Organizers predict bigger, better Sportsmen's Saturday - Lexington Dispatch

Nina Smith, event chairwoman and Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center Foundation board member (on motorcycle), Bob Lowe, foundation board chairman (standing in front Kubota), Ellen Welborn, executive director of the foundation... This year is the sixth for Sportsmen's Saturday, a Lexington Medical Center Foundation fundraiser that targets patient needs within the medical center. This year's proceeds will be used for enhancements to the facilities and for innovative equipment used by rehabilitation services, one of Lexington Medical Center's fastest-growing patient care areas. It's one of the highly acclaimed areas of our medical center,'' said Ellen Welborn, director of the Lexington Medical Center Foundation. "It's clearly a huge area of need in this community,'' she said, noting all money raised by the foundation stays local, being used only for patient-centered projects at Lexington Medical Center. Nina Smith, chairwoman of Sportsmen's Saturday, said she expects those prizes to draw "oohs and ahs," along with the traditional bigger raffle giveaway items, which include an Avalon Pontoon, a Harley-Davidson Low Rider and a. Source: www.the-dispatch.com