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Golf Cart Races for the Heart at UT Medical Center
Published: Thursday, August 2, 2007
More than 20 teams at The University of Tennessee Medical Center donned their favorite racing gear, hopped in a mildly charged golf cart and braved a grueling obstacle course consisting of plastic cones and rubber brains to raise money for the American Heart Association and to encourage people to participate in the upcoming Heart Walk.
“This is our third annual Cart for the Heart Challenge, and I think this is the best year yet,” said Teresa Levey, vice president of the Heart Lung Vascular Institute at UT Medical Center. “We’re so pleased that we’re able to have a really fun event that motivates our employees as they raise money and awareness to help the American Heart Association take on heart disease – the leading cause of death in this country.”
By the time the last team of racers completed the course, UT Medical Center employees raised more than $4,000 at this year’s Cart for the Heart Challenge, which includes t-shirt and food sales to accompany the popular golf cart race.
In the Cart for the Heart Challenge, employees or departments at the medical center make a donation to the American Heart Association in exchange for having a two-person team take a wild ride on a golf cart through a timed course. The driver, blindfolded during a portion of the course, is forced to rely on the navigational skills of the passenger. Once the blindfold is removed, the passenger goes into “scavenger hunt” mode, picking up along the course several small squeezable promotional items that are shaped like brains. The medical center’s Brain and Spine Institute provided the promotional items.
The Heart Lung Vascular Institute and the Brain and Spine Institute both serve as sponsors of the 2007 Greater Knoxville Heart Walk. This year’s walk is August 25, 9 a.m., at Circle Park on the campus of the University of Tennessee. There is no fee to participate in the Greater Knoxville Heart Walk
, but participants are encouraged to raise money for the American Heart Association through pledges.
For more information or to participate in the Heart Walk, contact the American Heart Association at 865.212.6500.
The University of Tennessee Medical Center is a 581-bed, not-for-profit academic medical center, which serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. The medical center, the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, is one of the largest employers in Knoxville. For more information about the University of Tennessee Medical Center, visit online at www.utmedicalcenter.org.