Program book for the first annual Drive for Lives charity golf event, presented by Anašen Health, benefiting the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad (PFARS). The event took place on October 6, 2026 at The Bedens Brook Club. The book includes a welcome message from John L. Griffith, III, Chair of the Board of Trustees, event schedule, sponsor listings, and a donor interview with Al Toto, Jr. about…
This is the program book for the first annual Drive for Lives charity golf event, presented by Anašen Health to benefit the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad (PFARS). The event was held on October 6, 2026 at The Bedens Brook Club. The book is intended for event participants, sponsors, and supporters of PFARS.
The book opens with a welcome message from John L. Griffith, III, Chair of the Board of Trustees, thanking sponsors, volunteers, and organizers. It includes the event schedule: breakfast at 7:30 AM, shotgun start at 9:00 AM, BBQ lunch at 1:00 PM, speeches and prizes at 1:30 PM, a 50/50 drawing at 2:15 PM, and closing at 2:30 PM.
A section titled 'A Conversation About Giving' features an interview with donor Al Toto, Jr. He discusses his father's involvement with PFARS from its early days, their family food business on Witherspoon Street, and his own roles as president and treasurer of the squad. He reflects on the organization's evolution from all-volunteer to including career EMTs.
The book lists sponsors including lunch, breakfast, and golf gift sponsors, as well as premium hole sponsors and prize donors. It describes PFARS rescue services and training, covering technical rope rescue, confined space operations, swiftwater rescue, and vehicle extrication.
A vehicle section details PFARS equipment: 5 ambulances, a heavy rescue unit, a utility vehicle, an ATV for parks and trails, and a marine boat for Lake Carnegie and flood rescues. The book concludes with historical facts, noting PFARS traces back to a first-aid committee formed in 1938 and purchased its first ambulance, a Cadillac, for $3,500 in 1941.