History of the John Kulick
Memorial Golf Outing

John Kulick was a true hero who dedicated his life to fighting for this country and helping others. In his everyday life, he was a firefighter and EMT who served Bucks and Montgomery Counties during various times of his career. In response to 9/11 after seeing the amount of firefighters who were killed in the World Trade Center, John signed up for the PA National Guard and gave his life fighting for his country, leaving behind a young daughter as well as many friends.

The first golf outing was created immediately following John's death in August of 2005. Friends and coworkers including Don Lynch and Joelle Lesniak (both Firefighters/Paramedics of Whitpain Township) wanted to do something to commemorate his life and raise money for the young daughter he left behind. North Hills Country Club in North Hills, PA volunteered their golf course for the outing and thus began the annual John Kulick Memorial Golf Outing.

Michael Kalinsky, who had worked with John through his involvement in the Harleysville EMS, joined forces and signed his company (Empyrean Management Group) up as a sponsor of the 1st event. Since then, Lynch, Lesniak and Kalinsky have been the primary organizers of the event, and plan to continue it for years to come as a way to remember John.

The Emergency Responders Assistance Fund

2007 marks the first year of the Emergency Responders Assistance Fund, created to help local emergency responders like our Police, Fire and EMS professionals when they or their families are in need. In addition to John Kulick's daughter, proceeds from this year's golf event will be distributed to other needful emergency responders.

About the John Kulick Heroism Award

2006 marked the first year the John Kulick Heroism Award, presented to an individual in the community who demonstrated the same loyalty and dedication to serving the community as Kulick. This year the award will be presented to DA of Montgomery County Bruce Castor for his efforts and continued support in honoring our soldiers who have died, as well as for his work in prosecuting sexual predators during his tenure as DA. The award will be presented to DA Castor at the golf outing dinner.

Past Events

For photos of previous years' golf events, please click on the links below:

See photos of the 2006 event

See photos of the 2005 event