Shore Medical Center received a $20,000 donation from the proceeds of the 2021 Kyle Evans Memorial Golf Outing.
The event focuses on preventing new opioid addictions, raising awareness, and helping people realize they are not fighting their addiction alone.
The donation will go toward Shore Medical Center initiatives to help prevent opioid addiction.
The outing was held at Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point on April 10. The Kyle Evans Memorial Golf Outing will return in the spring.
The check was presented to Chief Development Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Shore Medical Center David Hughes and Development Manager Jessica Giles by David Beyel, Jr. and Nick Canderan on Tuesday, Nov. 23.
“With the funds raised, we hope to promote more communication about opioid addiction and through our work with Shore Medical Center, do a better job in the community limiting exposure to these drugs and educating on alternative options,” said Beyel, who is also a member of the Shore Medical Center Board of Trustees.
Beyel and Canderan, along with Jason Dugan and Ryan Scully, are members of OAR13, a nonprofit organization focused on attacking the opioid epidemic at its source and supporting new treatment methods in the community.
OAR13 stands for Opioid Addiction and Recovery, with the 13 in honor of their friend Kyle Evans, who wore number 13 as a star player on the Ocean City High School soccer team.
In 2005, Evans led the Ocean City High School boys soccer team to an undefeated season — the only one in Cape-Atlantic League history. Evans passed away on Nov. 1, 2017, shortly after his 30th birthday.
“We know far too many people affected by the opioid epidemic and have lost numerous friends way too soon,” Canderan said. “After Kyle’s passing, we wanted to do something to remember him and realized while doing so that there were not many organizations out there trying to fight opioid addiction.”
For additional information, sponsorships and volunteer opportunities for the spring 2022 outing, email info@oar13.org.
