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Celebrities Support
Matheny Golf Classic
Kim Zimmer, who plays Reva Shayne on
“Guiding Light”, visits with adult patient,
Camille Van ValenProfessional athletes and TV personalities mingled with other golfers at the eighth annual Matheny Golf Classic, held October 21, at the Somerset Hills Country Club in Bernardsville. And while everyone had a great day of golf and camaraderie, they were reminded of the real reason they were there by Jim and Ruby Yedloutschnig of Cedar Grove, parents of 22-year-old Matheny patient, Alicia Yedloutschnig.
Nine years ago, the Yedloutschnigs made a decision to admit their daughter as a resident at Matheny. It’s a decision they’ve never regretted, although it was very difficult at the time. Speaking to golfers and other guests before dinner, Jim Yedloutschnig recalled the initial interview with staff at Matheny. “I was very impressed with the respect we and Alicia were shown and the way the staff listened to us.”
His wife, Ruby, remembers, “being stressed to the max. We couldn’t let go.” But, now, after a visit with Alicia, “we are no longer crying; we leave with a smile. Our relationship with Matheny is a family relationship.”
Among those showing support for Matheny were five cast members of the CBS daytime drama, “Guiding Light”, New York Jets Kellen Clemens and Jay Feely, retired New York Giants Brian Kelley and Brad Van Pelt, retired New Jersey Devil Scott Stevens and TV actor Jay Thomas, who conducted the live auction for the third consecutive year. The dinner speaker was legendary high school basketball coach Robert Hurley, Sr., who, despite his incredible oncourt success at St. Anthony’s High School in Jersey City, said “the relationship to the kids” is what makes his job special.
Special thanks go to Double Eagle Sponsor, Village Office Supply. Funds raised at the Golf Classic help support the Matheny Center of Medicine and Dentistry which provides medical, dental, and therapy care to Matheny inpatients and about 600 outpatients from the community.
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