POTSDAM -- The Third Annual Booze Brothers Golf Tournament has raised $6,200 to benefit the Volunteer Transportation Center, Inc. (VTC).

“We were just blown away by the amount raised by this tournament,” said Jeremiah S. Papineau, VTC Foundation Director and Director of Communications. “When we learned this year’s tournament would benefit our nonprofit organization, we were extremely honored. When we learned how much was raised, we were awestruck. We still are.”

The captain and crew tournament — organized by Charles “Chip” Giordano, former owner of Chip’s Place in Hannawa Falls, and Roy Wilson, owner of T&R Wines and Liquors in Potsdam — was held at the Potsdam Town & Country Club, Potsdam, Aug. 8.

“We would have not been successful without everyone that came to participate,” said Giordano.

The tournament is held in memory of Mr. Giordano’s wife Cathy, who passed away from cancer in March of 2013. Since the tournament’s inception in 2013 — when it was then known as the “Cathy Giordano Fun Razr” before later becoming the Booze Brothers tournament in 2018 — each year, an organization is chosen to benefit from money raised at the event. The inaugural tournament benefited Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley. Last year, the Potsdam Rescue Squad was chosen. This year, at the suggestion of Giordano’s daughter, Sommer, an active member of the VTC’s St. Lawrence County Advisory Committee, the VTC was chosen to benefit from the tournament.

“We cannot thank Sommer enough for be an amazing advocate for the VTC and for helping coordinate this to benefit the people we serve here in St. Lawrence County,” said Mr. Papineau.

The money raised will mean approximately 13,933 miles of transportation can be provided to help the people served by the VTC, he added.

“We’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you and recognize everyone that was involved,” said Giordano.