Media Alert – Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Hosts 20th Annual “Driving Out Diabetes” Golf Tournament

Raising awareness and support for diabetes prevention in Native communities

WHEN: Monday, September 8, 2025

• 8:30 a.m. Registration
• 10:00 a.m. Shotgun Start
• 4:00 p.m. Dinner, Awards & Silent Auction

WHERE:
Lake of Isles, 1 Clubhouse Drive, North Stonington, CT

WHAT:
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation marks the 20th year of its Driving Out Diabetes Golf Tournament, an event dedicated to fighting one of the most pressing health challenges in Native communities.

• Approximately 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes each year.
• Native Americans are two to three times more likely than non-Hispanic White Americans to have diabetes.
• Two out of three Native people with kidney failure cite diabetes as the cause.
• Event proceeds support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), American Diabetes Association (ADA), and Joslin Diabetes Center, as well as various Tribal community health initiatives, including healthy meals for elders, youth fitness programs, and diabetes prevention education.

VISUALS:

• Golfers competing at the award-winning Lake of Isles course
• Community dinner, awards, and silent auction
• Hole-in-One Challenge for a car and other on-course contests

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:

• Rodney Butler, Chairman, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation & Co-Chair, Driving Out Diabetes
• Richard E. Sebastian, Tribal Elder & Co-Chair, Driving Out Diabetes

CONTACT:

Lori Potter, Communications Director

 [email protected]  

Mobile: 860-460-7993

 

              ***For details, please visit drivingoutdiabetes.mptn-nsn.gov***

 

About the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in southeastern Connecticut. As pioneers of the Indian casino gaming industry, the history of the Mashantucket Pequots reveals one of American’s greatest come-back stories which is featured at the world-renowned Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. Today, the Tribe owns and operates one of the largest gaming resorts in North America, Foxwoods Resort Casino, along with a variety of complementary business enterprises, including Connecticut’s premiere luxury golf experience, Lake of the Isles and the decadent Spa at Norwich Inn. The Tribe’s health and wellness company, Pequot Health Care, is an industry leader in tribal and commercial health plan management and pharmaceutical services. As one of the highest revenue contributors and largest employers in Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequots have hosted millions of visitors and provided billions in slot revenue payments to the State. The Tribe has also contributed millions in donations and sponsorships to support worthy charities, community events and programs, and other tribes in need, locally and throughout the United States. Dedicated to our future generations inheriting clean beautiful land, a safe community and a strong economy, we remain committed to promoting spirituality, strong family values, education, social stability, economic independence, and the wellbeing of our Tribal Members, employees and guests in a healthy and supportive environment. Our ultimate goal is to protect and advance our sovereign rights in order to build and preserve a cultural, social and economic foundation that can never be undermined or destroyed.
To learn more about the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, please visit us at www.mptn-nsn.gov.