a t-shirt, medal, and an individual online fundraising page with the option to create a fundraising team.