Registration is full and sponsorship is higher than ever for the 12^th Annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament. The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation held a kickoff for the event on Thursday, May 22^nd, 2008 at the North Battleford Golf & Country Club. Brian Maunula, CEO of Innovation Credit Union, presented Jay Crockett, BUHF Chair, with a $6,000.00 cheque, representing their sponsorship for the annual Tournament. Over the past 11 years of the Tournament’s existence nearly $225,000 has been raised and donated to the hospital to improve healthcare through the purchase of equipment. “We are very proud to be a part of the development of healthcare in this community,” said Maunula.

The Tournament will be held June 2^nd, with an expected 204 golfers on hand. Through the memory of Wayne Pruden, who was looked at as an “architect of the community,” residents of the Battlefords have an opportunity to follow in his footsteps and do their part to better the community. Through the funds raised by the Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament the hospital has been able to purchase numerous pieces of equipment, such as vital signs monitors, portable telemetry units, mammography equipment, and a blood pressure machine, among others.