Pomerene Hospital auxiliary sets clay shoot fundraiser in Millersburg
Pomerene Hospital Auxiliary’s June 19 clay shoot in Millersburg will raise money for operations, equipment and facility upgrades at the local hospital.
Pomerene Hospital Auxiliary is turning a sporting clays event into direct support for local patient care, with a June 19 fundraiser at Airport Ridge Sporting Clays in Millersburg aimed at hospital operations, equipment and facility improvements.
The shoot will be held at 9537 County Road 292, with registration opening at 8 a.m., shooting starting at 10 a.m. and lunch, awards and raffle drawings beginning at 1 p.m. The day will also include an Annie Oakley shoot, with a gun awarded to the winner.
Teams of four shooters can enter for $1,000, and team registration closes June 5, 2026. Sponsorship commitments were due May 1, 2026, with levels ranging from a $600 Cart Sponsor to a $10,000 Title Sponsor.
The setting is fitting for Holmes County. Airport Ridge Sporting Clays sits next to the Holmes County Airport and features multiple 16-station courses and a lodge designed for private and charitable events. The Millersburg course was named Small Business of the Year in 2021, adding another local tie to an event built around outdoor recreation and community giving.
For Pomerene, the fundraiser is part of a longer pattern of volunteer-backed support that reaches beyond a one-day event. The auxiliary was organized in September 1972 and, according to the hospital, its volunteer team contributes more than 5,000 hours a year. Recent projects have included remodeling the Emergency Department waiting room, the OR waiting room and the lobby, along with funding flooring replacement in the Obstetrics Unit.
That work reflects how a rural hospital often depends on small, specific improvements that never make headlines but shape the experience of care. Pomerene says donations are used to increase access to healthcare, improve or increase services and purchase equipment, supplies or facility-related items, the kind of expenses that help a hospital function smoothly for patients and staff alike.
The hospital’s roots in Holmes County go back more than a century. The Joel Pomerene Hospital Company was established in 1919, and the Holmes County Joel Pomerene Memorial Hospital opened June 1, 1937, after county taxpayers approved a 1.5-mil levy to help build it. The hospital later became an Aultman Health Foundation affiliate effective Jan. 29, 2021, but it remains closely identified with Millersburg and the county it serves.
The clay shoot gives residents, businesses and sponsors a visible way to put money back into that hometown institution. For Pomerene, the payoff is practical: better equipment, better facilities and patient-care improvements funded through a local event rooted in Holmes County’s own traditions.
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