NFFF16th Annual Golf Tournament

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) Greater Monroe County Events Committee hosted the 16th Annual and the final Tournament. The tournament was held June 4 and 5, 2023, at the Deerfield Golf and Country Club on Craig Hill Drive in the Town of Clarkson. Over 500 golfers played and over 30 Fire Hero Families attended each day of the tournament.

Mr. Victor Stagnaro, recently appointed Executive Director for the NFFF, greeted the golfers and the families during the opening ceremony on Monday.

The Fire Hero Families joined the over 80 volunteers to make the event the success that it was. The families stationed themselve s at various holes on the course sporting tags that read “Ask me about my firefighter.” When you did, they would tell you all about them. One mom told a Channel 8 reporter it was part of her healing from the loss when she first joined us and shared her story of the person behind the loss. “I want people to know who my son was, the amazing individual he was,” said Stacy Morse, mother of fallen firefighter Peyton Morse.

Stagnaro was selected following a national search. He is succee ding retiring Chief Ron Siarnicki as Executive Director of the Foundation. Stagnaro, a former Deputy Chief with Prince George’s County, Maryland, spent the day with us on Monday during the tournament.

The local events committee is pleased to have raised in excess of $500,000 during its tenure hosting the previous 15 tournaments. The proceeds for this tournament are projected to near another $100,000 over the two-day event; the largest held to date. The team is p roud to partner with the NFFF in supporting their mission. For more information about the NFFF, see https://www.firehero.org. For more information, call 585-747-5581.

- Submitted by/written by and photos by NFFFRochester Area Events Team Christopher Martin, PIO