Crouse Health Foundation is pleased to present CNY Fertility Center Polo for Preemies on Sunday, July 31, at the Skaneateles Polo Club, 783 Andrews Rd., in Skaneateles.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Crouse Hospital’s Baker Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where the region’s tiniest and sickest patients have received the most intensive care for the past four decades.
Gates open at 1 p.m. featuring entertainment by the Mere Mortals and fun activities for the kids, including pony rides. Additionally, raffle tickets will be sold for “Needle in the Haystack,” a fun scavenger hunt with the chance to win a Tudor watch, valued at $3,100, courtesy of Henry Wilson Jewelers. The polo match begins at 3 p.m., and food and beverages will be available throughout the afternoon.
“We are pleased to be the beneficiary of this fun, family event to benefit the newborns cared for in our NICU and their families,” says CEO and President Kimberly Boynton. “Polo for Preemies is a first for Crouse, and we thank Marty Cregg from the Skaneateles Polo Club for their enthusiastic support.”
General Admission tickets, $10 each, are available online through Tuesday, July 27, and include admission to the polo fields. Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult. General Admission tickets will be available for cash only at the event.
Patron Tickets, at $100 each, available in advance only by Tuesday, July 27, provide preferred field-side seating with complimentary food and beverages.
A Paddock Table Sponsor at the $1,000 level receives preferred field-side tables under a tent for 10 attendees with complimentary food and beverages. Paddock Table Sponsors will be announced at appropriate breaks during the polo match. Sponsorship opportunities are available by calling Barb Karas at 315/470-7469 or visiting crouse.org/polo.
The naming sponsor for Polo for Preemies is CNY Fertility Center. “Residents of central and northern New York are very fortunate to have a facility like the Baker Regional NICU as a resource,” states Robert Kiltz, MD, founder of CNY Fertility Center. “Crouse’s neonatologists and staff care for close to 1,000 premature and critically ill newborns each year, and we are honored to have this opportunity to support their work.”
Team sponsors are AXA and C & S Companies. Trophy sponsor is Realty USA. Raffle sponsor is Henry Wilson Jewelers. Beverage sponsor is Middle Ages Brewery. Media partner is Eagle Newspapers. Design sponsor is Chase Design. Paddock table sponsors are, as of June 15, Kimberly and Charlie Boynton; Mangano, Lucchesi and Collins; Morrisville State College; MVP Health Care; Neonatal Associates of CNY; O’Connell More Consulting; and Mark Worden.
More than four decades ago, Crouse Hospital introduced the Baker Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Today, we’ve grown to become the premier — and highest level — NICU in the region. A dedicated staff of renowned neonatologists, nurses and pediatric specialists care for more than 1,000 infants annually from an area that stretches north to Canada and south to the Pennsylvania border.
