The 37th Annual RWJ University Hospital Foundation Golf & Pickleball Classic raised more than $600,000 to support breast cancer care at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Thank you to Presenting Sponsor, Jingoli-DCO Energy | Jet Electrical Testing, Titanium Sponsors, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Wm. Blanchard, along with all sponsors and partners.
(New Brunswick, NJ) - The 37th Annual RWJ University Hospital Foundation Golf and Pickleball Classic at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit raised more than $600,000 to support breast cancer care services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility.
The event’s Presenting Sponsor was Jingoli-DCO Energy | Jet Electrical Testing. Titanium Sponsors were Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Wm. Blanchard Company, while Bullet Communications served as Golf & Pickleball Sponsor.
“RWJUH and RWJBarnabas Health are deeply committed to providing world-class oncology services to our state and region which was recently enhanced with the opening of the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, New Jersey’s only comprehensive freestanding cancer hospital,” says Bill Arnold, Chief Executive Officer of RWJUH. “Offering exceptional breast cancer services, which includes diagnostic and preventative care, is an important part of this effort. We are extremely grateful for the generous support we receive from our sponsors, especially our Presenting Sponsor Presenting Sponsor, Jingoli-DCO Energy | Jet Electrical Testing. Their commitment to this event and our mission helps us continue to expand programs, pursue new research and add new technology so we can offer the most advanced care to our patients close to home.”
Michael Jingoli, Chief Financial Officer, DCO Energy, LLC adds, “RWJUH places a great emphasis on philanthropy and shares the same community values as Presenting Sponsor,Jingoli-DCO Energy | Jet Electrical Testing. We are grateful for our shared vision and together we can do so much!”
“Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJUH have demonstrated a long-standing commitment to providing New Jersey and our region with the most advanced oncology services available anywhere in the United States,” says Deborah Toppmeyer, MD, Chief Physician Officer at Rutgers Cancer Institute and Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center and Director of the Breast Cancer Center and LIFE Center. “This commitment includes providing our breast cancer patients with high-quality, personalized multidisciplinary care through advanced treatments, research and clinical trials. We express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who generously supported this year’s event.”
RWJUH, together with Rutgers Cancer Institute, is New Jersey’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. It offers the very latest in comprehensive breast health services, including mammograms, 3D mammograms, genetic testing, breast surgery by fellowship trained surgeons, clinical trials, and sophisticated radiation therapy techniques such as proton therapy. RWJUH Breast Care Connection is a unique breast health program designed specifically to guide women through the breast health process in a private, comfortable, friendly environment. Bilingual Breast Health Outreach Coordinators are available to answer questions and ease any fears regarding results or surgery. Breast Care Connection services span all aspects of breast health connecting patients with a Breast Health Navigator.
The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), re-accredited RWJUH’s Breast Care Connection in 2023. As an NAPBC-accredited center, RWJUH Breast Care Connection is committed to maintaining levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive, patient-centered, multidisciplinary care resulting in high-quality care for patients with breast disease. Patients receiving care at a NAPBC-accredited center also have access to information on clinical trials and new treatment options, genetic counseling, and patient-centered services including psychosocial support, rehabilitation services, and survivorship care.
To learn more about how you can support RWJUH, please visit: www.rwjuhgiving.org.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, an RWJBarnabas Health Facility, is a 628-bed academic medical center that is New Jersey’s largest academic medical center through its deep partnership with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. RWJUH is the flagship Cancer Hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute and The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, a nationally-ranked 2024-25 Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, bariatric surgery and women’s health. A Level 1 Trauma Center and the first designated Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH’s New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness. Learn more at www.rwjbh.org/newbrunswick. or www.bmsch.org.
Contact: Peter Haigney
RWJUH Public Relations
(732) 937-8568