Workplace Benefit Solutions Raises $46K for NH Food Bank

Workplace Benefit Solutions recently held the 5th Annual Harvest Golf Classic, raising more than $46,000 to benefit the NH Food Bank. Since its inception in 2009, the WBS Harvest Golf Classic has raised more than $200,000 dollars for charity.

“I would like to thank everyone at WBS for their dedication to our mission, The Manchester Country Club for their hospitality, as well as all of the sponsors, donors, players, and many volunteers who make this event possible,” said Mel Gosselin, Executive Director of the NH Food Bank.

The golf tournament is the food bank’s largest fundraiser and brings together donors to the Food Bank and clients and customers of WBS for a day of scramble format golf, raffles and a silent auction. The tournament was a tremendous success and a great way to wrap up September’s Hunger Action Month 2014.

“We are very pleased with the results of the 5th Annual WBS Harvest Golf Classic to support the NH Food Bank. We’d like to thank our insurance carrier sponsors, clients, employees and volunteers for all their efforts, which has led to our best year ever - $46,000 raised to help feed NH’s hungry. With now over $200,000 raised since our involvement with this event, we look forward to our continued support of the NH Food Bank and the local communities we serve,” said Dave Larrivee, Founder and Principal Consultant of WBS.

The New Hampshire Food Bank serves as the only food bank in NH, supplying more than 8.5 million pounds of food to more than 400 partner agencies throughout the state in 2013. In addition, the food bank implements innovative programs designed to fight the root causes of hunger by empowering people to learn new skills, enabling them to become more self-sufficient and improve their quality of life. These programs include culinary job training, Cooking Matters, fresh rescue, production garden and mobile food pantries.

The WBS Harvest Golf Classic is an event that has successfully supported the NH Food Bank’s efforts toward helping the 1 in 9 people in need throughout NH. WBS is pleased to be part of this effort and looks forward to working with our clients, carrier partners and the community to continue its success in the future.

About the New Hampshire Food Bank

The New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of New Hampshire Catholic Charities, has been working to relieve hunger in the Granite State since 1984. As the state’s only food bank, the New Hampshire Food Bank efficiently procures and distributes nearly 8 million pounds of food to needy people through more than 400 non-profit registered agencies. Agencies include food pantries, neighborhood centers, low-income housing sites, senior nutrition centers, family crisis centers, hospices, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after school programs, and day care centers. For more information about the New Hampshire Food Bank, please visit nhfoodbank.org. Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/nhfoodbank or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/nhfb.

About WBS

Workplace Benefit Solutions, a HUB New England company, is one of Northern New England’s Leading employee benefit consulting firms. WBS has a proven record of success helping companies of all sizes deal with the ever-rising cost of employee benefits. The WBS core team of experienced executives delivers innovative strategies to help companies control benefit costs. WBS is staffed with prior healthcare and insurance executives who help employers position their benefits for the forthcoming changes with ACAs and the emergence and impact of exchange-driven healthcare markets.

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