December 5, 2024
Pictured Above: Kristen Lapenta, Associate Director of Special Events, Hartford Hospital Philanthropy; Steve Wilson; Michele Bates Lamarre; Anthony Dignoti; Meghan Bianco, Director of Corporate and Community Partnerships, Hartford Hospital Philanthropy; and Alessandra Calderon, Regional Special Events Coordinator, Hartford Hospital Philanthropy.
The 3rd annual Captain Jim Lamarre Golf Tournament was held September 7, 2024, at Tunxis Country Club where the community gathered to honor the late Captain Jim Lamarre of the Rocky Hill Fire Department and support the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at Hartford Hospital and its Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center.
The community event, which also provides several local scholarships each year, raised $10,000 for the hospital’s cancer center—which is where Captain Lamarre received treatment during his battle against cancer.
Described by friends as a giving and well-respected family man, Captain Lamarre—or Jimmy, as they called him—was a lifelong resident of Rocky Hill, a proud U.S. Army veteran, and a firefighter and mechanic who provided 27 years of service to the Rocky Hill Fire Department. Unfortunately, Jimmy passed in March 2022 from occupational cancer, but his memory and positive impact on the communities he served continue through this memorial fundraiser.
Hartford Hospital is grateful to Captain Lamarre and his family and friends for their support of our mission and Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute.
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