Because of rising COVID cases and increased staffing demands at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Northeast Georgia Health System officials have called off the 2021 Medical Center Open golf tournament.
Even though the event has been canceled, the beneficiary of the tournament - the Gainesville Police Department’s Mental Health Co-Responder program - will continue to be funded through the NGHS Foundation. The program will be the beneficiary of the tournament in 2022.
"The Co-Responder program is dependent on this funding and has already made a significant impact in our community,” said NGHS Foundation President Chris Bray in a statement released Tuesday. "The program provides a trained co-responder who accompanies officers responding to calls where mental health support resources would be beneficial, directly impacting the individuals and families involved."
Since 1992, the MCO has raised more than $4.7 million to support a variety of community health organizations and programs including Good News Clinics, Center Point, Gateway Domestic Violence Center, Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Hall County, Hall County Fire Services AED program, Georgia Mountain Food Bank and the Hub at Gainesville High School.
